The Live Earth concert weekend was an inspiring planetary event ... 22 hours of music screened on C4 from Saturday evening to Sunday evening.
Al Gore was inspirational ... emerging as a hologram on the Tokyo stage to open their part of the concerts ... and then later appearing on the New York stage (after Melissa Etheridge) to personally deliver his seven-point pledge to work for change.
The other inspirational speech from New York was cut from the international broadcasts. It was a clear call from Robert F Kennedy Jnr to get involved in the political process. You can watch the speech here and read his full speech here.
On the musical side ... the Crowded House reunion on the Sydney stage was stunning. But I'd have to say the overall best performance in my opinion came from Madonna! She really rocked ... sang and danced in remarkably high heels!
I was also very much taken by Paul Kelly's group performance of his Aussie classic on the Gurinji land rights struggle of the 1970s ... "From Little Things, Big Things Grow". (Missy Elliot is the new Australian pop diva).
About ChangeMakers 5-10-5-10
Taranaki ChangeMakers is one of several New Zealand groups that have been developing a new style of community group which aims to inspire and support a greater citizen engagement on social, economic and environmental issues. Our group follows a 5-10-5-10 framework of active citizenship.