Thanks to my friend Michael E. who met the author of this new book, David de Rothschild, at the World Economic Forum Davos.
The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook is the official companion volume to the Live Earth concerts, 24 hours of nonstop concerts broadcast from around the world on July 7, 2007. The book presents 77 essential skills for stopping climate change--and for living through it. It is a fun, compelling, and sly deconstruction of a survival guide (think Boy Scouts of America crossed with WorldChanging atop the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook) that offers equal parts tongue-in-cheek suggestions, practical advice, factual information, and bluesky dreaming of ways to save the world. Each skill is presented on a spread featuring a bright, full-color instructional illustration, a brief introduction to the skill and its core ideas, a set of instructions, spin-off ideas, and scientific and environmental facts. The book also includes a resource guide that provides useful resources for the eco-conscious reader.
Has anybody computed the carbon footprint of these concerts? How many tons of CO2 are going to be put into the air by all those artists flying to the various concert sites? How many tons of trash will be generated by concert goers? Those organizing and performing at these concerts are hypocrites.
Posted by: JasonTromm | June 27, 2007 at 10:29 AM
I think you raise a fair point. See my post from today - Global Warming Concerts: A Lot of Hot Air? at http://www.franklygreen.com/my_weblog/2007/07/global-warming-.html
for another view on the subject.
Posted by: Frank Gerber | July 06, 2007 at 12:15 PM