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What is The Climate
Project?
The Climate Project, a nonprofit organization founded by Nobel Laureate Al Gore
and based in Nashville, TN, began
operations in June 2006 with the mission of increasing
public awareness of the climate crisis at a grassroots level in the United States and abroad. By April 2007, a diverse group of 1,000 volunteers from
throughout the U.S. (including at least one from each state) had been trained by Al Gore himself to present a version of the slideshow featured in
the
Academy Award-winning film An
Inconvenient Truth. As of May 2008, they had delivered more than 15,000 presentations and reached a combined audience of well more than a
million
people. In addition, TCP initiatives have resulted in the training of 1,300 equally committed individuals from a diversity of backgrounds
in Australia,
Canada, India, Spain, and the UK. Recent training sessions in India and Canada have brought the total number of TCP presenters worldwide to more than
2,300.
TCP's U.S. presenters remain linked through an interactive network anchored by
our website - www.theclimateproject.org - which also offers a
comprehensive support system. The TCP staff aids presenters by assisting with the process of organizing presentations and handling logistics,
supplying educational material for distribution to audience members, and providing promotional materials. The staff aims to support presenters in
every facet of their work as climate change messengers.
TCP thrives as a result of the commitment, dedication, and passion of presenters
to educate, encourage, and promote dialogue about climate change as
well as potential solutions.
TCP presentations are available for public engagements of any size, free of charge,
and may be requested online at www.theclimateproject.org.
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O Canada
Last month in Montreal Al Gore trained 275
Canadians to be TCP presenters. That training session,
which included portions tailored specifically to Canada and Canadian climate issues, increased the number of TCP presenters around the world to
2,300.
We are proud to welcome our Canadian friends to the worldwide TCP community. To learn more about TCP Canada, please visit the organization's
website.
A Message to India
In March TCP
established its first permanent foothold on the continent of Asia with
the training of
150 Indian citizens in Delhi. As always, Al Gore led the training
session with assistance from local staff as well as representatives of
TCP Australia
and TCP U.S., including TCP Executive Director Jenny Clad. Click here
to find
out more about TCP India. Also, click here to watch Gore's interview with Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes. The interview features footage of the training
session in
India.
TCP: Keeping the Faith
Later this year
TCP will administer its first faith-based training session. More
than 100 faith leaders will be trained to deliver an adapted version of
TCP's slideshow and to learn how to communicate more effectively with
other
people of faith about climate change. In the first six months following
their training, TCP's faith-based presenters will be expected to
complete a
combined total of 15 presentations and other climate-related
congregational activities.
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Youth Movement
All of us at TCP
take great pride in the diversity of our presenters. Not only
are there now 2,300 volunteer presenters in six countries on four
continents, but there is also at least one in every state in the U.S.
In addition,
our presenters represent a wide range of ages, occupations, religions,
ethnicities, and political persuasions. But don't take our word for it.
TCP
presenters frequently attract the attention of the news media.
Alex Budd (pictured left), 15, is one of TCP's youngest presenters. You can read
more about the
Boulder, Colo. high school freshman here. Presenter Taylor Francis, who's just 16, will be spending
the summer educating high school and university
students in China about global warming and climate change. Bradley
Porche, meanwhile, is TCP's only deaf presenter. You can read about
some of his
recent activities here.
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Meet a Presenter: Camille DeMarco-Hay
Camille DeMarco-Hay (Cami) is a District Manager for the Rocky Mountain Region of
The Climate Project. Cami graduated from the University of Wyoming School of Nursing with a BSRN and has done advanced degree work at Brigham Young
University and the Upledger Institute. She also has worked as a volunteer for Americorps.
Cami has always been very concerned about environmental issues. When her children
were first born she created a puppet show called "Earth Day is Every Day," which dealt with environmental awareness and child safety. Cami went into
Denver and Boulder area schools and performed "Earth Day is Every Day" using eco-puppets she designed herself. She has always advocated that if your
environment is polluted then you are polluting yourself.
Her current work with The Climate Project emphasizes the importance of wellness
and protecting our environment in order to keep our climate healthy and our environment safe for generations to come. Cami's goal is to inspire and
deepen people's commitment to lowering carbon emissions now. Being a health educator, most of Cami's work with TCP is with the youth of local area
high schools and Colorado State University. She is committed to helping the public better understand the health impacts of increased carbon emissions
and how they will affect us in years to come.
YES! Magazine
TCP is excited about YES! Magazine's special issue on climate change, Stop
Global Warming Cold. In addition to referencing Al Gore's work in Bali, this issue does a fantastic job of communicating the seriousness of the
climate crisis as well as practical solutions that match the scale of the problem. You can get a free trial copy of Stop Global Warming Cold
here.
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