Event Date: 01/31/2010
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lecture given by Alec Loorz.

Location: The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock at 48 Shelter Rock Rd. in Manhasset, LI.

Sponsor: Shelter Rock Forum.

Fifteen year old Alec Loorz, founder of the nonprofit Kids vs. Global Warming, will be giving a talk urging young people to become activists on the subject. Loorz has given over 100 lectures to more than 20,000 people around the country. He has spoken at the United Nations, been to the White House, presented a "Declaration of Independence from Fossil Fuels" to a US Senate subcommittee, traveled to Copenhagen for the Climate Summit, received awards from ABC-TV and the Weather Channel and been a member of panels at several climate and energy conferences.

Alec Loorz was 12 when he saw "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's documentary movie on global warming. "That's what sparked my awareness of this issue and caused me to do something about it," he said.

Loorz will be discussing the role of kids in the fight against global warming. He focuses his own efforts towards three things: conservation--doing everything we can to use less fossil fuels; innovation--coming up with alternative energy solutions; and sequestration--taking carbon out of the air, such as by planting trees. Also on the agenda will be discussing the results of the recent Climate Summit and the limiting of carbon in the atmosphere.

Kids 18 and under will be admitted free and there is $5 suggested donation for adults.

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