Matt Lauer, Ann Curry and Al Roker travel to the ends of the Earth to
talk about the climate crisis. Read more at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21637195/
Celebrity judges chose the 23 semifinalists, now you get to pick the winners of the “:60 Seconds to Save the Earth” Ecospot Contest. Oh, and help shape how the world thinks about the climate crisis.
Go to www.current.com/ecospot to view the ecospot semifinalists and vote on your favorite.
Current and the Alliance for Climate Protection challenged people from around the world to make provocative ecospots, short video messages that inspire people to get involved in solving the climate crisis. Hundreds upon hundreds of ecospots were submitted, and George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Orlando Bloom, Rihanna and the rest of our judges picked the 23 semifinalists. But now it’s up to you to choose the winners.
The top four ecospots as chosen by you, the community, will be broadcast internationally on Current TV, showcased on MySpace’s Impact Channel and featured in the Alliance’s national campaign. So your vote will help shape how the world thinks about the climate crisis.
Oh, and the grand prize winner gets a Toyota Highlander hybrid (if winner is a US resident) or Toyota Prius (if winner is a UK resident), three finalists get sweet prizes from Sony and 19 runners up get T-Mobile Sidekicks. Not bad booty for sixty seconds of Earth-saving ecospot.
Go to www.current.com/ecospot to view the ecospot semifinalists and register to vote on your favorite.
On Friday it was announced that our founder and Chairman Al Gore had won the Nobel Peace prize for his tireless efforts to solve the global climate crisis. The announcement has inspired many concerned citizens, including members of the local community who came by our offices to show their support for Al Gore.
If you haven't already, I urge you to join our effort by signing the pledge. Already signed the pledge? Then urge a friend to sign! It's critical that people across the country and around the world take action now on climate change.
We think this important award is well-deserved and hope it will mobilize millions to demand action from our leaders on the global warming crisis. Join us - and, like our founder, do something each day to persuade others to join too. We can solve this together.
On November 3rd, Step It Up 2007 is asking people across the country to demand real leadership on global warming. From coast to coast, they'll be supporting rallies in communities and inviting politicians to join in. It's an important event and we hope you'll add your voice.
Check here to see if there's a rally in your local area that you can help out with: http://events.stepitup2007.org/
If there isn't, sign up to start one. It's super easy, and there's still plenty of time before November 3rd: http://events.stepitup2007.org/signup
There is more information available at www.stepitup2007.org
We've got 12 new public service announcements from celebrities giving tips on how you can help the climate crisis in your own life. Featured celebrities include Naomi Campbell, Will Ferrell, Robert Patrick, Pierce Brosnan, Ken Watanabe, Julia Louis Dreyfus and Penelope Cruz.
You can check them out here.
Al Gore's Fight Against the Climate Crisis
As the world heats up, so does Al Gore. Every melting glacier, every catastrophic storm, every record-breaking hot spell is a planetary-scale endorsement of his belief that tackling global warming is the biggest challenge of our time. Gore may not have announced his candidacy for president - not yet, anyway - but he is already running one of the most aggressive campaigns in American history. (Rolling Stone)
Global warming activists try to stir Americans to change: Urging different lifestyles on people seen as difficult
While former Vice President Al Gore prodded Congress to act Wednesday, activists nationwide were preparing a pressure campaign that they hope will boost public support of their movement to end global warming. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Al Gore Has Big Plans
Al Gore has attained what you can only call prophetic status; and he has done so by acting as he could not, or would not, as a candidate — saying precisely what he believes, and saying it with clarity, passion, intellectual mastery and even, sometimes, wit. (The New York Times)
eBay.com to Support U.S. Live Earth Concert
eBay.com (Nasdaq:EBAY) announced it will support the U.S. leg of the seven-continent, 24-hour Live Earth concerts on July 7, 2007 as the authorized tickets resale provider. (Business Wire)
Al Gore trains a global army
Two weeks ago, the last 150 of the people selected to learn how to deliver Al Gore's slideshow from An Inconvenient Truth gathered in Nashville. In all, 1000 people have been trained - everyone from Wal-Mart Executives to Cameron Diaz. (USA Today)
Green homes going maintstream
any energy-consumption problems can be addressed with simple tweaks to conventional house design -- windows and sliding glass doors placed on opposite walls, bamboo wood floors, recycled countertops. And all in high-design. (CNET Networks)
Monday-Morning Environmentalists: Marketers Need To Be Green And Proud
New Research shows consumers want companies to wear green on their corporate sleeves and wish companies would talk about it more. (Marketing Daily)
Boeing recycling practices nets $60 million
At The Boeing Co., being green isn't just good for the environment -- it's good for business. (Seattle PI)
London, Tokyo Submerged by Rising Seas -- In "Second Life"
Tokyo, Amsterdam, and the entire Mediterranean island of Ibiza were inundated with floodwaters today due to rising sea levels brought on by global warming. (National Geographic)
">Hummers and muscle cars go green
Manufacturers are offering consumers clean cars but not cutting back on performance. (CNET Networks)
Gore, Wall talk 'Live'
Al Gore and Kevin Wall talk about Live Earth. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Global warming: no more excuses
First, science confirmed the reality of global warming. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court's reprimand of the Bush administration has cut through the legal impediments for dealing with climate change. (Seattle Times)
Gore: Climate change "a planetary crisis"
Former Vice President Al Gore brought his Climate Crisis message to Congress last week to push for aggressive and far-reaching policy changes. (Denver Post)
