Monday, November 20, 2006

Saint Albert & The 85 Oz Apostles

It looks like we now have ourselves "A Movement" of True Believers speading the Message.

No doubt we will see these Faithful Followers on our doorsteps soon


People to push for climate action: Gore
He has a message and he wants to proselytize the whole world.

Former US vice-president Al Gore says the key to addressing climate change in Australia rests with the people and their capacity to put sustained pressure on the federal government.
Both Australia and the United States have so far resisted calls to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, making them the two major opponents to the climate change treaty.
While Mr Gore was pleased at how Prime Minister John Howard had altered the way he addressed climate change, he said people pressure was needed to ensure changes were ultimately driven through.
"I choose to interpret the prime minister's recent change in wording as a sign that he's beginning to move in the right direction, but I hope that the pressure will continue to be applied by the Australian people," Mr Gore told reporters in Sydney on Sunday.
"I think some of the change in rhetoric you've seen and read amongst some of the political leaders here, in part at least, comes from a response to what the Australian people are saying.
"(The people) are saying `get on with this, let's solve it'."
Mr Gore is in Australia as part of a tour to promote The Climate Project, a movement designed to create awareness of global climate change.
As part of his mission, Mr Gore trained 85 Australians to deliver his trademark climate change presentation, made famous in the film, An Inconvenient Truth.
Mr Gore said it was time the federal government found its way to the negotiating table and began working in unison with other nations.
"Every nation in the world, except the United States and Australia, has agreed on the most effective approach," he said.
"The logical response is to be a part of the negotiating process and add to it, not take your ball and go home."
Despite the government's lack of action, Mr Gore said he had witnessed a distinct increase in awareness and activism among Australians in recent times.
"Just in the past couple of months, the changes I have seen and heard and felt from Australians at the grass roots level has been heartening and so powerful," he said.
"And even if the national governments in Canberra and Washington are still resisting this progress, states, cities, communities and individuals at the grass roots level are moving forward."
© 2006 AAP

Proselytize is formed from proselyte, "a new convert, especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party," from Greek proselutos, "a proselyte, a newcomer," from pros, "toward" + elutos, from eluthon, "I came."

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