Students Partner With Gore To Fight Global Warming
(L-R) De Soto, Gore, and Hallanan.
Angie De Soto, environmental design and planning major in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, and Natalya Hallanan, fisheries and wildlife sciences major in the college, met with former Vice President Al Gore during the Climate Project training in Nashville, Tenn. The Climate Project is a movement to inform citizens about the dangerous effects of global warming and what actions can be taken to fight the crisis.
De Soto and Hallanan were chosen as one of the 1,000 members who were brought to Nashville or Sydney, Australia, for training to become “Climate Change Messengers.” They will travel around the world to educate others and present the information delivered by Gore in the documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. The documentary describes Gore’s crusade to stop the progress of global warming, and exposes the myths and misconceptions that surround it. Gore believes that global warming can no longer be viewed as a political issue, but the biggest moral challenge facing global civilization.
4/12/09