A new campaign led by 12 NGOs and a slew of African musicians is breaking this cliché by proposing a string of concerts that will take place on the continent over the next five years, writes Adrian Craddock, a freelance journalist in London
Bob geldof
Bob Geldof: How climate change became the new starving Africa
It’s been 25 years since the Ethiopian famines, but Africa is still suffering. Only now the big issue is the environment and climate change, says Bob Geldof.
The time has come for climate change song
Midnight Oil hit ‘Beds are Burning’, sung by our own Minister for Environment Peter Garrett, is to be re-recorded. Usual suspects like Bob Geldof and Duran Duran are contributing to raise awareness of climate change.
Earth schmerth. It’s the Reformation all over again.
To rational environmentalists, the entire argument in favour of carbon offsetting has as much logic as the Australian Government running a national campaign against childhood obesity by saying the answer is liposuction, writes Matt Marks.
