Live Earth facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Live Earth |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Genre | Pop / Rock |
| Dates | 7 July 2007 |
| Location(s) | Sydney, Johannesburg, New Jersey, Rio de Janeiro, Antarctica, Tokyo, Kyoto, Shanghai, London, Hamburg, Washington, D.C., and Rome |
| Years active | 2007 |
| Founded by | Al Gore, Kevin Wall |
Live Earth was an event developed to increase environmental awareness through entertainment.
Background
Founded by Emmy-winning producer Kevin Wall, in partnership with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Live Earth was built upon the belief that entertainment has the power to transcend social and cultural barriers to move the world community to action. Live Earth seeks to leverage the power of entertainment through integrated events, media, and the live experience to ignite a global movement aimed at solving the most critical environmental issues of our time.
Host cities
The Dow Live Earth Run for Water was hosted by about 200 cities around the world, including: Amsterdam, Atlanta, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Cape Town, Chicago, Chongqing, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Jakarta, Jerusalem, Jimbaran, Karachi, Lima, Lisbon, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Mexico City, Minneapolis, Monterrey, Montreal, New York City, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, San Diego, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Seattle, Singapore City, Sydney, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington, D.C.
See also
In Spanish: Live Earth para niños
- List of historic rock festivals
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Climate change
- Earth Hour
- Global warming
- Hurricane Katrina
- Individual and political action on climate change
- Politics of global warming
- Save Our Selves
- Denmark plants trees
