Al Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize 2007

WOW! Isn't this interesting? Al Gore has finally won something. And to be honest, if I were him I would rather win the Nobel Peace Prize than the presidency of the US of A.From CBC:

Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore and a United Nations climate change panel won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the news Friday in Oslo.Gore, a vocal environmentalist, has made headlines around the world with his Academy Award-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.

Go Al with your bad self. I am impressed that a cause such as his is getting its due exposure. May it continue and may we switch off our lights and save energy!

Live Earth, SA flags and climate change

It's always so comforting to know that wherever in the world you go, whatever concert you are watching there will always be a South African flag in the audience.I am watching the Live Earth concert on SABC 2. However poorly the SA side of the concert was handles, the UK one is phenomenal, great bands ans well orchestrated. Today will mark my climate change.I am going to make a point of buying energy saving light bulbs, I will purchase my music online instead of buying CDs, I will try to recycle, save electricity, not keep my heater on, heated blankets, lights etc etc etc etc...Many South Africans (myself included) blogged about the disappointing Live Earth line-up here in SA, but we all missed the point. The concert needs to illustrate effectively to 2 billion people that we (the middle-upperclass) can make a MASSIVE difference in our daily lives. We are destroying the world. This is our biggest issue right now, not war, religious battles, capitalism or any other cause. It is us destroying our Earth.Preaching is not my forte. Get on to SABC 2 now and watch the concert for yourself.