It was difficult to come up with a single word under which this entry would fit. You'll have to tell us how we did. But 'heroism' was the best single concept that floated to the top from all the ideas in a presentation made by Al Gore in Monterey, California in March of 2008.

The times are changing. The message contained in his movie An Inconvenient Truth has resounded all over the world, and has transformed the dialog about our carbon-based global economy and the collision course towards which it is leading us. So now the message is changing too.

We offer you this link to Mr. Gore's talk New Thinking on the Climate Crisis. Get ready for a 25 minute compelling call to the hero within you.