March 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

From Green Right Now Reports

Former vice president and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore announced that his next book, Our Choice, will tackle solutions to global warming. The book, which picks up on the themes of his previous book An Inconvenient Truth, will be published Nov. 3 by Rodale.

Since the publication of the New York Times bestseller An Inconvenient Truth and the release of the Academy Award-winning film of the same title, Mr. Gore has led dozens of “Solutions Summits” with top scientists, engineers and policy experts to examine possible solutions to the climate crisis. Our Choice reflects the conclusions reached during those summits, as well as other independent research. Rodale executives say the book will argue that “the bold choices necessary to save the earth’s climate should also be the foundations of policies worldwide to create new jobs and stimulate sustainable economic progress.”

“An Inconvenient Truth reached millions of people with the message that the climate crisis is threatening the future of human civilization and that it must and can be solved,” Mr. Gore said in a statement. “Now that the need for urgent action is even clearer with the alarming new findings of the last three years, it is time for a comprehensive global plan that actually solves the climate crisis. Our Choice will answer that call.”

Mr. Gore will donate 100% of the proceeds of the book to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a non-profit, non-partisan group dedicated to spreading awareness about the climate crisis and how to solve it.

The book will be printed on 100% recycled paper using low VOC inks, and will be carbon neutral.

Simon & Schuster Audio will publish the audio edition of the book on CD and digital download simultaneous with the hardcover publication.