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  Concerts and Penguins Don't Mix

  OK. I am all about changing things for the better with regard to the environment. But, this concert crap on seven continents is just the kind of BS that makes me squirm. That and seeing that stupid picture of a pensive Leonardo DiCaprio on the cover of Vanity Fair with a Photoshoped polar bear cub at his feet taken in Greenland by Annie Lebovitz.

  Here are the issues with this kind of celebrity self-petting that I see.

  First, how does a 7 continent concert tour help anyone? By raising awareness? No not really. Press coverage of a concert is not awareness. Awareness about the state of our planet and how to protect it turning into action happens at the community level with education.

  How much gas and other resources will be needlessly wasted to ship Al and his celebrity friends all over the world to sing about change and for whom will they sing? Who on the other six continents gives a shit about Al Gore and Cameron Diaz and their pet causes? Will the penguins in Antarctica be beguiled by the television cameras, masses of people, bottled water, shipped in food, and weird noises coming out of objects that they have never seen? Or will they just be slightly traumatized? What gets left behind there? Tons of human waste? Even a little waste there is too much.

  And the best question of all is, who decided that this was the best way to reach the people who can actually make changes in our governments? Are the organizers of this event counting on the stupidity and weird star fascination of the American public to drive home the message that something must change?

  Stop wasting valuable resources on useless self interested causes. Think about how much money was wasted flying Leo and his crew and Annie and hers to Greenland to do a Vanity Fair photo shoot. It was a lot, I can guarantee you, all of it was paid for by the ad dollars generated by the magazine for products that are made in large part by harming the earth and its inhabitants.

  Get real about things like the 7 continent tour. The state of our planet isn't helped at all by these kinds of self gratifying awareness raising events. Seriously, all of that money and time could be so much better spent cleaning up a beach or a park near your own house and leaving the creatures of Antarctica blissfully alone.On It's Official: He Rocks posted 2 years, 5 months ago 12 Responses