An Inconvienent Truth

This weekend I was speaking to 300 kids in Colorado Springs with my "Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History" powerpoint show and movies of my adventures. The emphasis of this show was to find your passion and follow your dreams, and I was also able to do a workshop with the kids after the show. We worked on writing timelines of our lives - looking at critical points in our lives, how they shape our reality and ourselves. We also worked on how to think about seemingly terrrible events as potential character building and learning events. We then worked on our list of future goals. I demonstrated one of mine goals - getting a National Geographic Grant - and how it has taken years of work and rejection. A few kids volunteered to put their goals and how to get there on the powerpoint projector, and we talked about what was good and lacking on some of their lists to attain their goals.

Overall, very productive, but lots of work. I was glad to squeeze in a road bike ride with my sister in Boulder to salvage some of my missed weekend. I also got to revisit their twins, Anika and Asher, who i helped deliver 4 months ago. The capping moment of the weekend came when they got a sitter and we went to see Al Gore's "An Inconvienent Truth". I was in absolute awe to see on the big screen, the issues that I have worked on for so long, all surrounding Global Warming. My non-profit ORE is going to really kick ass after people get out and see the movie. i have heard it is doing really well in the theatres - biggest first day release of a documentary and ranked 7th nationally out of all movies. I'm working on two trips, one to Pakistan and one to Europe, both ski expeditions aimed at raising awareness of Global Warming. I sure hope the skeptics like the film. Don't forget to do your own carbon dioxide calculations for your commuting, flying, heating, cooling, home bills, etc. - http://www.earthfuture.com/climate/calculators/ for all calculations. for flying - http://www.chooseclimate.org/flying. Try to do your part - buy wind power, get an energy audit (find and seal those leaks - way better than replacing those leaky windows), drive less, turn the thermostat down 3 degrees, buy a efficient car, Energy Star appliances, etc. see my website for more info. www.alisongannett.com