Live Earth
Ticketmaster sent me an email telling me all about the Live Earth Concert in London in July (7/7/07) and who was playing etc. "Live Earth is a monumental music event that will bring together more than 2 billion people to combat the climate crisis. Live Earth’s 24 hours of music across 7 continents will deliver a call to action and the solutions needed to answer the call. Live Earth marks the beginning of a multi-year mass persuasion campaign led by The Alliance for Climate Protection to move individuals, corporations and governments to take action."
Ok... am I the only one to see a huge flaw in the idea? I could be wrong... but the people that aren't aware of the climate change issue already probably never will be, and a big concert probably won't make them realise. Also, how are all these big bands getting here and to the other venues? By big private planes spitting out masses of CO2 emissions? Add to that the fact that most people won't be from London and will have to travel to get there... and lets face it, people aren't going to be going on bikes... so that's more CO2 emissions.
It just seems to be very counter active. I know the money goes to good related causes... but, I dunno. It just seems like a bit of a crap idea.
Ok... am I the only one to see a huge flaw in the idea? I could be wrong... but the people that aren't aware of the climate change issue already probably never will be, and a big concert probably won't make them realise. Also, how are all these big bands getting here and to the other venues? By big private planes spitting out masses of CO2 emissions? Add to that the fact that most people won't be from London and will have to travel to get there... and lets face it, people aren't going to be going on bikes... so that's more CO2 emissions.
It just seems to be very counter active. I know the money goes to good related causes... but, I dunno. It just seems like a bit of a crap idea.