Save Our Selves is the name of a group of
activists organized to raise
awareness
Awareness is the state of being conscious of something. More specifically, it is the ability to directly know and perceive, to feel, or to be cognizant of events. Another definition describes it as a state wherein a subject is aware of some inform ...
of
global climate change
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. They are the organizers of the July 2007
Live Earth concerts.
The group was founded by
Kevin Wall, and includes as major partners former
United States
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Vice President
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Al Gore
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic Part ...
, the
Alliance for Climate Protection
The Climate Reality Project is a non-profit organization involved in education and advocacy related to climate change. The Climate Reality Project came into being in July 2011 as the consolidation of two environmental groups, the Alliance for Cli ...
,
MSN
MSN (meaning Microsoft Network) is a web portal and related collection of Internet services and apps for Windows and mobile devices, provided by Microsoft and launched on August 24, 1995, alongside the release of Windows 95.
The Microsoft Net ...
and
Control Room, a concert production company producing Live Earth.
See also
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An Inconvenient Truth''
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Hurricane Katrina
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Action on climate change
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Kyoto Protocol
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Politics of global warming
External links
Save Our Selves - Who we are Live Earth website
National Geographic
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July 6, 2007
Climate change organizations based in the United States
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