Climate Control Concert
It’s been announced by Al Gore, former vice-president and current environmental activist, that a series of concerts will take place on July 7th, 2007 that will promote awareness for global warming. Promoters of the concert hope that the concert will be able to reach over 2 billion people, across seven continents. The concert will feature popular artists such as Melissa Etheridge, who also sang “I Need to Wake Up,” the song nominated for best song at the Academy Awards for the movie “An Inconvenient Truth.” The concert has even more of an all-star line-up, with performances by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Enrique Iglesias, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, the Black Eyed Peas, Korn, and Duran Duran.
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The money raised from this event will benefit The Alliance for Climate Protection, a research group comitted to finding a resolution for global warming. This group is led by Al Gore.
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The concert will take place in such countries as Japan, Brazil, South Africa, the United States, Australia, and England.
I think that having this concert is a very good way to reach everyone about the issues of global warming, especially the world’s youth generation. It’s an idea that will attract young people who may not have seen “An Inconvenient Truth” because they didn’t care to see it or didn’t know what it was about. I must admit, if we hadn’t watched it in APES, I probably wouldn’t have taken the time to rent it myself. It’s a good idea to incorporate celebrities that our generation is familiar with, and who have a big influence on us. It’s also a good way to spread this message around the world, because global warming doesn’t just affect people in one specific area. This will give the opportunity for less developed countries, such as some in Africa, to maybe realize that this is a big, and worldwide problem. Also, by having celebrites from all genres of music that appeal to a lot of people, they could end up raised a huge sum of money.
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bsass89 said,
February 20, 2007 at 2:06 am
I give Al Gore a lot of credit for all he is doing to combat the worldwide threat of global warming. This concert shows how he is attacking the problem from all angles. With “An Inconvenient Truth”, he was able to convey the reality of global warming to a wide variety of people. However, the main audience of the movie was probably people who already new a few things about global warming. Like you, I wouldn’t have seen the movie either if it wasn’t for APES. With this concert, awareness will be spread around the world. People who never gave a thought to global warming will become curious or interested. At the same time the event will be raising money to fight global warming. I think this is a very smart idea overall and will do a lot of good in the fight against global warming.