This morning I came across an amazing article by Alex Pasternack on Treehugger that was accompanied by the Michael Jackson music video "Earth Song". Another extraordinary aspect to Michael's passions.
Pasternak states in the article,
"Michael Jackson was famous for his socially-conscious music, but 'Earth Song', his big, bold environmental call-to-arms, is often overlooked. Still, by sheer dint of his reach, the song might have made Jackson (who bears no relation to U.S. EPA chief Lisa Jackson) a kind of super-sized Al Gore, a decade before An Inconvenient Truth.
'Earth Song' is indisputably the most popular green-themed tune ever. It remains Jackson's best-selling song in the U.K. (yes, bigger than "Thriller" or "Billie Jean"), and beat out the Beatles' first single in 25 years for the top spot on the British charts. But the song, and its lavish globe-trotting video, barely registered in the U.S."