So, Al Gore, what's the one thing we can all do to tackle climate change?

[cal04]

The Live Earth organiser answers your questions

What is the one thing, the most urgent thing, that everyone can do to tackle global warming? Philip Mercer, London

Well, first of all, learn about it. Learn about the ways in which you can become part of the solution to the problem in the contexts of your own life. Learning about it is important in your role as a citizen, and in helping to achieve the policy changes that in the long term will be required to solve this crisis.

Where individual actions are concerned, cut down on energy use. Become conscious as a consumer of picking the most environmentally friendly alternatives - and they are always there. You can make symbolic actions like changing lightbulbs to bulbs that use a tiny fraction of the energy, but remember that less visible changes that can accomplish the same thing are available for every product.

What do you think staging the Live Earth concerts will achieve? Don't you think there's a danger people will just enjoy the music and then forget about the issues? Ben Patterson, Liverpool

I'm relatively certain they'll enjoy the music, because the best acts in the world are playing. And I'm hopeful that Live Earth will serve as a unique opportunity to ask the entire world to hear the SOS for climate in crisis. Once we have their attention, we intend to launch a three-year campaign to put the solutions before every person in the world. I'm very optimistic that we'll have a chance to have a measurable difference.

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http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2742779.ece

[Graybeard]

1. Thanks for this post cal04. What Live Earth is about...

...is not raising a bunch of money. It is about awareness and personal responsibility.

[Bitwit1234]

2. I know we are starting small

but for one thing we changed every single lite bulb to the new ones. And guess what, they give better light also.

[pigdog_infidel]

3. Permenently Sequester Carbon and Make Money.

I have a company that sequesters carbon using clams. OK you can stop laughing now. But if you want to check it out you can go to Carbon Clamup . Basicly the plankton takes the CO2 out of the air but the clams take the carbon and locks it up permanently in their shells. OK great but how much does it cost you might ask. Actually you can make money doing it if you don't mind harvesting and selling the clams at market. Right now we can get you a 20% return on your investment in 2 years which is how long it takes the seed clams to grow to market size. Plus we don't have to drive way out into a forrest and wait 50 years for a tree to grow. We go 1/2 mile out into our local river to plant them. Now I know we can't solve the whole problem this way but if everyone does their part it could be the difference.

[NNadir]

4. I am still thinking about Bangladesh.

George Harrison had a concert for Bangladesh.

More than a coincidence?

[dipsydoodle]

5. Here's the entire Bangladesh concert

Part 1 : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1920337811519195069&q=concert+for+bangladesh&total=202&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

Part 2 : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6841389421697687571&q=concert+for+bangladesh&total=202&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

Enjoy !

[NNadir]

6. Thanks.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Thank you for posting this.