Title: Capacity crowd set to hear Al Gore in Victoria
ALGOREismylife - September 29, 2007 08:59 PM (GMT)
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sto...f8e4b73&k=39790
Capacity crowd set to hear Al Gore in Victoria
CanWest News Service
Saturday, September 29, 2007
VICTORIA - Almost 1,400 people will hear from former U.S. vice-president Al Gore speak about global warming Saturday in Victoria.
"There won't be any tickets at the door, we're expecting a full house," said 21-year-old Stefan Krepiakevich, one of three University of Victoria students responsible for the visit by Gore, most recently best-known for his global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.
Krepiakevich said 350 people in corporate seats will join 600 online ticket-buyers in the main hall, and another 400 UVic students in a downstairs area with an electronic link to the live speech.
Just a handful of tickets remained Friday. Six hundred tickets with prices starting at $199 were released to the public starting Sept. 4.
Gore's Victoria stop will be followed by a previously scheduled talk in Vancouver on Saturday night.
Premier Gordon Campbell will introduce Gore, with Victoria Mayor Alan Lowe making closing remarks.
Capacity crowd set to hear Al Gore in Victoria
CanWest News Service
Saturday, September 29, 2007
VICTORIA - Almost 1,400 people will hear from former U.S. vice-president Al Gore speak about global warming Saturday in Victoria.
"There won't be any tickets at the door, we're expecting a full house," said 21-year-old Stefan Krepiakevich, one of three University of Victoria students responsible for the visit by Gore, most recently best-known for his global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.
Krepiakevich said 350 people in corporate seats will join 600 online ticket-buyers in the main hall, and another 400 UVic students in a downstairs area with an electronic link to the live speech.
Just a handful of tickets remained Friday. Six hundred tickets with prices starting at $199 were released to the public starting Sept. 4.
Gore's Victoria stop will be followed by a previously scheduled talk in Vancouver on Saturday night.
Premier Gordon Campbell will introduce Gore, with Victoria Mayor Alan Lowe making closing remarks.
ALGOREismylife - September 30, 2007 04:33 PM (GMT)
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070929/national/bc_gore_3
Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore speaks to students first at "green tea."
Sat Sep 29, 8:36 PM
By Scott Sutherland, The Canadian Press
VICTORIA - Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore's first of two appearances in British Columbia on Saturday was a big hit - especially with hundreds of students who had no idea they would get to see the celebrity climate-change activist in person.
The author of "An Inconvenient Truth" began in the B.C. capital, where he was the keynote speaker over the lunch hour at the Victoria Conference Centre.
Tickets were $200 each, but included tea and finger food provided by Victoria's famous Empress Hotel.
The trio of University of Victoria students who pulled off a public relations coup by enticing Gore to Victoria joked that it was a "green" tea, but also made sure that there would be cheaper seats available for 400 university students in a theatre below the ballroom where Gore was to speak.
Expecting to see the Oscar-winning American only on a big screen, the students rose to their feet and cheered wheh he made a surprise appearance 10 minutes before he was to take the stage upstairs.
"We decided to make the other room, upstairs, the overflow room," he told them, to wild applause, then issued a personal plea about climate change.
"I urge you to become even more active on this issue," he said. "It is the defining crisis of our time and the greatest opportunity to get our act together, globally, and we're going to do it."
Within a few minutes he was upstairs, on a stage flanked by giant, live video screens, being introduced by B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, who has promised to cut the province's greenhouse gas emmissions by at least 33 per cent below current levels by 2020.
"By you being here today, you are responding to the call that vice-president Gore has put out to everyone," he told the 600 who paid full price.
"It's up to us to change our actions, to deal with greenhouse gas emissions, to deal with global warming and to protect our planet for future generations," said Campbell.
Then Gore, Oscar-winner, author, and, as he puts it, "former next president of the United States," stepped to the microphone.
Under his personal contract, Gore prohibited media from being present for his talk, although they were allowed to capture his opening remarks. Those included a reflection on how being asked in Seattle to remove his shoes to board his flight to Victoria was a real comedown from the eight years he flew around in Air Force 2 as vice-president.
However, those leaving the ballroom after the presentation said he stuck to the theme he had voiced with the students earlier.
