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...districts next year. He has been meeting privately with the presidential candidates (but won't talk about the meetings or handicap the race). He has trained a small army of volunteers to give his slide show all over the world. And on July 7, he will preside over Live Earth, producer Kevin Wall's televised global rock festival (nine concerts on seven continents in a single day), designed to get 2 billion people engaged in the crisis all at once. Since Gore is sometimes accused of profiting from the climate crisis, it's worth noting that he donates...
...That night, at the University of Buffalo's Alumni Arena, there was a moment when Gore seemed to be doing just that. After the people-students, middle-aged men and women, retirees-took their seats, images of the earth appeared on three giant screens, and a natural-born teacher took them on a two-hour planetary tour. He was playful, eloquent, fully restored from his afternoon lull. He has given this presentation some 2,000 times yet still imbues it with a sense of discovery. He laid out the overwhelming evidence that human activity has given the earth a raging...
...Saundry oversaw the launch of the Earth Portal in April, which he says provides for a "visible" community of scientists from around the world, who back their words with their names and reputations. Evolving each day, this portal now has 700 approved experts from some 46 countries contributing to its "Encyclopedia of Earth...
...encyclopedia of faith," - which Wikipedia has been called - "the Earth Portal doesn't have to be taken on faith," says Saundry. He points out that they have the cadre of experts and "quality control" that comes with the Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as the free access that comes with Wikipedia. (Larry Sanger, Wikipedia co-founder, was instrumental in making the Earth Encyclopedia happen...
...finding a way to deliver accurate information directly from topical experts to viewers is exactly what has the science community so enthused about the Earth Portal. "This can help open up communication between scientists and the general public in a way we haven't seen before," says renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, who is on the ManyOne Foundation Board. "It can be a wonderful tool not only for science students, but really for anyone seeking credible information about any number of important topics: climate change, bio-diversity, conservation and so much more...