http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2144674.eceAftenpoften- News From Norway Gore on 'peacepath' Monday December 10 2007 First published: 10 Dec 2007, 10:35
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The path is an ongoing project by human rights foundation Point of Peace, and will incorporate footprints from various peace figures in a route that ends at the Cathedral Square in downtown Stavanger.
Former US vice-president and Nobel Peace laureate Al Gore gladly rolled up his trouser legs and took off his socks in order to have his footprints set in alginate. The form will then be sent to Kristiansand and cast in bronze before being placed near the Stavanger Cathedral.
"Funny and nice, a very good idea. I have never heard of this, but I think it is a very good idea," Gore told newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad.
Gore was also invited to lead a seminar on the climate and energy in oil city Stavanger next September.
"I very much want to come, and count on making it happen," Gore said.
Point of Peace board chairman Rune Hersvik will travel to Rome next week where he hopes to convince about ten previous prize winners to loan him their feet.
(Aftenposten English Web Desk/NTB)