| Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, has been a | | | | Al Gore and his family have also changed their |
| long time proponent of green living. He supports | | | | lighting to become more energy efficient by using |
| everyone's efforts to become more | | | | compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL). These bulbs |
| environmentally friendly, and lives by example. | | | | last up to 10 times longer than standard light bulbs |
| From his home to this speeches, Al Gore focuses | | | | and best of all, they use less than half of the |
| the majority of his energies on leading others to | | | | energy than a standard bulb requires. |
| greener pastures. Here are some of the things | | | | The Gore's have also upgraded their windows. |
| that Al Gore has done to make his own home | | | | Every citizen can save money, and benefit the |
| more environmentally friendly, or green. | | | | environment, by installing windows that retain heat |
| Gore has installed solar panels on the roof his | | | | in the winter and help keep their home cool in the |
| families home. This will let the Gores collect | | | | summer. |
| sunlight and make their own energy; thus | | | | Their home in Nashville, Tennessee also has a |
| powering their home with natural resources as | | | | pool. To make their pool more energy efficient, |
| opposed to man made electrical funds. This should | | | | they have installed a geothermal system. This |
| make significant inroads into cutting the amount | | | | system takes heat from the ground and |
| of electricity that they use from other sources. | | | | transfers it to the pool, thus keeping the pool |
| This is something that everyone can do. Solar | | | | water at the same temperature all of the time |
| panels help the environment and save money on | | | | without using more energy and a pool heating |
| electricity when installed in a home and maintained | | | | system to accomplish the same task. |
| for a minimum of 5 to 10 years. | | | | |