Critics of Live Earth complain about its carbon footprint http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/live_earths_huge_carbon_footprint/
, but the producers of Live Earth were overall very green savvy. If you are reading this, you have a carbon footprint. Every human being and almost all human activity does. The point is, the consciousness of more and more people is moving in the direction of reducing their own carbon footprint. Off-Grid journalist Brendan Montague clomplains that Live Earth became a “huge PR-driven machine with multi-national companies who have disputable green credentials. ” The reality is that the Corporate World is rapidly going green. Many were not in the past, however, the only place to change anything is now and in the future. Is it helpful to have someone in charge of vetting the “green credentials” of others?


Live Earth was a terrific multi media worldwide 24-hour infomercial on Global Warming and other environmental issues. Over 10 million people logged in and watched it on the web. One of the recommendations repeated many times on Live Earth is switching to CFLs. In our home, we replaced conventional 60-watt light bulbs with 14 watt CFLs. We get the same amount of light. We have not only significantly reduced our energy use and carbon footprint, we have cut our electricity bill by a third. Saving money while reducing energy used and reducing our environmental impact is SMART GREEN! It is very likely that sales of CFLs will increase as a result of Live Earth. That is a good thing, for the Earth, and for America. CFLs are much better than the older incandescent light bulbs. Not perfect http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070518-cfls-bulbs.html
but much more environmentally friendly. It seems very likely that LEDs may improve to the point where they replace CFLs, and that would be even better. “The perfect is the enemy of the good!” Right now replacing incandescent light bulbs with CFLs will, if it becomes widely practiced, have a large positive global impact. Live Earth may well contribute to the rapidly growing trend of switching to CFLs and gave us some great music too. Well done Live Earth!