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Paperless tickets hit the right note at Big Green Gathering

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thebiggathering.jpgBig Green Gathering, the festival for ethical music fans will minimise its impact on the environment by delivering tickets to fans via tixmob, the mobile ticketing service, eliminating the environmental and financial cost of printing and delivering traditional paper based tickets.

The weekend music festival, taking place from 1st to 5th of August, is one of the first in the UK to use mobile ticketing. To buy tickets fans simply log on to new mobile ticketing website www.tixmob.com and pay for their tickets using a credit or debit card and have them delivered immediately to their mobile phone.

Festival goers can choose to receive all tickets on one phone or, for those buying multiple tickets, to have them delivered direct to their friends’ mobiles. Unlike traditional ticketing services tixmob charges no costly delivery fees. You simply pay the face value of the ticket plus a nominal processing charge and tickets will be available right up until the final minutes before the event starts.

Penny Kemp , Marketing Director at Big Green Gathering said, “Festival goers who come to Big Green Gathering will be delighted that we are going mobile. Mobile ticketing reduces the environmental impact of the festival and is just another small step on the road to becoming the most environmentally sound entertainment event in the UK.”

Originally posted on July 16, 2007 @ 5:15 pm

Live Earth concerts archived for free viewing

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Did you miss the Live Earth performances over the weekend? Want to watch them again? Microsoft is offering the chance for you to take care of your Live Earth itch by making performances from all eight concerts available from MSN.

The Live Earth concerts are available immediately on the MSN Live Earth site. Those wanting more drill down information from the seven continent concert series which had performances from more than 100 artists will also feature “recorded interviews with many of the performers and continue to offer information designed to help viewers turn their interest in global climate change into action.”

Viewers will also be able to share home videos about the concerts or environmental issues at the Soapbox on MSN Video.

Originally posted on July 9, 2007 @ 4:57 pm

Live Earth to set new stage of web viewing– Reuters

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liveearth.jpgIf you’re staying home today, we highly recommend Live Earth, the 24-hour concert that aims to raise awareness for the current climate crisis that we are all experiencing.

Reuters reports that this event may set a new stage for web viewing. Expected to reach billions of viewers worldwide through television coverage, it will be immensely boosted by the power of web video sharing, social networks, and photo sharing.

“Users can create their own program from all the show assets from around the world,” said Kevin Wall, Live Earth founder and CEO of Control Room which is producing the shows. “They’re going to be able to share those experiences in a way that’s never ever been done in history.”

You can watch Live Earth online via MSN.

Originally posted on July 7, 2007 @ 11:20 am

Kelly Rowland to host 24 hours of progamming in Zwinktopia to raise awareness on global warming

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stagez.jpgIAC Consumer Applications and Portals, a wholly-owned business of IAC/InterActiveCorp, announced that Kelly Rowland, Scott Ian, Lil Mama, Hinder, Teddy Geiger, and Jordan McCoy will serve as celebrity hosts at “Stage-Z” – a full-day concert to be held July 7th in its virtual world, Zwinktopia. Environmental reporters Amy Sedaris, Tina Fey, and Amy Poehler, and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog will also be participating. Stage-Z will raise awareness of the global warming epidemic and need for climate control reform.

“Global warming is an issue that we need to confront, and I am proud to do my part to help today’s teens understand the dire consequences of inaction on this issue,” said Kelly Rowland. “Hosting at Stage-Z in Zwinktopia is an innovative way for me to spread this message to the online community.”

In conjunction with The Alliance For Climate Protection, Stage Z will broadcast in Zwinktopia, a virtual world for the more than seven million Zwinky avatars worldwide. Stage-Z will feature a 24-hour block of music videos, interviews, comedy, short films, and exclusive programming from today’s top hip-hop, rock, pop, electronic, and metal artists as well as celebrity DJ’s, comedians and actors.

The event will coincide with Live Earth, a 24-hour, 7-continent series of 9 concerts taking place on July 7th that will bring together more than 100 music artists and 2 billion people to trigger a global movement to solve the climate crisis.

The Stage-Z Concert will be held in the new outdoor amphitheatre in Zwinktopia built especially for the event.

Originally posted on July 6, 2007 @ 8:25 am

Google, Intel, other tech companies, launch initiative to improve energy efficiency

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Climate Savers Computing IntiativeInternet search leader Google Inc and top semiconductor maker Intel Corp frontlines a group of some of the largest technology companies in the industry in what is called to be the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, with goals to improve energy efficiency and ultimately, promote global warming awareness.

This initiative is participated by technology giants such as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, eBay, Hitachi, NEC, among others, as well as environmental groups, government agencies, and educational institutions, with hopes to encourage all Fortune 500 companies to eventually join as well.

The plan is to improve the efficiency of power sources for computers, servers, and other equipment they create and use, and to educate users about power management and encourage them to buy products labeled as energy efficient. Climate Savers will initially follow the Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star guidelines for this year, requiring a minimum of 80% efficiency in PC power supplies, but aims to achieve 90% efficiency by 2010.

Google co-founder Larry Page said, in a brief appearance at the news conference to lend his support, “The amount of power that computers are using is increasing, and the amount of importance they have in our lives in also increasing. By getting everybody focused on that we can probably make great strides going into the future.. I think this can really help the world.”

Climate Savers Computing Initiative is part of the World Wildlife Fund’s Climate Savers program, whose objective is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Originally posted on June 12, 2007 @ 8:12 pm