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I know Live Earth is not first time you've worked with Al Gore — I read that you traveled to Nashville to attend his trainings on how to give his global warming slide-show with 1,000 other people.
I really wanted to find out what was ''going on'' [Laughs]. So I sort of reached out to Al and he said, ''Hey, I'm doing this slide-show presentation, I'm teaching it, why don't you come out and see what we got going on.'' And he's amazing. He is so charismatic, wonderful — he's a great teacher. He just reaches everyone in the room. And we had a really great time and it was very informative. And the people learning there were so inspiring to me. They came from all walks of life: teachers and students and executives and artists. Everyone from all over the country. And some people were giving the presentation the next day! When we were finished, they were like, ''I have to do this in front of 50 people tomorrow.'' So I was really impressed by everyone's passion, and understanding too that you give 1,000 people that information, it's really powerful. And they spread out — that's grassroots. They make an impact on their community and it just spreads.

At the Live Earth website, there are a lot of tips on going green. What types of measures do you take in your own life to be more environmentally aware?
Well, I just do as much as I can do — be aware of my energy consumption, how much power I use, how much I run the water, set my thermostat, my recycling, my car — I drive a Prius. I do my carbon offsetting for my travels because I travel so much. My travel agent just basically tallies it as I go. I am trying to retrofit everything as much as possible, and other projects I have going on I try to do them consciously, and as green as possible. And I am just trying to help spread the word.

What advice can you offer to people who want to start greening their lifestyles but don't know where to start?
Well, in about a month-and-a-half there is going to be a lot of information related to this campaign. Also, you know, we have the Internet. If you can pull up like who's having sex with who [laughs] — you can definitely pull up how to save energy. It does just start with the basics. It starts with being aware of your consumption, your energy consumption. There are a slew of products as far as recycling goes.

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