An hour after launching the Global Cool initiative at Fuji Rock 2006, Orlando Bloom and Global Cool founder Dan Morrell took the stage once more, this time in the dragonfly-specked Gypsy Avalon field.
Talking to a crowd of Japanese festival-goers, the pair were joined by Steve Howard, head of The Climate Group.
Bloom told the crowd at the mountain-hemmed festival site, “This is a beautiful environment for a concert; we can save this environment.” Morrell and Howard went on to explain the campaign in this intimate setting, inviting questions from the crowd.
One passionate Japanese reveller asked, “Why are you telling us this when the Americans are the ones who backed out of the Kyoto protocol?” America signed the protocol, which aims to prevent climate change, in 1998, but has yet to ratify it or put it into place.
Morrell replied, “We want you to forget what everyone else is doing, and just look at what you can do yourself.”
Before the trio and their translator left the stage, Bloom made a parting comment. “This is all about small things that make a big difference,” he said, adding with a smile, “Enjoy the party! Fuji Rocks…”
The Gypsy Avalon stage is powered by ’soft energy’, generated by bio-diesel fuel from recyled salad oil and solar power, and represents the ethos of Fuji Rock’s carbon-neutral programme.
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