Al Gore and David Suzuki to Speak During Youth Summit on Climate Change

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Al Gore and David Suzuki to Speak During Youth Summit on Climate Change

MONTREAL, March 15 /CNW Telbec/ - On March 22nd, Youth Action Montreal
will host its first Youth Summit on Climate Change at the Palais des Congrès (1001, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, room 517). Entitled Less Talk, More Action, the conference will focus on tangible ways college and university students can change their daily habits in order to protect the environment.

Environmentalists David Suzuki and Al Gore will present the keynote
speeches of the conference in front of an audience of over 4000. This event is already sold out. Media are allowed in the hall during David Suzuki's speech, but at the request of Al Gore's representatives, journalists will not be permitted during his presentation.
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4 - 4:45 p.m.
Presentation by David Suzuki

4:45-6:45 p.m.
Presentation by Al Gore

For more information visit www.youthactionmontreal.com

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2007/15/c3018.html
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To see these two men speaking together on the environment? WOW.

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1. I need more press on this kind of activity to get me thru the dark times

Al inspires me.
Need I say more?

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3. Understand completely.

He has inspired me for years, and now I hope he continues to speak and advocate for our Earth to inspire our youth.

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2. Cool! I always enjoyed David Suzuki's shows--when I could get them :( .

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4. Here is the announcement on Dr. Suzuki's site...

And you might find a way to order shows he has done here. I don't know as I didn't look through the entire site yet.

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5. Great news!

I saw Suzuki here in Ottawa a couple of weeks ago at the end of his month-long cross-Canada bus tour asking Canadians the question "What would you do if you were Prime Minister?". (For the record, my suggestions were to support the development of Terra Preta operations and to fire Environment Minister John Baird and replace him with Dr. Suzuki.)

I loved Suzuki's comment about Gore during the leadup to the Oscars: “Quite frankly I think the movie made him out to be far more charismatic than he is in person.” The same cannot be said about Suzuki, who has a wonderfully warm, engaging, humble yet unyielding presence in person.

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6. Al Gore's `real,' says fan Suzuki

I like the bolded part, and can actually vouch that Al Gore is indeed an engaging man to meet in person. I'm still hoping that someday I will get to talk to him for longer than five minutes ;-).
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http://www.thestar.com/News/article/182455

Al Gore's `real,' says fan Suzuki

Feb 16, 2007 04:30 AM

Canada's best-known environmentalist says he's a big fan of his counterpart from south of the border.

David Suzuki, who was in Toronto yesterday as part of a nationwide tour to drum up support for action on climate change, was asked if he expects to be up for an Academy Award some time like former U.S. vice-president Al Gore, who stars in the movie An Inconvenient Truth and is coming to Toronto Feb. 21.

Suzuki replied that he was infuriated by a recent column he read in which someone wrote that Gore didn't know any more about climate change than Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

"That's the dumbest thing I ever read," Suzuki said at Toronto City Hall. "I interviewed Al Gore in 1988 and I tell you he sent shivers up my back. He'd been to Antarctica and been with scientists doing ice cores. He knew about global warming in 1988. And when I finished my interview in 1988 I begged him to emigrate to Canada so I could work on getting him elected prime minister.

"He's real," Suzuki said. "And this guy's got a long track record. Thank God he's not in politics. He's been unbelievably effective as a communicator about global warming." Suzuki couldn't resist one last comment about Gore's Oscar hopes.

"Quite frankly I think the movie made him out to be far more charismatic than he is in person," he said with a smile. "But that's okay. That's okay."

jim byers