Again, Ms. Tappouni is ever-vigilant to sustainable world affairs:
LiveEarth.org
Live Earth is a 24-hour, 7-continent concert series taking place on 7/7/07
that will bring together more than 100 music artists and 2 billion people to
trigger a global movement to solve the climate crisis.
Live Earth will reach this worldwide audience through an unprecedented
global media architecture covering all media platforms - TV, radio, Internet and
wireless channels.
Live Earth marks the beginning of a multi-year campaign led by the Alliance
for Climate Protection, The Climate Group and other international organizations
to drive individuals, corporations and governments to take action to solve
global warming.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is the Chair of the Alliance and Partner
of Live Earth.
Live Earth was founded by Kevin Wall, the Worldwide Executive Producer of
Live 8, an event that brought together one of the largest audiences in history
to combat poverty. Wall formed a partnership with Al Gore and the Alliance for
Climate Protection to ensure that Live Earth inspires behavioral changes long
after 7/7/07.
Live Earth will stage official concerts at Giants Stadium in New York;
Wembley Stadium in London; Aussie Stadium in Sydney; Copacabana Beach in Rio de
Janeiro; Maropeng at the Cradle of Humankind in Johannesburg; Makuhari Messe in
Tokyo; the Steps of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai; and HSH Nordbank Arena
in Hamburg.
Live Earth concerts will be broadcast to a live worldwide audience by MSN
at http://www.liveearth.msn.com/. With
support from the U.S. Green Building Council, creators of the LEED Green
Building Rating System, Live Earth will implement new Green Event Guidelines.
All Live Earth venues will be designed and constructed by a team of
sustainability engineers who will address the environmental and energy
management challenges of each concert site, as well as the operations of
sponsors, partners and other Live Earth affiliates.
Each venue will not only be designed to maintain a minimum environmental
impact, but will showcase the latest state-of-the-art energy efficiency, on-site
power generation, and sustainable facilities management practices.
Live Earth is a project of the SOS campaign , which is using
a powerful multimedia platform - films, television, radio, Internet, books,
wireless and others - to move people to combat the climate crisis.
Live Earth will be transmitted worldwide, from EIGHT cities (New York,
London, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Tokyo, Sydney, and Hamburg) by
Intelsat (http://www.intelsat.com/) using its
industry-leading network of Satellite and terrestrial facilities in standard and
high definition, across multiple media channels - TV, radio, Internet and
wireless channels.
On July 7th, Live Earth concerts will be streamed live by MSN at http://www.liveearth.msn.com/.
In honor of the event, get out there and sing a song. Or, for those of us less musically adept, maybe you can just tune in and support the cause.
