Neil Young Continues Passionate Defense of Earth

LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR
via Neil Young's Archives (NYA) Times-Contrarian

Neil Young continues to stand up in his passionate defense of life on Earth.

In his latest posting on Neil Young Archives (NYA) Times-Contrarian, "LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR", Neil discusses the climate changes and the need for action.

From a letter to TW from Texas Buffalo Hunter:

I'm sorry to hear about Neil losing his home in the fire. Having been through several floods, you feel helpless against something you can't fight.

Neil is my all-time favorite; his music has painted images in my mind and left me in a state I wish I could always be in.

God Bless, Neil. I hope you outlive me.

You'll never hear, know, or care, but I would be seeing the end of something I never want to stop.

Neil Young fans continue to deabte the cause and meaning of all of this calamity on Zuma Beach is Burning: We Are NOT Helpless. Jump in and keep it civil.

In the meantime, here's Neil Young performing "Mother Earth" at the Farm Aid concert in Raleigh, NC on September 13, 2014.

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More on Farm Aid concert in Raleigh, NC on September 13, 2014.

Neil Young
2014-07-12, Hyde Park, London, England
Photo Paolo Brillo |Facebook
(Click photo to enlarge)

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Neil Young Donates $100,000 to Blue Dot Environmental Campaign

Neil Young, at a news conference yesterday with David Suzuki, announced that $100,000 from his Vancouver concert will be donated to the Blue Dot campaign. The goal of the Suzuki Foundation campaign is to have the right to a healthy environment enshrined in Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

From The Globe and Mail:

“I think it’s pretty obvious a lot of people are upset about what’s going on in Canada today,” Mr. Young told reporters in Vancouver on Monday when asked about the campaign. “I’m not happy about Canada’s endless search for a drop of oil; I am not happy about the backwards leadership that is looking over its shoulder at what used to be and trying to make it happen again. I think that it’s sad that Canada’s leadership is so irresponsible. It’s tragic.”
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“The true north strong and free; [it’s] a pretty amazing situation – when you think about Canada and Canada’s history in the world, what a great country this is and how many amazing resources we have – how recent leadership has trashed what we have and made it such a negative thing and given Canada such a negative image on the planet among forward-looking countries. It’s a tragedy to see what this government has been able to do,” he said.
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“Canada used to be a leader and Canada used to be known as a company – as a country – that was a Freudian slip,” he said, “with a conscience. And this leadership is ... just backwards. They’re not looking towards the future of the world. They’re not looking towards what we have to do. We have to take care of the planet.”
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“We’re just digging a huge hole; like that hole in Alberta,” said Mr. Young, 69, clearly referring to the oil sands. “We’re digging a huge hole and we’re going to have to dig our way back out of it because all our children are going to be at the bottom of that hole. … Twenty years from now, the economy is going to be trashed because of what we’re doing.”

Neil Young and David Suzuki weigh in on federal politics @georgiastraight - http://t.co/9FM0Jj4Svt pic.twitter.com/WW0MZmZSly

— Rural Living Canada (@RuralLiv) October 6, 2015

Comments following article and donation announcement were met with general hostility by Canadians.

This highly rated comment by David Gibson is a somewhat typical reaction:

"Neil has spent his entire adult life counting his money on his California ranch. Occasionally he travels to Canada to lecture and admonish the peasants who are stupid enough not to be rich rock stars.

He long ago ceased to be Canadian in anything but legal status."

It would seem that many Canadians are less than grateful for Mr Young's generosity and concern for his home country of Canada. Now why would that be?

Maybe Canadians just want to hear songs about love or something?

Neil Young Honored at Canada's JUNO Awards - 2011

In addition, Neil Young has launched a website GoEARTH.org to help rescue the planet.

Earlier this year, Neil Young announced his support for the Vermont Food Label Law with another $100,000 donation.

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin & Neil Young

Who's Going To Stand Up and Save The Earth?
Neil Young
2014-07-12, Hyde Park, London, England
Photo Paolo Brillo |Facebook
That Neil Young... what a Humanitarian Rebel With Causes.

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