The reception and awareness in Singapore was more ... lukewarm, especially for an island nation where ~20% of the land is reclaimed, particularly for key commercial, administrative and residential sites. An Earth-Fest 7/7/07 event was held this weekend but the amount of support - in terms of publicity, sponsorship, events and ultimately, attendance - was rather disappointing.
Quite a few folks also expressed their cynicism over the promotional method (be it the SOS campaign concerts, Al Gore's involvement, MediaCorp's ads), adding further fuel (no pun intended) to the controversy and criticism that's already been expressed worldwide. I tend to agree with this blogger who urges the skeptics to not let the messenger diminish the importance of the message. Alternately, don't lose sight of the forest for the trees!
That said, the crowd that showed up - though small, was spirited. A small stage was set up at One Fullerton for several live bands:
Boards like these were scattered throughout for folks to sign pledges:
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Hello Cilipadi, thanks for the link. We could have linked back to you automatically if you had used the trackback URL. :)
It was even quieter when I was there, at least you caught the live band performances.
Hun Boon - Thanks for dropping by! Yes, it was sadly rather quiet on the "environmental" front last weekend. Funny thing is, I'm on the Wild Singapore mailing list and don't recall reading anything about Live Earth either.
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