"His main message was we have to act now, there's no time to lose," said Vicky Husband, a B.C. environmentalist and recipient of both the Order of Canada and the Order of B.C.
"(Climate change) is the defining crisis of our time and he did make a couple of comments about the lack of leadership," she said, adding quickly that he gave some credit to Campbell for the actions that he has begun to take in B.C.
Following the event, Campbell and Gore made their way to Vancouver for another speech, this time over dinner, again to a soldout audience.
Campbell was looking forward to spending some "face time" with the climate change guru.
"I think he's done a lot of work to focus people on the challenges that are in front of us," he said. "It will be interesting to hear about what he is feeling in communities around the world."
Campbell, who has a copy of "An Inconvenient Truth" in book form, said Gore is someone now recognized around the world for the leadership he has shown.
Now seen as something of a leader in the battle against climate change himself, Campbell also said his trip to and from Victoria on Saturday was "carbon neutral," based on a new policy on provincial government travel he revealed in Vancouver on Friday.
"We will be investing 25 dollars for every tonne of carbon we put out into the environment into a new B.C. carbon trust," he said.
Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore speaks to students first at "green tea."
Sat Sep 29, 8:36 PM
By Scott Sutherland, The Canadian Press
VICTORIA - Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore's first of two appearances in British Columbia on Saturday was a big hit - especially with hundreds of students who had no idea they would get to see the celebrity climate-change activist in person.
The author of "An Inconvenient Truth" began in the B.C. capital, where he was the keynote speaker over the lunch hour at the Victoria Conference Centre.
Tickets were $200 each, but included tea and finger food provided by Victoria's famous Empress Hotel.
The trio of University of Victoria students who pulled off a public relations coup by enticing Gore to Victoria joked that it was a "green" tea, but also made sure that there would be cheaper seats available for 400 university students in a theatre below the ballroom where Gore was to speak.
Expecting to see the Oscar-winning American only on a big screen, the students rose to their feet and cheered wheh he made a surprise appearance 10 minutes before he was to take the stage upstairs.
"We decided to make the other room, upstairs, the overflow room," he told them, to wild applause, then issued a personal plea about climate change.
"I urge you to become even more active on this issue," he said. "It is the defining crisis of our time and the greatest opportunity to get our act together, globally, and we're going to do it."
Within a few minutes he was upstairs, on a stage flanked by giant, live video screens, being introduced by B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, who has promised to cut the province's greenhouse gas emmissions by at least 33 per cent below current levels by 2020.
"By you being here today, you are responding to the call that vice-president Gore has put out to everyone," he told the 600 who paid full price.
"It's up to us to change our actions, to deal with greenhouse gas emissions, to deal with global warming and to protect our planet for future generations," said Campbell.
Then Gore, Oscar-winner, author, and, as he puts it, "former next president of the United States," stepped to the microphone.
Under his personal contract, Gore prohibited media from being present for his talk, although they were allowed to capture his opening remarks. Those included a reflection on how being asked in Seattle to remove his shoes to board his flight to Victoria was a real comedown from the eight years he flew around in Air Force 2 as vice-president.
However, those leaving the ballroom after the presentation said he stuck to the theme he had voiced with the students earlier.
"His main message was we have to act now, there's no time to lose," said Vicky Husband, a B.C. environmentalist and recipient of both the Order of Canada and the Order of B.C.
"(Climate change) is the defining crisis of our time and he did make a couple of comments about the lack of leadership," she said, adding quickly that he gave some credit to Campbell for the actions that he has begun to take in B.C.
Following the event, Campbell and Gore made their way to Vancouver for another speech, this time over dinner, again to a soldout audience.
Campbell was looking forward to spending some "face time" with the climate change guru.
"I think he's done a lot of work to focus people on the challenges that are in front of us," he said. "It will be interesting to hear about what he is feeling in communities around the world."
Campbell, who has a copy of "An Inconvenient Truth" in book form, said Gore is someone now recognized around the world for the leadership he has shown.
Now seen as something of a leader in the battle against climate change himself, Campbell also said his trip to and from Victoria on Saturday was "carbon neutral," based on a new policy on provincial government travel he revealed in Vancouver on Friday.
"We will be investing 25 dollars for every tonne of carbon we put out into the environment into a new B.C. carbon trust," he said.
