Former Vice President Albert A. Gore Jr., who received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his advocacy of environmental causes, will speak April 8 at Duke University.
Gore will give the 2010 spring Duke Environment and Society Lecture at 6 p.m. in Page Auditorium on Duke's West Campus.
The event is open to the public. It is sponsored by Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment.
Though it is free, you need a ticket to get in. Ticket and event information are available online at www.nicholas.duke.edu/deanseries.
“Since the beginning of his career, Al Gore has been relentless in his quest to bring the truth about global warming to the world, even when the world wasn’t listening,” said William L. Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School, in a news release distributed by the university. “But the world can hear him now. We are fortunate and thrilled to have him bring his message to Duke.”
Gore, the 45th vice president and former presidential candidate, emerged from the political arena in 2000 to write “An Inconvenient Truth,” the best-selling book on the threat of and solutions to global warming. The movie made from the book received an Academy Award in 2007 and is one of the best-known documentary films in history.
On Oct. 12, 2007, Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations’ global warming committee.
