How to make Al Gore proud?

Former Vice President and recent Nobel Prize winner, Al Gore, has been speaking up about global warming and has been presenting a DVD documentary on the matter.  The name of the Al Gore Documentary is "An Inconvenient Truth."  But, is anyone listening to what Al Gore says?

Al Gore wants you to start taking global warming seriously. And in a 2006 speech, he offered specific tips on how to do so.

You Will Need
•  An eco-friendly home
•  Eco-friendly products
•  A hybrid car
•  A willingness to engage in political activism
•  A commitment to reduce, reuse, and recycle whenever possible
 
Step 1: Cut energy at home
•  Reduce emissions created by your home with better design, more insulation, and green electricity. Try installing solar panels on your roof. 
Step 2: Reduce car emissions
•  Reduce your car emissions by buying a hybrid car, taking trains instead of planes for regional trips, carpooling, biking, and walking. 
Tip
•  Urge government officials to pass laws, create policies, and enter treaties that recognize climate change as a “planetary emergency.”
Step 3: Buy efficient appliances
•  Buy energy-efficient appliances and products. Look for the U.S. government-sponsored Energy Star logo.
Step 4: Calculate your carbon footprint
•  Calculate your impact on the environment with a carbon-footprint calculator. You can find them on such sites as the one for the film An Inconvenient Truth, www.climatecrisis.net.
Step 5: Live a carbon neutral life
•  Live a carbon neutral life by reducing the energy you use and offsetting the rest with positive actions such as planting trees.
Step 6: Be green at work
•  Be green at work by bringing your lunch in reusable containers, using a ceramic mug, and printing documents only when necessary. If you own a business, make it green by using recycled paper and energy-efficient fluorescent light bulbs.
Step 7: Be a green investor
•  Put your money where your mouth is by only investing in green companies.
Tip
•  Write to businesses that are not eco-friendly and let them know why you are not supporting their products and services.
Step 8: Be a catalyst for change
•  Become a catalyst for change in your community by teaching others about the climate crisis.
Step 9: Vote
•  Vote for candidates who believe in capping and trading carbon emissions, and who have articulated clear policies for dealing with global warming.
Fact
•  In February 2007, Al Gore and Sir Richard Branson offered $25 million to the inventor of any device that can remove substantial amounts of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. 

eco-friendly - környezetbarát
willingness - hajlandóság
commitment - elhivatottság
to reduce - lecsökkent
to reuse - újra felhasznál
to recycle - újrahasznosít
emission - kibocsájtás
insulation - szigetelés
to install - beszerel, felállít
solar panel - napenergia panel
instead of ... - ... ... helyett
carpooling (to carpool) - környezetvédelem és költségek csökkentése céljából barátok, vagy több család egy autót használ munkába/iskolába menéshez
to urge - sürget
to pass a law - elfogadtatni egy törvényt
treaty - megállapodás, egyezmény
to enter a treaty - egyezménybe lép
to recognise - felismer, elismer
appliance - eszköz, gép, készülék
energy-efficient - enegriatakarékos
impact - hatás, kihatás
neutral - semleges
to offset - ellensúlyoz, kiegyenlít
to plant trees - fákat ültetni
reusable - újrahasználható
catalyst (for sth) - vminek az előmozdítója
to vote - szavazni
substantial - értékes, fontos

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