In his address to convention goers, Gore stressed that building green buildings and retrofitting existing spaces has the potential to better the environment while at the same time providing jobs and boosting the economy. As evidence of a massive movement underway to make homes and building spaces more environmental friendly both during construction and afterwards, Gore also talked about the success of the green building products and services industries which have grown from $7 billion in 2005 to $12 billion in 2007 and are projected to jump to $60 billion in 2010.

 

Calling on Americans to join him and others pushing for more and more green building as a way to address the current crisis which has both environmental and economic components, Gore said, "We as Americans have the capacity to do what we put our minds to. We have the ability to solve this crisis. We can do it."

 

As part of his address, Gore gave away thousands of copies of his new book: Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis.

In addition to retrofitting homes with better windows, solar systems, more energy efficient heating systems like on-demand water heaters, consumers can help green their indoor environments by choosing paint and other building materials that are designated as environmentally friendly. Below are links to many of these products sold by Amazon.com. Many of these products are also available at stores like Home Depot and Lowes.

 

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