Al Gore — along with Cameron Diaz, Pharrell, and Kevin Wall — announced a 24-hour concert on July 7 to kick off a campaign to combat climate change at the California Science Center this morning.
The concert will be called Live Earth, and this concert will kick off a campaign’s called Save Our Selves (SOS) – The Campaign for a Climate in Crisis. Kevin Wall, exec producer of Live 8, will be putting together the Live Earth concerts in all 7 continents to be held on July 7 this year. Via radio, video, and internet outlets, the idea’s to engage a global audience of over 2 billion people.
Said Pharrell: “You’re going to see the biggest party on earth.” Other performers include Snow Patrol, Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Bon Jovi, Snoop Dogg, Sheryl Crow, Black Eyed Peas, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, etc.; 100+ bands are expected to participate.
In addition, Live Earth is working with the U.S. Green Building Commission to implement a new Green Event Standard, to serve as a model carbon neutral events.
Watch the entire press conference via the Live Earth website; watch the space for updates and videos of the concerts themselves.
Update, 4/10/07: More concert details announced.
Governor Richardson is going to do very well in New Hampshire. His international resume is a breath of fresh air amongst the candidates, and it is going to take a fiscally sound internationally minded and internationally experienced Democrat to rebuild from the last 6 years of corporate manipulation and kleptoplutocracy, which has almost destroyed the USA in so many nations.
Diplomacy still works well, and no one is better equipped or more experienced in international diplomacy than New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. I’ve seen him in action, and the guy really gets important initiatives accomplished in the lobbyist-controlled New Mexico legislature which actually benefit the people of New Mexico, where almost all others have failed. Same is true in the Sudan. I think Richardson could be for the USA what Pierre Trudeau was for Canada. Time will separate the wheat from the chaff, eh?
Comment by Stephen Fox — February 15, 2007 @ 7:39 pm
i am getting cross-eyed or didn’t see a post on calcars a few minutes ago on the top?
anyway, it sure is odd that the prius does not come with a charger …
Comment by Johan — February 16, 2007 @ 2:23 am
It is very clever to use Save Ourselves instead of the usual, Save the Planet. People need a selfish reason to act!
Comment by Lisa — February 16, 2007 @ 10:46 am