ALGOREismylife - September 30, 2007 05:03 PM (GMT)
http://www.canada.com/components/print.asp...730462a&k=93581
The planet has a fever, Gore says
Environmental activist warns of a global emergency
Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore speaks at An Afternoon with Al Gore at the Victoria Conference Centre.
Photograph by : Ray Smith/ Victoria Times Colonist
Sunday » September 30 » 2007
By Cindy E. Harnett
Times Colonist
Saturday, September 29, 2007
The planet is burning up and the only way to save it from destruction is to act now - individuals must conserve energy and governments must change laws to reduce carbon emissions, former U.S. vice-president Al Gore told a Victoria audience today.
"The planet has a fever," Gore said. "We have a planetary emergency and we have to act."
The man once referred to as Gore the Bore, a failed U.S. presidential contender in 2000, is now a Hollywood star revered by his most enthusiastic fans as "The Goracle," after his 100-minute slide-show documentary An Inconvenient Truth about global warming released last year.
Gore attracted about 1,400 people to the Victoria Conference Centre - 600 of whom paid more than $200 each - to hear his words of wisdom.
"I really did enjoy it," said 11-year-old Foster McGee. "It's not like a really fun thing to do, but it was a really interesting experience. It's not every day you get to do this. It's once in a lifetime."
About 400 University of Victoria students in a downstairs area with an electronic link to the live speech also got a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Students were elated when Gore surprised them with a personal visit before his speech, telling them they weren't in the overflow room, but rather the main room.
"We were planning that for weeks," said University of Victoria student Jeff Jacobson, who with Justin Yorke and Stefan Krepiakevich convinced Gore to visit Victoria. "It was the biggest secret on campus."
During his speech, Gore directed many of his inspiring calls to action to students. "The emperor has no clothes, you shall lead them," Gore said, denouncing critics of global warming and those who sit on the sidelines waiting for others to act.
"The key for us, and especially for your generation, is solving the climate crisis," Gore said.
"We the wealthy nations in the world should be partnering with the poor and less developed nations to create jobs that reduce carbon dioxide because it's in our interest, not only in their interest."
Gore stressed that although individuals had a big role to play in conservation and reducing carbon emissions, governments have a much larger role to play in changing laws and introducing carbon taxes and hard emissions targets.
B.C. will be required to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by a third by 2020, Premier Gordon Campbell told the province's municipal politicians Thursday.
Gore applauded both the province and the city for "outstanding leadership."
"This city is so beautiful," Gore said.
Gore's Victoria stop was brief; he arrived this morning and travels to Vancouver for an address Sunday night.
Campbell introduced Gore, with Victoria Mayor Alan Lowe making closing remarks.
UVic president David Turpin and Joe Van Belleghem, a co-developer of Victoria's Dockside Green development, also spoke before Gore took the stage.
ceharnett@tc.canwest.com
The planet has a fever, Gore says
Environmental activist warns of a global emergency
Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore speaks at An Afternoon with Al Gore at the Victoria Conference Centre.
Photograph by : Ray Smith/ Victoria Times Colonist
Sunday » September 30 » 2007
By Cindy E. Harnett
Times Colonist
Saturday, September 29, 2007
The planet is burning up and the only way to save it from destruction is to act now - individuals must conserve energy and governments must change laws to reduce carbon emissions, former U.S. vice-president Al Gore told a Victoria audience today.
"The planet has a fever," Gore said. "We have a planetary emergency and we have to act."
The man once referred to as Gore the Bore, a failed U.S. presidential contender in 2000, is now a Hollywood star revered by his most enthusiastic fans as "The Goracle," after his 100-minute slide-show documentary An Inconvenient Truth about global warming released last year.
Gore attracted about 1,400 people to the Victoria Conference Centre - 600 of whom paid more than $200 each - to hear his words of wisdom.
"I really did enjoy it," said 11-year-old Foster McGee. "It's not like a really fun thing to do, but it was a really interesting experience. It's not every day you get to do this. It's once in a lifetime."
About 400 University of Victoria students in a downstairs area with an electronic link to the live speech also got a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Students were elated when Gore surprised them with a personal visit before his speech, telling them they weren't in the overflow room, but rather the main room.
