Former US Vice-President Al Gore continues his campaign to promote awareness about global warming, this time with a seven-continent rock concert involving over 100 musicians.
Live Earth: The Concert for Climate Crisis will take place July 7 of this year in several locations around the globe, including Antarctica, Shanghai, Sydney, Johannesburg, London and cities to be announced in Brazil, Japan and the United States. Performers who have jumped on board to help fight the climate crisis include the Black Eyed Peas, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, Akon, The Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz and Pharell Williams.
Organized by Gore and Kevin Wall, CEO and founder of Network Live, the event will be televised and broadcast around the world via television, radio and internet. With the aid of a partnership with MSN, an audience of 2 billion people is anticipated by the umbrella organization, Save Our Selves (SOS) – The Campaign for a Climate in Crisis. All proceeds from Live Earth will go to the Alliance for Climate Protection, an organization initiated by Gore to fight global warming.
Al Gore first made his passion for the planet public when he came out with An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround global warming. In the film Gore illustrates his passion for what he calls “a planetary emergency.” One quote from the film states, “Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world’s scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced.” If these chilling words inspire you to action, while you wait to attend the momentous Live Earth concert, check out www.aninconvenienttruth.co.uk. On the website for his documentary, Gore has written a list of ten simple things anybody can do to help stop global warming. These include: driving less, recycling more, using less hot water, buying products with less packaging and planting a tree.
This article was published Wednesday, February 21, 2007.
