Live Earth Charity: Concerts for Climate SOS
The Live Earth Charity concerts will be held Saturday July 7, 2007 around the globe in an effort to encourage all people to live, consume and vote eco-responsibly.
The Live Earth Charity Mega Event - starting in Sydney, Austrailia at 10 Eastern time (noon, Saturday in Sydney) will also be held in Johannesburg, London, New Jersey, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, and Tokyo and will Madonna, The Police, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews, Bon Jovi, and Metalica -- as well as Nunatake, made up of five British Scientists at a research station in Antartica.
The purpose of Live Earth is to ask people to sign a climate change pledge.
The Live Earth Charity concert, which is being broadcast to more than 100 countries, will be watched and heard by a predicted 2 billion people worldwide. MSN will be streaming the Live Earth concert live here. For tickets to the US concert in New Jersey click here.
Madonna and the Black Eyed Peas have written original songs for Live Earth. Here's the line-up of other artists.
ARTIST LINEUP
AFI, Akon, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Fall Out Boy, John Mayer, Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, KT Tunstall, Ludacris, Melissa Etheridge, The Police, Roger Waters, Smashing Pumpkins
Live Earth Charity Pledge
The core tennants of the Live Earth Charity pledge:
- Demands governments sign within two years an international treaty to cut global warming pollution -- by 90 percent in developed countries and by more than half worldwide by 2050.
- Asks people to cut their own pollution, to make their homes, businesses, schools and transportation more energy efficient, and to plant new trees and preserve forests.
- Asks people to buy from businesses and support leaders committed to solving the climate crisis.
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Join supporters of the Stop Global Warming who are sponsoring a Virtual March to demand our leaders TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION to freeze and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
The Live Earth Pledge (in full):
1. To demand that my country join an international treaty within the next 2 years that cuts global warming pollution by 90% in developed countries and by more than half worldwide in time for the next generation to inherit a healthy earth;
2. To take personal action to help solve the climate crisis by reducing my own CO2 pollution as much as I can and offsetting the rest to become “carbon neutral;”
3. To fight for a moratorium on the construction of any new generating facility that burns coal without the capacity to safely trap and store the CO2;
4. To work for a dramatic increase in the energy efficiency of my home, workplace, school, place of worship, and means of transportation;
5. To fight for laws and policies that expand the use of renewable energy sources and reduce dependence on oil and coal;
6. To plant new trees and to join with others in preserving and protecting forests; and,
7. To buy from businesses and support leaders who share my commitment to solving the climate crisis and building a sustainable, just, and prosperous world for the 21st century.