"We were planning that for weeks," said University of Victoria student Jeff Jacobson, who with Justin Yorke and Stefan Krepiakevich convinced Gore to visit Victoria. "It was the biggest secret on campus."
During his speech, Gore directed many of his inspiring calls to action to students. "The emperor has no clothes, you shall lead them," Gore said, denouncing critics of global warming and those who sit on the sidelines waiting for others to act.
"The key for us, and especially for your generation, is solving the climate crisis," Gore said.
"We the wealthy nations in the world should be partnering with the poor and less developed nations to create jobs that reduce carbon dioxide because it's in our interest, not only in their interest."
Gore stressed that although individuals had a big role to play in conservation and reducing carbon emissions, governments have a much larger role to play in changing laws and introducing carbon taxes and hard emissions targets.
B.C. will be required to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by a third by 2020, Premier Gordon Campbell told the province's municipal politicians Thursday.
Gore applauded both the province and the city for "outstanding leadership."
"This city is so beautiful," Gore said.
Gore's Victoria stop was brief; he arrived this morning and travels to Vancouver for an address Sunday night.
Campbell introduced Gore, with Victoria Mayor Alan Lowe making closing remarks.
UVic president David Turpin and Joe Van Belleghem, a co-developer of Victoria's Dockside Green development, also spoke before Gore took the stage.
ceharnett@tc.canwest.com
ALGOREismylife - October 4, 2007 09:17 PM (GMT)
http://ring.uvic.ca/07oct04/gore.html
Gore visit thrills crowd, inspires students
(L–R) Jeff Jacobson, Al Gore, Stefan Krepiakevich and Justin Yorke
Before delivering a rallying cry to a rapt crowd at the Victoria Conference Centre on Sept. 29 to address global warming, environmental activist and former US Vice President Al Gore gave a shout-out to three very tired but very thrilled UVic students.
Acknowledging the effort by Jeff Jacobson, Stefan Krepiakevich and Justin Yorke to bring him to Victoria, Gore said “you guys really did show a lot of initiative, and I’m really glad you did.”
For the trio, that kind of recognition made the past month of long days, endless meetings and missed classes worthwhile. “I didn’t know I could be so excited and so tired at the same time,” said Yorke. “I’ve got three mid-terms coming up. I’ve got to get back to classes.”
UVic President David Turpin, who spoke in advance of Gore’s well-received presentation and moderated the follow-up question-and-answer session, also thanked the students in making the event happen.
Prior to Gore’s address in the main hall of the conference centre, Gore and Turpin paid a surprise visit to an overflow room of primarily UVic students who bought tickets to hear and see the presentation via closed-circuit feed.
Throughout his presentation Gore made reference to his student audience, advising them that “this is your moment ... we need a shift in consciousness. When we shift our consciousness about this global crisis, we will solve it.”
UVic was the primary sponsor of Gore’s talk.
Gore visit thrills crowd, inspires students
(L–R) Jeff Jacobson, Al Gore, Stefan Krepiakevich and Justin Yorke
Before delivering a rallying cry to a rapt crowd at the Victoria Conference Centre on Sept. 29 to address global warming, environmental activist and former US Vice President Al Gore gave a shout-out to three very tired but very thrilled UVic students.
Acknowledging the effort by Jeff Jacobson, Stefan Krepiakevich and Justin Yorke to bring him to Victoria, Gore said “you guys really did show a lot of initiative, and I’m really glad you did.”
For the trio, that kind of recognition made the past month of long days, endless meetings and missed classes worthwhile. “I didn’t know I could be so excited and so tired at the same time,” said Yorke. “I’ve got three mid-terms coming up. I’ve got to get back to classes.”
UVic President David Turpin, who spoke in advance of Gore’s well-received presentation and moderated the follow-up question-and-answer session, also thanked the students in making the event happen.
Prior to Gore’s address in the main hall of the conference centre, Gore and Turpin paid a surprise visit to an overflow room of primarily UVic students who bought tickets to hear and see the presentation via closed-circuit feed.
Throughout his presentation Gore made reference to his student audience, advising them that “this is your moment ... we need a shift in consciousness. When we shift our consciousness about this global crisis, we will solve it.”
UVic was the primary sponsor of Gore’s talk.