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Al Gore’s Had Enough with Pseudo-Science
Hear the audio here:Gore calls bullshit by ryang-1
In a speech at the Aspen Institute former Vice President Al Gore fired an uncharacteristically personal, and angry shot directly at the climate skeptic machine. Mr. Gore, passionately called various denial arguments “Bullsh@t” and drew the connection that many of the same forces behind the evil pro-tobacco campaigns of decades past were now spinning doubt about legitimate climate science.
The Vice President’s argument that climate skeptics’ tripe is not based on reality could foreshadow his comments as the closing speaker for the 24 Hours of Reality event planned for September 14th and 15th, 2011. Mr. Gore will deliver his address at 7pm EST on Sept 15th. RSVP on FB to watch the live stream
The event has been promoted as sharing the reality of climate change.
It seems we are currently in a phase where climate denial has gained traction in the media and is repeated in the resultant public echo chamber. Apparently those speaking on behalf of legitimate, objective science are not content to let this current destructive state of affairs persist unchallenged.
Our Choice :: The iPad App
Wow! Last night I downloaded the new release of Al Gore’s Our Choice as an iPod/iPad app. As a presenter for The Climate Project and media technologist at a university I have to take a moment to express my overwhelming gratitude and marvel at what is represented in this product. This implementation of technology is elegant, intuitive, functional, and beautiful. Further, the ramifications on this work in communicating climate science solutions, and more broadly, toward using media to educate are something I recognize as completely game-changing.
I’ve had Our Choice for over a year as an audio book and while it is informative I’ve found audio books fall short when conveying large volumes of technical information. It is difficult to go back and reference things. A point that brings me to my one criticism of the new app. It would be in credibly valuable if the reader could make bookmarks or virtual “clippings” of passages and store them in a user chapter for easier access. As yet I do not see a way to do this. But that’s the great thing about Apps – they can be updated. Are you listening Pop Press and Mulcher Media?
Here is a demonstration of the book by one of the developers at Pop Press:
Or if you have the inclination you can follow this link to get a copy of the app yourself:
– Homepage for the app with guided tour from Mr. Gore.
Al Gore :: Op-Ed on BP Oil Spill’s Significance
Please take a moment to read Al Gore’s op-ed piece on the Gulf Oil Spill titled “Crisis Comes Ashore”
Copenhagen 2009 :: Stuart Scott
Podcast: Download (Duration: 19:46 — 22.6MB)
Our guest today is a leader in the world of faith-based responses to climate change. He has logged many miles traveling the world educating people about the realities of climate change and campaigning for personal involvement. He is the Director of the Interfaith Declaration on Climate Change and a fellow presenter with the Climate Project, welcome to Newlygreens on the Morning Blend, Stuart Scott.
More about his work can be found on the site for the Interfaith Declaration on Climate Change
The Climate Project :: North American Summit
Podcast: Download (Duration: 46:28 — 42.5MB)
As you may, or may not know, Greg and Connie are both certified presenters for a group called The Climate Project. We just returned from The Climate Project’s North American Summit in Nashville, TN., where we spent 4 days with 500 fellow presenters listening to lectures from individuals like Mr. Al Gore, R.K. Pachauri, IPCC Chair; Don Henry Executive Director, Australian Conservation Foundation (a former guest on this program); Larry Schweiger, CEO, National Wildlife Federation; and Dr. David Suzuki host of PBS’s The Nature of Things. We also took part in several workshops and information sessions centered around Climate Change.
Here is a summary of some of the take-aways from the conference:
Al Gore's Challenge to Repower America
Al Gore delivers a speech challenging our nation to source our energy from 100% carbon free generation within the next 10 years. An ambitious target to be sure. Do we have the cahones?! Definitely worth a look. If you don’t have 27 min there is a highlight reel on YouTube as well here
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Some Green Thoughts
Hi Everyone,
Connie and I have been wanting to share some additional content for a while and we’re finally getting around to getting something posted. We plan to post things like excerpts from Connie’s Climate Project presentations, radio appearances, and speaking engagements. These will be a little more stripped-down in terms of the production polish, but we hope they will give you some more useful information and a little more insight into where we’re coming from. Let us know what you think. Thanks.
Greg
