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.

GOALS

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

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING MATERIALS

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TEACHING NOTES / CONTEXT FOR USE

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

ASSESSMENT

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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>>