Live Earth event in Asheville is a huge success.
Approximately 500 people at the Friends of Live Earth event in Asheville joined two billion other folks from around the world on 7/7/07 in a gigantic wakeup call for our planet about the perils of global warming.
All Saturday afternoon, concerned citizens from across Western North Carolina joined representatives of environmental organizations and green businesses at Asheville Brewing Company to determine what they could do personally to confront the climate crisis and global warming.
Event organizers Cecil Bothwell, David LaMotte, Shonnie Lavender and yours truly were well pleased with the entire event. The representatives of environmental organizations and green businesses tabling engaged the folks attending and gave them empowering ideas about actions they can take right now to address global warming. The kids events were entertaining and educational. Local merchants provided valuable door prizes. The music from the Live Earth concerts on the big screen TVs was something to behold. The And our gracious host Asheville Pizza Company provided a lot of their fine beer and tasty pizza, plus their staff displayed grace and attentiveness in the midst of what was sometimes a whirlwind of activity.
My thanks to everyone who contributed to making Friends of Live Earth Asheville what it was. I believe we have witnessed a turning point in our efforts to assure that humans do not become the first species on earth to create its own extinction. No longer will we argue about whether global warming is real or not. That’s a given. We now need to stop the wrangling about what needs to be done and take action at personal, local, state, national and worldwide levels.
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* Thanks to David LaMotte for the photos, some of which were also uploaded to the Friends of Live Earth website.
* Sign the Live Earth Pledge at http://liveearthpledge.org/.
* Watch Al Gore’s message about the Live Earth Pledge below.
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Friends of Live Earth event in Asheville on 7/7/07
Join in a celebration of music, citizen empowerment, food and drink in Asheville on Saturday, July 7 as local environmental groups, green businesses and concerned citizens come together for the health of our planet.
Who: Concerned citizens, environmental groups, and green business who want to take action to deal with the climate crisis
What: An event designed to enjoy ourselves, raise awareness of simple, cost-effective actions we can easily take, and to watch the U.S. Live Earth concert and clips from the others around the world.
When: July 7, 2007, 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Where: Asheville Brewing Company, 77 Coxe Avenue, downtown Asheville
Why: To have fun and empower citizens to take action now
Visit the Friends of the Planet blog for info on the local event: wncfriendsoftheplanet.wordpress.com
Visit the Live Earth website for info on the global events and events outside the local area: liveearth.org
Take the Live Earth pledge to combat the climate crisis at liveearthpledge.org.
RSVP: joinliveearth.org/page/event/detail/jtq
Broadcast: NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, Sundance, XM Radio, Sirius Radio, LiveEarth.MSN.com
Help spread the word! Please let others know about this event via word of mouth and your e-mail list. If you’d like flyers for this event, just let me know.
I look forward to seeing you on July 7.
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Live Earth will help us reach a tipping point that’s needed to move corporations and governments to take decisive action to solve the climate crisis.
–Former Vice President Al Gore
Friday, June 29th, 2007
