USA: New Jersey fans leave Live Earth concert and clean up effort begins

Thousands of people leave New Jersey's Live Earth concert at the Giants stadium and start recycling their waste in an orderly fashion. Thousands of people left New Jersey's Giants Stadium in an orderly fashion while promising to do more to fight global warming Saturday (July 7, 2007). Some of the world's biggest pop stars from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Madonna and The Police played Live Earth concerts worldwide on to urge fans and governments to help save the planet. Tens of thousands partied at concerts in Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hamburg, Johannesburg, London, Washington, New Jersey and Rio de Janeiro to hear Bon Jovi, James Blunt, Linkin Park and Shakira and many other performers. Spearheaded by environmentalist and former U.S. vice president Al Gore, the concerts spanned over 22 hours, ending at Rio's Copacabana beach and a New Jersey football stadium, where the clean up effort went on smoothly. Thousands of concert goers left the stadium and placed all their sodas and garbage in the separate recycling bins. Ryan Schofield said it was "a good day". "It was dual. It was about the music. It was about the cause. To be able to do something both ways, I get a little something out of it you know to raise awareness it works both ways I think so it was a good day," Schofield said. Another music fan, Jair Pinckney called Live Earth a great idea because of the power and influence musicians have on their fans. "I believe a lot of people respect what other musicians have to say so I think a lot of people will follow suit and just do what is best for the environment," he said. Following the model of 1985's Live Aid and Live 8 in 2005, Live Earth hopes to reach up to 2 billion people through radio, television and the Internet.

ITN Source | July 8, 2007

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