Global Climate Change Action

"John Hill" wrote:

I thought this news item might be of interest to list members - it would be good to encourage some young Australians and/or people from this group to get involved.

It was also very interesting to hear on this morning's Radio National AM program that Al Gore has played a big part in getting Richard Branson of Virgin Blue Airlines fame to contribute US$3 billion over the next ten years to projects to help deal with climate change. Apparently he also partly instrumental in getting Rupert Murdoch to support moves to reduce global warming. Murdoch newspapers in Britain are already putting pressure on politicians there - let's push the Australian and other papers here to follow suit!

Cheers,
John Hill
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Gore training global warming volunteers
Friday Sep 22 07:29 AEST

AP - Former US Vice-President Al Gore, the star of a documentary derived from his slide show on global warming, is about to begin training 1,000 Climate Project volunteers to help spread his environmental message around the globe.

Gore has been promoting his documentary and book, An Inconvenient Truth, and encouraging volunteers to apply for his training sessions to learn how to give a shorter version of his PowerPoint-style presentations.

Several thousand have already applied to be among the 1,000 volunteers Gore expects to train within the next six months, said spokeswoman Kalee Kreider. The first session with about 50 volunteers begins this weekend in Nashville, Gore's hometown.

Gore, a Democrat who lost the 2000 presidential election to George Bush, has criticised the lack of action on global warming by politicians across the spectrum.

The wave of publicity about his initiative has raised questions about whether Gore will run for president again in 2008. Gore has said he has no plans to become a candidate, but he has not ruled it out either.

Gore plans to participate in the instruction at the sessions but will also have scientists and other experts help train the activists, Kreider said. There are no plans to hold sessions outside Nashville.

Activists will have to pay their own airfare and accommodations, but the training sessions - which are expected to run Sundays through Tuesdays - are free. Scholarships will be available for some participants, Kreider said.

Annapolis, Maryland, Mayor Ellen Moyer is among the initial group of
activists heading to Nashville.

"I'm honoured to be a part of this first training program," she told The (Baltimore) Sun. "There comes a point in time when we have to say, `Enough is enough'."

©AAP 2006