July 10, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
Trent Stamp says he liked listening to Bon Jovi at the Live Earth concert he attended at Giants Stadium in New Jersey—one of many events held worldwide over the weekend to promote awareness of global warming.
But he’s not sure he got much more out of it than some “fun.”
“I never felt like I was part of a global movement,” the president of Charity Navigator writes on Trent Stamp’s Take. “The ‘cause’ was always second to the performance.”
Furthermore, he says, the organizers inside the concert were short on details. “Where did our money go? What were they going to do with it? Was there another way I could help financially? Sadly, for sustainability at a donor level, no answers to any of these questions were provided.”
He says the concert did raise awareness of global warming, adding that to defenders of charity special events, “that’s all that matters, right?”
(Live Earth organizers have said proceeds from the concerts will go to Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection.)
Did you participate in or watch any of the Live Earth events? What do you think they accomplished? Share your thoughts by clicking on the comments link below this post.
