Podcast: TED Talks series - Al Gore: Averting the Climate Crisis

TED Talks

Summary

16 minutes

TED Talks series, FILMED FEB 2006 - POSTED JUN 2006 - TED2006

With the same humor and humanity he exuded in An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore spells out 15 ways that individuals can address climate change immediately, from buying a hybrid to inventing a new, hotter "brand name" for global warming.

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Al Gore provides the audience with 15 ways in which individuals can address the climate crisis in their personal lives

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This provides information on what individuals can do to help stop the climate crisis in their daily lives.

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References and Resources

Once the US Vice President, then star of An Inconvenient Truth, now Nobel Peace Prize winner, Al Gore found a way to focus the world's attention on climate change. In doing so, he has invented a new medium -- the Keynote movie -- and reinvented himself. Full Bio>>

Citation

Talks, T. (2012). Podcast: TED Talks series - Al Gore: Averting the Climate Crisis.