Partners

Live Earth, Save Our Selves

SOS-Save Our Selves is designed to trigger a mass-scale movement to combat our climate crisis. Our climate crisis affects everyone, everywhere. That's who SOS is aimed at. The magnitude of the climate crisis makes it so that only a global response can begin to address it. SOS asks all people to Save Our Selves because only we can. SOS is more than a distress call. The most important part is how people respond. As we move forward, SOS will not only issue the call, but will provide the solutions individuals, corporations, governments and the world can use in answering it. SOS will reach people in every corner of the planet through television, film, radio, the Internet and through Live Earth, which will bring together more than 150 of the world's top musicians for 24-hours of music from 7 concerts across all 7 continents. Live Earth alone will engage an audience of more than 2 billion people. That audience, and the proceeds from the concerts, will create the foundation for a new, multi-year global effort to combat the climate crisis led by Vice President Al Gore. SOS was founded by Kevin Wall.

Live Earth: The Concert for a Climate in Crisis

Live Earth will use the global reach of music to engage people on a mass scale to combat our climate crisis. Live Earth will bring together more than 150 of the world's top musicians for 24-hours of music from 7 concerts across all 7 continents. Live Earth will bring together an audience of more than 2 billion at the concerts and through television, radio, film, and the Internet. That audience, and the proceeds from the event, will create the foundation for a new, multi-year global effort to combat the climate crisis led by Vice President Al Gore. Kevin Wall, Worldwide Executive Producer of Live 8, is producing Live Earth. All Live Earth venues will be designed and constructed by a groundbreaking team of sustainability engineers and advisors directed by John Picard. This greening team will address the environmental and energy management concerns of each concert site, as well as the operations of sponsors, partners, and other Live Earth affiliates. Each venue will not only be designed to maintain a minimum environmental impact, but will showcase the latest state-of-the-art energy efficiency, on-site power generation, and sustainable facilities management practices.

The Climate Project

In June 2006, The Climate Project (TCP) began operations based in Nashville, Tennessee, as non-profit organization with the mission of increasing public awareness of the climate crisis at a grassroots level throughout the United States and abroad. By April 2007, a diverse group of 1000 volunteers from every corner of the USA had been trained to present a version of the slide show on which the Academy Award-winning film, “An Inconvenient Truth” is based. More Nashville trainings are planned for later in 2007, focusing on specific sector groups. Read more

The Climate Group

The Climate Group is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing business and government leadership on climate change. We are based in the US, UK and Australia and we operate internationally. The Climate Group convened last summer's roundtable discussion with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Prime Minister Tony Blair and a select group of prominent CEOs and business leaders from leading California and international companies to share ideas on how business and government can work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The roundtable resulted in a historic cooperation agreement between the UK and California to advance the deployment of clean energy and clean technologies and a Leadership Statement on Climate Change signed by twelve of the participating CEOs.

MSN

MSN was the first sponsor to sign on and support SOS in its efforts to combat our climate crisis, and looks forward to extending SOS" efforts to mass audiences. As one of the world"s most popular Internet destinations, MSN will help SOS meet its goal of reaching more than two billion people. MSN aims to inspire the more than 465 million people around the world who visit MSN each month through the power of video, community, interactivity and meaningful content. People can directly participate in the SOS campaign on MSN at http://liveearth.msn.com, as part of a media experience that will seamlessly integrate video, information, community aspects and interactivity. People from around the world will also unite on 7/7/07 to watch the Live Earth webcasts live exclusively on MSN.

Control Room

Control Room, of which Kevin Wall is CEO, is producing Live Earth. Control Room is the leading global provider of live digital entertainment, offering more than 500 million people worldwide access to concert broadcasts of their favorite artists. Wall launched Control Room (originally known as Network Live) in July 2005. Since then, the company has produced and distributed more than 60 concerts with artists including Beyonce, Madonna, Green Day, Dave Matthews Band, Keith Urban, James Blunt, Snoop Dogg and the Rolling Stones. Its multi-partner network provides unprecedented reach for live offerings through broadband, television, digital movie theatres and mobile phones throughout the U.S. and the world.

Participant Productions

Participant Productions is a Los Angeles-based production company that focuses on socially relevant, commercially viable feature films and documentaries. These projects all center on important social issues that awaken, inspire and empower audiences to make a difference. Participant’s titles include Al Gore’s Academy Award winner “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Syriana,” “Good Night and Good Luck,” “ North Country,” “Murderball” and the upcoming releases “The Kite Runner” and “Charlie Wilson’s War.” The company is re-launching its social network as a social ACTION network to coincide with its partnership with the Alliance for Climate Protection, partnering with Live Earth. The social action network will offer multimedia and community-building resources for socially progressive individuals and organizations. Participant was founded in January 2004 by philanthropist Jeff Skoll and is headed by CEO Jim Berk.