Keep your Live Earth décor simple. Don’t forget that this event encourages everyone to recycle, reduce and reuse. Decorations like streamers and balloons that will get trashed after your party don’t exactly say “earth-friendly.” Set up plenty of recycling bins for paper, plastic and aluminum waste instead of general trash cans.
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Send guests home with green tips that encourage them to conserve. An energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulb and a list of local curbside recycling services can be reminders to help jumpstart a greener lifestyle!
If you haven’t already, visit
www.liveearth.org to find out more about climate crisis solutions and get the latest up-to-date information on all the events for your event!
The Live Earth concerts will be rocking, so make sure you're ready to turn up the music!
Let your neighbors know you're having people over for this fantastic event, and invite them join in the fun!
Encourage your guests to carpool, bike or take public transportation so that parking is reduced to a minimum and enviro-consideration is at a maximum.
Some Live Earth games are a fun way to reiterate the importance of protecting the environment. Here are some activities that will have your guests seeing green:
• Create a flyer with suggested solutions to combat the global climate crisis and distribute them in your neighborhood (on 100% recycled or eco-friendly paper of course!)
• Download a free banner/badge from
www.liveearth.org for your website
• Organize a "lights out" in your neighborhood as a symbol of solidarity with the cause
• Have a letter-writing party, sending messages to your local politicians or utility companies about the need for more green practices
• Create your own Live Earth playlists! Have your friends come up with their favorite songs that would make the perfect soundtrack to your event.
• Test your guests' knowledge with an enviro-trivia game. Know how hybrid cars manage to conserve gas? How many tons of waste Americans produce each year? A little pre-party research at
www.liveearth.org and you'll have plenty of facts to entertain and spread a little eco-awareness.
• See which guest can turn trash into treasure. Use milk jugs, grocery bags, aluminum cans and other recyclables to create sculptures that can be used as centerpieces.
Be vegetarian for the day. The meat industry and farm animals produce a tremendous amount of methane and transportation-related emissions each year. Vegetables can be sourced locally and organic farming techniques eliminate much of the environmental damage associated with mass-scale agriculture.
Select environmentally friendly ingredients when shopping for your food. Some key words and phrases to look for include:
• Organic
• All-natural
• Free-range
• Fair-trade
• Pesticide-free
| ABSOLUT has supported the production of 60 short films for Live Earth. You can watch them online at www.liveearth.msn.com.
Check out their fabulous recipes at www.absolutdrinks.com to mix up your favorite beverages!
PEPSI is a supporter of the Live Earth New York show.
Mix up these Live Earth libations!
ABSOLUT VANILIA & PEPSI
• 1 part ABSOLUT VANILIA
• Pepsi Cola
• Lime wedge
Build over ice cubes in a highball glass. Top up with cola.
And for the designated drivers in your group:
LIVE EARTH ELIXIR (non-alcoholic)
• 1 part Ocean Spray cranberry juice
• 1 part Tropicana orange juice
• 1 part DOLE pineapple juice
• 1 part Tropicana grapefruit juice
• Sierra Mist lemon-lime soda
• Lime slices
Build over ice cubes in a highball glass. Top up with Sierra Mist lemon-lime soda. Garnish with lime slice.
Get more ABSOLUT recipes for
Velvet Hammer
Melon Daiquiri
Tequila Sunrise (classic)
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| 1. | Hey You / Madonna |
| 2. | Around the World / Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 3. | Waiting on the World to Change / John Mayer |
| 4. | My Blue Heaven / Taking Back Sunday |
| 5. | Don't Drink the Water / Dave Matthews Band |
| 6. | Eskimo / Damien Rice |
| 7. | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle / Jack Johnson |
| 8. | Suddenly I See / KT Tunstall |
| 9. | Right Right Now Now / Beastie Boys |
| 10. | When the World Is Running Down / Police |
| 11. | Preaching the End of the World / Chris Cornell |
| 12. | Warning / Green Day |
| 13. | Planet Earth / Duran Duran |
| 14. | This Is a Call / Foo Fighters |
| 15. | Drop it Like It’s Hot / Snoop Dogg |
| 16. | Tales of Scorched Earth / Smashing Pumpkins |
| 17. | The World's Not Waiting / Fall Out Boy |
| 18. | Death of Seasons / AFI |
| 19. | In the End / Linkin Park |
| 20. | Price of Gas / Bloc Party |
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