I caught the sneak preview of An Inconvenient Truth in Berkeley on Tuesday night a day before it opened. Given my true anal nature, I arrived over an hour early and was first in line. Maybe I’m a freak, but many people were turned away when they ran out of seats.

Al Gore did a great job in the film articulating the problem of climate change in a clear and articulate manner. Being enrolled in the Presidio School of Managements environmental MBA program, this was not new information for me, but the manner in which it was delivered was.

The charts, graphs, photos, and cartoons along with Al Gore’s surprising comfort and humor all served his purpose of educating people on the problem. I don’t think the film by itself will make people change their habits, as it takes more than a film to get people to change. But it will play a supporting role in helping people move one step further along the path.

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I was just reading on Treehugger how Fox News is gearing up the machine to debunk the new Al Gore documentary on Climate Change. On one side, it’s good the film is getting attention, but it’s interesting and predictable that they are shifting the discussion away from climate change to whether the film will put Al Gore in the White House – nice slight of hand to shift attention away from the more critical issue. I’m heading over to Berkeley tonight to catch a sneak preview of the film, more later.

Today I launched a redisgn of my web site. I decided to switch over to Word Press blogging software to make the maintanence of the site and posting easier. This will allow me to keep the site more up to date. Special thanks go to Blue Host for providing Word Press as part of their hosting package, and to Patricia Muller who authored the Connections theme for Word Press. I’ve already made many cosmetic and functional changes, but it’s been a great theme to build from.

I also want to thank the author of the many plug-ins that I’m using throughout the site – there are too many to mention, but your work has made mine much easier. Thank you.