The Joe Strummer Memorial Forest

Joe Strummer and the Clash famously refused to play on 'Top of the Pops'. Joe was his own man, and always held true to his convictions. That kind of self aggrandizing pop promotion would have been anathema to him. He wasn't much of a one for rock mythology.
Of course, he was a mess of contradictions. Son of a diplomat; public school educated, he seemed an unlikely champion of working class alienation and angst.
The Clash were always out on a limb like that. More art school than Borstal, they weren't your typical three chord, housing estate revolutionaries. Maybe that was the point. For all the political causes they wore on their sleeves, what mattered to them most was the power of their music to reflect, change and amplify attitudes.
In middle age, Joe retired to the country and became a dedicated Daily Telegraph reader. Another contradiction. The exemplar of urban alienation ups sticks to the countryside and reads middle England's favourite broadsheet. You couldn't make it up.
He developed a keen interest in environmental issues and the importance of forest regeneration for the health of the atmosphere. After his death, a 'Joe Strummer Memorial Forest' was established on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. You can plant a tree in memory of Joe. You can find out more here
That's a nice way to remember someone. It certainly beats a handprint on Hollywood boulevard in my book.