Placido Domingo spoke with us during our interview about the shrinking coasts in Mexico. Domingo was born in 1941 in Madrid, Spain, and moved with about eight years of age to this country. Where they used to have about 20 meters of beach he says, nowadays the beach is gone, shrunk. The singer assumes this is due to climate change.Domingo was quite concerned about the impacts of environmental misbehavior during our talk; he named historical buildings that survived centuries and seem to be endangered due to air pollution. Domingo who is frequently singing in all the Major Opera Houses of the World - amongst them treasures of architectural history like the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and the Vienna State Opera- loves these buildings.

Domingo has also talked about the air pollution in Beijing which challenge the Olympic Games next year. The city of Beijing is like many others over-polluted and stuck with traffic. The government now has to call to action (We reported).Sustainabiliyt is a topic among the opera singers and artists Domingo knows. He however has to fly which concerns him. Apart from that he tries to save energy and water. During the Salzburg Festival Domingo had the chance to talk with his colleagues and friends about the Hydrogen 7 limousine which he was driven in during the Festival. He liked the car he said during the interview and he expressed the hope that soon a hydrogen infrastructure will be established. Having in mind that he needs to fly a lot from concert to concert he added the wish that even airplanes will work with hydrogen one day.The Opera singer who is of an excellent health and voice is one ambassador of Hear the World, an institution that cares for hearing. In the Mission Statement they say: "By 2015, an estimated 700 million people will be hearing impaired, the equivalent of people using the internet today."
Pollution destroys historical buildings and the natural surrounding. He tested the Hydrogen 7 and said he enjoed this expierience. "Thump up", he says for new kinds of mobility.