Live Earth: Does anybody care?
Posted on July 6th, 2007 – 4:36 PMBy Chris Riemenschneider
We already have enough going on music-wise in the Twin Cities for 7/7/07, it seems like nobody around here is paying any mind to Live Earth … you know, that big 7-continent marathon of concerts a la Live 8 and Live Aid, this one put on by Al Gore and friends to fight global warming.
Here’s the lineup of who’s playing (Police, Madonna, Kanye West, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, Smashing Pumpkins, Fall Out Boy, to name a few). They supposedly just added a show in D.C. with Trisha Yearwood and her semi-retired husband Garth Brooks, whose favorite company Wal-Mart is trying tofix its bad eco image.
And here’s the list of all the TV stations broadcasting it at various times, including CNBC and Sundance throughout the day and NBC in prime-time.
The one thing that could sell the event in the Twin Cities is the fact that … coincidentally or not … it’s supposed to be over 95 degrees on Saturday and the lakes and rivers are all drying up. So a lot of us might be sitting inside with our air-conditioning cranked andour sprinklers on outside listening about howdoomed we are.
What do youthink of Live Earth? Interested or not?
5 Responses to "Live Earth: Does anybody care?"
Who is paying for this? What a propaganda fest
We’re all paying for the global warming situation Sophia. Try to pull your head into the reality of it eh?
it was fantastic.
it was meant to increase awareness.
promote thinking green-dooing stuff that make sense.
1. use alternative means of transportation instead of always driving your gas guzzling car. (makes sense - I an do this)
2. use your own cloth grocery bags to transport your groceries home - instead of those non-biodegradable plastic bags. (makes sense - I an do this)
3. use more efficient lightbulbs. (makes sense - I an do this)
4. encourage my elected officials to start doing something about getting us all off OIL dependency. ( we neeeeed to do this)
5. do business with companies that are pushing to eliminate carbons and gases that are harming the air. (makes sense - I an do this)
SO Folks its not about propaganda.
We are out of CONTROL. It’s affecting the world — and somebody finally had the way, the means and the balls to get the WORLD to listen…via a music…..that is one of the many things that we all have in common.
I saw about 20 hours of Live Earth it was fantastic. The best part was seeing CHINA. The architecture, the buildings, the culture.
I am not a tree hugger - but I learned a lot of things that - I CAN DO.
When gasoline is $6 or $7 dollars a gallon. I bet you start thinking differently.
it was fantastic.
it was meant to increase awareness.
promote thinking green-dooing stuff that make sense.
1. use alternative means of transportation instead of always driving your gas guzzling car. (makes sense - I an do this)
2. use your own cloth grocery bags to transport your groceries home - instead of those non-biodegradable plastic bags. (makes sense - I an do this)
3. use more efficient lightbulbs. (makes sense - I an do this)
4. encourage my elected officials to start doing something about getting us all off OIL dependency. ( we neeeeed to do this)
5. do business with companies that are pushing to eliminate carbons and gases that are harming the air. (makes sense - I an do this)
SO Folks its not about propaganda.
We are out of CONTROL. It’s affecting the world — and somebody finally had the way, the means and the balls to get the WORLD to listen…via a music…..that is one of the many things that we all have in common.
I saw about 20 hours of Live Earth it was fantastic. The best part was seeing CHINA. The architecture, the buildings, the culture.
I am not a tree hugger - but I learned a lot of things that - I CAN DO.
When gasoline is $6 or $7 dollars a gallon. I bet you start thinking differently.
Traci makes some good suggestions – we’ve got to make wiser choices sooner than later. Or not. But if we continue to consume without consideration of any of the consequences, suffering – the competition for resources, even food and water, will get nasty – is only a matter of time. But hey, we’re Americans and it seems we’d rather be damned – or remain the proverbial pot-boiling frog – than have anyone tell us how and what we can or cannot consume. I think we’ve come to associate U.S. ecomomic and military power with some kind of goofy notion of privilege. It seems to me there were some folks who had it right long ago. A lot hippies and hipsters, lefties and visionaries sold out their revolution when it meant three garages, a second home and retiring at 50. The thing is, reducing, reusing and recycling have been around pretty much forever so I’m not nuts about the need for making common sense a global call to action. Whatever it takes, I guess. The economic powers that are (which are now the social and political powers that are) aren’t too keen on encouraging us to slow down. But can you imagine the sit-up-and-take-notice potential of a couple days without using petrol? Alas, I fear we are incapable of meaninful collective foresight and action. Here’s to your private revolution.
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