If the Live Earth concerts are to continue, they ought to evolve to serve the transformation not just away from consumer society but toward a culture where we dance and sing and find our bling in things that are healthy for us and the planet.
Cole Moreton, Geoffrey Lean, The Independent. July 9, 2007.
Performed on seven continents and watched by two billion people over the weekend, the Live Earth concerts spoke directly to the disastrous effects humanity is having on our planet's ecosystem. Plus: Video of Al Gore's speech.
In all, 2 billion people came together for Al Gore's Live Earth concerts to raise awareness about our climate crisis, but Gore says we still have far to go and we must go quickly.