7-7-07 -- the live earth blog -- contribute yourself

Inspired by the Live Earth, Madonna has written a new song, "Hey You," which will be is now available to be downloaded in MP3 format from Microsoft, Live Earth's exclusive online partner.

Go to http://liveearth.msn.com/ and download the song today! The first million downloads of "Hey You" will be free and Microsoft has pledged to donate $0.25 per download to the Alliance for Climate Protection for each of the first million downloads. Microsoft has relaunched their online experience supporting Live Earth, where you'll be able to watch all of the concerts online during and after the events. FREE DOWNLOAD ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY 9 PM PACIFIC TIME 5/22!!

Stop by the new www.LiveEarth.org site - we've got new features on how we're making our events green. There's great information on solutions that you can use to combat climate change: find out how paying your bills online and changing your light bulbs can reduce your carbon footprint. More features coming soon!

The book is the official companion volume to the Live Earth series of concerts taking place around the world on July 7, 2007. The 77 skills highlighted in the Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook range from how to "audit" your garbage to how to convince skeptics that global warming exists. The Global Warming Survival Handbook offers a fun, compelling and sly deconstruction of a survival manual, as well as advice on everything from how to change a light bulb to how to fundamentally change the way we live. The book addresses the topic of climate crisis with a sense of humor, more than a grain of salt and scientific information to support the argument that a crisis exists. Author David De Rothschild was recently voted a "young global leader' by the World Economic Forum. Get the LIve Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook: order now in the US and the UK.

The cities of Istanbul, Turkey and Hamburg, Germany will host an official Live Earth concert events on July 7, 2007.

While artist lineups are still being finalized for these shows, we're pleased to have added two more world capitols to our list of concert locations. Check back to www.liveearth.org for more details on these concerts soon.