Well it isn’t Live8, from a musical perspective, – no criticism meant for all of the great talent that is participating – but technically speaking, Live Earth is much better produced and distributed than Live8. I am watching the feed on UHD in high definition and dolby digital surround sound, and it rocks!! I can’t wait to see John Mayer, the Dave Matthews Band, the Police, Roger Waters, Linkin Park, and many others in HD & surround sound. Check out the MSN site for all of the concert details. A live feed of the concert can be accessed there as well.

To get involved and to make your pledge to take personal action to limit energy consumption and reduce CO2 emissions, visit the liveearth.org site. There is alot of practical information on this site to help us get started to make the changes we all must make in order to begin the healing of our planet. It is a huge problem, but with global participation, we can change the course we are on. If each one of us makes small changes, a big impact will be made. I encourage you to visit the site, take the pledge, start being the change we all must be to start the healing.

I enjoyed reading John Mayer’s blog entry about his hope and excitement regarding his participation in this event.

I woke up this morning with hope. Excitement, even. Live Earth is taking place in 48 hours, and I’m starting to feel the first ripples of what could become a revolution.

I hope that for all the cynicism that’s existed around this subject, we can all uncross our arms long enough to give this event a chance to impact the world in the way that I’m beginning to feel that it could. Now isn’t the time to dissect the rights and wrongs. (If you’re hoping Live Earth doesn’t work, you have a lot of soul-searching to do.) Read more

I agree with John. I prefer to hope, and believe that this event will shine a light on a problem that far eclipses any other that human beings have ever faced. If we care about ourselves, each other, and our collective future, we must commit to making changes in our lifestyles. In what and how we consume. In the process we will foster just and fair trade of high-value products that were not produced on the backs and with the blood of the young and destitute. We will take the money and control out of the hands of the corporations that are choking the life out of our planet and the populations that inhabit it, and invest it in services, research, and products that provide value to people and actively sustain the earth and all of its inhabitants.

Answer the call! Together we can be the change. We are the leaders we have been waiting for. Stand up.