"Al Gore Speaks About his New Book: OUR CHOICE" by Lara Gast

I went to see Al Gore promote his new book, Our Choice, at GW’s Lisner Auditorium on Thursday evening. Mr. Gore gave an overview of the book’s content, which focuses on the main causes of climate change and the decisions faced by Americans to change our behaviors and policies. In his blog, the book is described as follows:

"Picking up where An Inconvenient Truth left off, Our Choice utilizes Mr. Gore’s forty years of experience as a student, policymaker, author, filmmaker, entrepreneur and activist to comprehensively describe the real solutions to global warming. A co-recipient of the Nobel Peace prize in 2007 for his environmental work, Mr. Gore continues to make sense of the pressing issues we face and Our Choice will unquestionably inspire and rally those ready to fight for solutions that were deemed impossible only a short time ago."

Our Choice, and Mr. Gore himself, are great examples of the Principles for Responsible Management Education. In support of the Purpose principle, Mr. Gore commended students who are incorporating sustainability into their educational track. His book focuses mostly on the principles of Research and the importance of Partnership to make change occur; however, I believe Mr. Gore’s key impact is through Dialogue, and his continued promotion of change through awareness.

In his final statement, he challenged Americans (and particularly young people) to be responsible for making the most important moral decision of our era-to create and implement global solutions to combat the climate crisis.

Lara Gast, Global MBA 2011