The page on giving up meat in “The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook: 77 Essential Skills To Stop Climate Change.”
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A representative for Live Earth told BuzzFeed News that they did not have complete control over the food served at the venues where their events are being held due to pre-existing agreements between those venues and their vendors.
“Where it’s in our control, we go with what the principals of our events and our campaign are and that falls into being as vegan as possible,” Jillian Dunn, director of communications for Live Earth, said in a phone interview with BuzzFeed News. “We’re very conscious of how animal production and animal waste affects climate, as well as animals themselves.”
Gore and his climate change movement are no strangers to the charge of hypocrisy. The original Live Earth concert event that took place in 2007 was criticized for featuring acts that flew in on private jets and whose songs promoted gas-guzzling SUVs.
BuzzFeed News contacted the venues where the two main concerts where the events are expected to be held — MetLife Stadium in New Jersey and Stade de France in Paris — asking whether animal products would be served during the event. A representative for MetLife stadium said that LiveEarth is not on their events calendar, and therefore she couldn’t comment. Representatives for Stade de France have yet to respond.
The page on giving up meat in “The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook: 77 Essential Skills To Stop Climate Change.”