An Inconvenient Truth

Please see this movie. I was fortunate to see Al Gore present this lecture live at the Milken Institue Global Conference in LA last year -- a thoroughly engrossing, utterly compelling plea to face the music about Global Warming. I shook his hand afterwards, but was rendered speechless by his presentation and all I could manage to say was "thank you."




After you watch the trailer, please visit http://www.climatecrisis.net and explore the many ways we can make a difference.

Here are ten simple things to do:


1. CHANGE A LIGHT
Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 150 lbs of CO2 a year
2. DRIVE LESS
Walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit more often. You'll save 1 pound of CO2 for EVERY MILE you don't drive!
3. RECYCLE MORE
You can save 2400 pounds of CO2 / year by recycling just half of your household waste
4. CHECK YOUR TIRES
Keeping your tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of CO2 out of the atmosphere
5. USE LESS HOT WATER
It takes a lot of energy to heat water. Use less water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pounds of CO2/year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds of CO2/year)
6. AVOID PRODUCTS WITH A LOT OF PACKAGING
You can save 1200 pounds of CO2 if you cut down your garbage by 10%
7. ADJUST YOUR THERMOSTAT
Moving your thermostat down just 2 degrees in winter and up 2 degrees in summer could save about 2000 pounds of CO2/year
8. PLANT A TREE
A single tree will absorb one ton of CO2 over its lifetime
9. BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION
Learn more and get active at ClimateCrisis.net
10. SPREAD THE WORD!
You can start by seeing “An Inconvenient Truth” and sharing it with friends.

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