New Gore slideshow
I have been a fan of Al Gore since I was a kid growing up in Memphis. He was the Senator from Tennessee & then became VP when I was 12. I got to shake his hand in his first year in office. When I became a teenager I realized the importance of environmental conservation. As a teenager I was always involved in environmentalist causes.
The spirit has waned a bit becoming an adult, although I consider myself much more environmentally conscious than most. In fact, the highest priority of my vegetarianism has been the environmental benefits of it. Moving to Chicago was even a calculated move to help the environment because I wanted to be in a livable, walkable city where public transit was available & usable. I realize that my dependance on my car is not the most eco-friendly, but I am trying to focus more on taking public transit or biking to where I need to go.
When I see a video like the one below, I realize that I must focus even more on stemming global climate change. An important moment now is to put the pressure on politicians that we want climate change to be a high priority for them. Gore said it best in "An Inconvenient Truth" when he said that global climate change is a moral issue, & now even focuses his message even more poignant by challenging us to make us a hero generation by solving this problem now.
So please take about 25 minutes & watch this video. You will be happy that you did.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/243
I even have noticed those "clean coal" ads that Gore mentions. I laughed the first time that I saw them.
The spirit has waned a bit becoming an adult, although I consider myself much more environmentally conscious than most. In fact, the highest priority of my vegetarianism has been the environmental benefits of it. Moving to Chicago was even a calculated move to help the environment because I wanted to be in a livable, walkable city where public transit was available & usable. I realize that my dependance on my car is not the most eco-friendly, but I am trying to focus more on taking public transit or biking to where I need to go.
When I see a video like the one below, I realize that I must focus even more on stemming global climate change. An important moment now is to put the pressure on politicians that we want climate change to be a high priority for them. Gore said it best in "An Inconvenient Truth" when he said that global climate change is a moral issue, & now even focuses his message even more poignant by challenging us to make us a hero generation by solving this problem now.
So please take about 25 minutes & watch this video. You will be happy that you did.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/243
I even have noticed those "clean coal" ads that Gore mentions. I laughed the first time that I saw them.