The line-up for last week’s Live Earth gig was’nt really my bag so no tears were shed when I missed most of it but I was disappointed not to catch the short films commissioned to coincide with the concert and which were played throughout the intermissions across the world.
40 short films were produced in total some of which you might have seen during the BBC coverage of the event. I’ve hunted high and low on the internet to find them all but so far have just come up with the Top 15 which are available on the Live Earth Film Project page. Some are good and some not so good, personal favourites include Sad Fish and Don’t let it all unravel.
For the brave at heart, there is also one called Cow. Be warned it does’nt make for pleasent viewing! We tackled the same topic (emissions from livestock) in our last video which you can still view over on the side or on our youtube page and which biased though I might be is much better!
Live Earth also came under a lot of criticism for the mixed messages delivered by pop stars and their big carbon footprints and although I dont want to dredge all that up again it was disappointing to see on the Film Project page that Chevy were sponsoring the online coverage. An event like Live Earth goes hand in hand with corporate sponsorship and though they may have the biggest range of vehicles fitted to run on biofuels, is a car manufacturer who’s range includes a lot of SUVs and those monster truck type vehicles popular in the US really the best company to convince us of the changes we need to make to tackle climate change?
