Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Al Gore

Al Gore was the 45th Vice President of the United States, serving under President Bill Clinton from 1993-2001. Many believe he should have been the 46th President. Gore lectures widely on the topic of global warming, environmental issues, green living, alternative energy and a sustainable future for planet earth. He starred in the Academy Award winning documentary, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’.  In October 2007, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in raising awareness for climate change.

“You see that pale, blue dot? That's us. Everything that has ever happened in all of human history, has happened on that pixel. All the triumphs and all the tragedies, all the wars all the famines, all the major advances... it's our only home. And that is what is at stake, our ability to live on planet Earth, to have a future as a civilization. I believe this is a moral issue, it is your time to cease this issue, it is our time to rise again to secure our future.”

“Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.”

- Al Gore (1946- )

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Al Gore was one of the first people to grasp the seriousness of climate change.

“The planet has a fever. If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don't say, 'Well, I read a science fiction novel that told me it's not a problem.' If the crib's on fire, you don't speculate that the baby is flame retardant. You take action.”

“What changed in the United States with Hurricane Katrina was a feeling that we have entered a period of consequences.”

- Al Gore (1946- )

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