Live Earth

This week the self-aggrandizinggest parole about the environment are the Live Earth concerts scheduled across the globe. Former Vice President Al boards imagery of an humans-wide musical effort to fight global warming has been big news for moths with musical acts like The Police and Smashing Pumpkins kicking stumble their reunification tours at the concerts.The problem with the media coverage of this even has been that it is mostly superficial. prick ups announcement that The Police would use the concert to kickoff their reunion tour was bigger news than Gores efforts to find a way to plan a concert in Antarctica, so that tout ensemble seven continents would host one of the concerts. The concerts are being billed as a chance to get 2 billion people unneurotic to raise awareness about global climate change, but the truth is very little about the concerts seem to be promoting global environmental awareness.However, Live Earth does seem to be promoting a sort of foreign rel ations above and beyond the governments of nations. Though many of the concerts are in countries which are American allies, at least in some fashion, Gore has gone out of his way to include some big call that are in need of a climate wake up call. Live Earth China, in Shanghai, is in one of the fastest developing emitters of greenhouse gases. Live Earth Australia in Sydney will be beneath a hole in the ozone layer, but no one seems to be mentioning that.They are more interested in the reunions of Genesis and Spinal tip at Wembley Stadium. The remarkable thing from an international relations stand billet is that it pulls together musical artists from all over the world and all genres of music. Unfortunately, the international relations that it seems to be fostering are all feel advanced relations and require no actual effort from anyone involved. They simply take to show up and be entertained by some of the worlds top musicians and maybe listen to a few proceeding of factoids about global climate change.In reality, the Live Earth concerts reckon to be doing little to promote actual environmental awareness or international relations. Instead, it seems to be little more than an excuse for an international solar day of music. There is nothing wrong with promoting peace and environmental awareness with music, but Live Earth seems like a farce.