Live Earth events in Maine
Live Earth, a global series of rock concerts intended to raise awareness about global warming, takes place this Saturday.
There will be eight concerts around the world, including in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Shanghai, China, and an anticipated audience of 2 billion people. The nearest stage is Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (They’ll tell you it’s in New York, but don’t believe it.) The Police, Fall Out Boy, Kanye West and The Dave Matthews Band are among the headliners in the U.S. concert.
But you don’t have to drive to New Jersey to be part of the experience. There are some 7,000 smaller events planned around the world, including a number of gatherings in Maine where people can watch the concerts together.
One of the bigger Maine events is a free noon-to-midnight Live Earth showing at the Frontier Cafe, Cinema and Gallery in Brunswick that’s cosponsored by the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Another is a free barbecue and Live Earth showing from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Yarmouth Log Cabin on Main Street, hosted by a new student organization called GoVert. There also are house parties and small gatherings planned in Portland, Scarborough, Peaks Island and other communities.
The concerts will be broadcast on line at www.liveearth.msn.com. They also will be broadcast on cable television channels Bravo, Sundance, MSNBC, CNBC and Universal HD and on satellite radio. NBC will show Live Earth’s primetime U.S. performances from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
For more information on local events and to RSVP, go here.
For more information on Live Earth, go here.
Posted by at 05:48 PM
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I think this entire Live Earth event is just phenominal. So many people are involved. It's really wonderful too see something so huge and for such a great cause to be taking place within my generation.
Side note: Do not expect too much from The Police. Their reunion tour isn't as wonderful as one may suspect. I saw them last month at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Mnachester, TN. They ended their set 50 minutes early. The worst part is that the rest of the stages had been shut down for the entirety of their performance. Once they cut it off early, 80 thousand people were left with nothing to do for almost an hour. Thanks, Sting.
Posted by Megan
July 3, 2007 08:49 AM
Did anyone (credible) calculate how much greenhouse gas was released related to the concert? People jetting in, the power used to broadcast the shows, the power used by XX million computers and televisions to tune in? The extra AC costs as people stayed indoors to watch? The less-than-clean Chinese factories that made the CDs? The ships, planes, and trucks that brought in supplies and later, the CDs... it's a very long list.
What I mean is, would the planet be better off, numerically over, say, the next 10 years, if the concert hadn't happened at all? If the consciousness and cleanliness (and money) raised exceeded all that, fine. But I suspect no one will run the numbers. Imagine what, if it were reasonably demonstrated not so.
Posted by
James MJuly 15, 2007 07:21 AM
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