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  • Posted By: Steve_Davies @ 09/28/2009 8:31:11 PM

    apologies if I'm posting this twice

    Gore didn't win an Oscar. Davis Guggenheim did

    There is no category for Best Actor or Best Subject in a documentary

  • Posted By: jkorstad @ 09/23/2009 3:18:35 PM

    I'd like to add Dr. Cal DeWitt at Univ. Wisconsin, who was the first Director of the Au Sable Environmental Institute and has passionately shared about environmental stewardship around the world.

  • Posted By: SkyWatcher @ 06/27/2009 8:49:06 PM

    Don't forget Carl Sagan. He was writing books and raising consciousness about greenhouse gasses and the risks of discovering positive feedback loops or tipping points regarding the production of carbine dioxide in the 70's.

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