Sydney, Australia, to host Live Earth concert...announced by Al Gore.

This is amazing what Al Gore is doing. He is shaping our policy here in the US by his environmental actions. God bless him.

Sydney to host Live Earth concert

SYDNEY will host one of a series of worldwide concerts announced today by former US vice-president Al Gore to focus attention on the threat of climate change.

The 24-hour event on July 7 will feature a powerhouse lineup of acts from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Snoop Dogg to Bon Jovi with concerts.

More about the concert.

“Live Earth” will take place in Sydney, Shanghai, Johannesburg, London and cities to be announced in Japan, Brazil and the US. Another concert will take place in Antarctica, Mr Gore said.

It’s hoped Live Earth will trigger a broad movement to address what Mr Gore calls a global climate crisis.

“We have to get the message of urgency and hope out,” Mr Gore said at a news conference, where he was flanked by actress Cameron Diaz, rapper Pharrell Williams and producer Kevin Wall.

…”More than 100 performers are scheduled to appear, including the Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, John Mayer, Duran Duran, Korn, Pharrell, the Black Eyed Peas, Akon, Enrique Iglesias, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw…

He is making so much difference in our world. I mean who else has had a concert in Anarctica. Amazing.

4 Comments

floridagal on February 16, 2007 at 12:29 am

From the transcript.

BLITZER: One final quick question. Al Gore, he supported you back in 2004 when you were running for president. Now he’s expected to win an Oscar. He’s being nominated for a Nobel prize. Should he get back into this presidential race?

DEAN: Again, I’m not going to get into that, but I certainly think he deserves the Oscar and Nobel Prize.

Look, this guy, who is a good friend, a wonderful friend, a courageous friend, has done more to affect public policy than anybody I can think of in the last few years. Al Gore and the people who helped him make that movie — and it wasn’t just Al, but it was others — have — have totally changed the way Americans look at global warming.

The president of the United States has tried to pretend that global warming hasn’t existed for six years. He has bullied scientists who are concerned about this, as has his administration. And because of the efforts led by Al Gore, we are really doing — dealing with the issue that may be the most important issue to face this planet as long as humankind has existed on it.

So I think he deserves whatever awards he gets for doing that.

Yes, he most certainly deserves those awards.

keres on February 16, 2007 at 12:32 am

I’d love to go to the one in Sydney, but mindful of my global footprint I limit my flying to twice a decade or so, and I really want to see the Great Barrier Reef in a few years.

floridagal on February 16, 2007 at 12:37 am

Our sons travel all over, our daughters just don’t much. Since we retired, one thing after the other has kept us from traveling. Hey, you could go to Anarctica. I find it fascinating he is having one there.
- keres on February 16, 2007 at 1:10 am
  
  Tasmania, where I live, is one of the jumping-off points for Antartica.
  
  I would like to see Antartica. The Australian Antartic Division has an Artist in Residence program that lets artists have a hut down there for a month. Maybe one of these years I’ll apply, but only if I can wrangle a way for my partner to go with me.
  
  We went to Western Australia a little over a year ago, and that was spectacular.

floridagal on February 16, 2007 at 12:29 am

From the transcript.

BLITZER: One final quick question. Al Gore, he supported you back in 2004 when you were running for president. Now he’s expected to win an Oscar. He’s being nominated for a Nobel prize. Should he get back into this presidential race?

DEAN: Again, I’m not going to get into that, but I certainly think he deserves the Oscar and Nobel Prize.

Look, this guy, who is a good friend, a wonderful friend, a courageous friend, has done more to affect public policy than anybody I can think of in the last few years. Al Gore and the people who helped him make that movie — and it wasn’t just Al, but it was others — have — have totally changed the way Americans look at global warming.

The president of the United States has tried to pretend that global warming hasn’t existed for six years. He has bullied scientists who are concerned about this, as has his administration. And because of the efforts led by Al Gore, we are really doing — dealing with the issue that may be the most important issue to face this planet as long as humankind has existed on it.

So I think he deserves whatever awards he gets for doing that.

Yes, he most certainly deserves those awards.
keres on February 16, 2007 at 12:32 am

I’d love to go to the one in Sydney, but mindful of my global footprint I limit my flying to twice a decade or so, and I really want to see the Great Barrier Reef in a few years.
- floridagal on February 16, 2007 at 12:37 am
  
  Our sons travel all over, our daughters just don’t much. Since we retired, one thing after the other has kept us from traveling. Hey, you could go to Anarctica. I find it fascinating he is having one there.
  - keres on February 16, 2007 at 1:10 am
    
    Tasmania, where I live, is one of the jumping-off points for Antartica.
    
    I would like to see Antartica. The Australian Antartic Division has an Artist in Residence program that lets artists have a hut down there for a month. Maybe one of these years I’ll apply, but only if I can wrangle a way for my partner to go with me.
    
    We went to Western Australia a little over a year ago, and that was spectacular.

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