Live Earth

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{{#badges: Climate change}} Live Earth is a for-profit company founded by producer Kevin Wall, in partnership with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. It uses entertainment such as concerts to "ignite a global movement" to solve critical environmental problems. It started with a concert held on July 7, 2007. Live Earth partners with corporations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and entertainment and political influencers and creates events and media to get global leaders, local communities and individuals to actively participate in solving the planet's environmental problems.[1]

Live Earth held a 24-hour long series of concerts, called Live Earth, in New York, London, Johannesburg, Rio, Shanghai, Tokyo, Sydney, Hamburg and Istanbul held July 7, 2007.

At the 2009 "Green Inaugural Ball", 1,200 guests were at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture for the inauguration of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden and America's green economy.[1]

Partners

Non-profit partners:[2]

For-profit partners:

Personnel

[3]

Contact details

8750 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 250
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Phone: 1-310-550-3888
Web: http://liveearth.org

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 About, Live Earth, accessed October 2010.
  2. Partners, Live Earth, accessed October 2010.
  3. Personnel bios, Live Earth, accessed October 2010.

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