TWEET IT: Former Vice President @AlGore to discuss new book #TheFuture @ConstitutionCtr Feb 4. http://bit.ly/133NAZp FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Ashley Berke Lauren Saul Director of Public Relations Public Relations Manager 215.409.6693 215.409.6895 [email protected] [email protected] FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND AUTHOR AL GORE OFFERS FRANK PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET AT THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER Appearance in connection with Gore’s highly-anticipated new book The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change Philadelphia, PA (January 16, 2013) – What does the next decade have in store for us politically, economically, and socially? With the same passion he used to voice awareness about climate change, and with his decades of experience on the front lines of global policy, former Vice President and New York Times bestselling author Al Gore visits the National Constitution Center to discuss his newest book, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change. The program will take place on Monday, February 4, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. Admission to the program is $35 and includes a signed copy of Gore’s The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change. Advance reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 215.409.6700 or online at www.constitutioncenter.org. Following in the footsteps of his best-seller An Inconvenient Truth – made into an Oscar- winning documentary – Gore’s latest book surveys the interconnectedness of digital networks, the shifting balance of world powers, increasing economic globalization, revolutions in the fields of medicine, agriculture, and molecular science, the continuing imbalance between human needs and natural resources, and other factors influencing the future of our planet. -MORE- ADD ONE/AL GORE Former Vice President Al Gore is co-founder and chairman of both Generation Investment Management and Current TV. He is also a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a member of Apple, Inc.'s board of directors. Gore spends the majority of his time as chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a non-profit devoted to solving the Climate Crisis. Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives four times and the U.S. Senate twice. He served eight years as Vice President. He authored the bestsellers Earth in the Balance, An Inconvenient Truth, The Assault on Reason, and Our Choice. He is co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. The National Constitution Center is the first and only nonprofit, nonpartisan institution devoted to the most powerful vision of human freedom ever expressed: the U.S. Constitution. Located on Independence Mall in Historic Philadelphia, the birthplace of American freedom, the Center illuminates constitutional ideals and inspires active citizenship through a state-of-the-art museum experience, including hundreds of interactive exhibits, films and rare artifacts; must-see feature exhibitions; the internationally acclaimed, 360-degree theatrical production Freedom Rising; and the iconic Signers' Hall, where visitors can sign the Constitution alongside 42 life-size, bronze statues of the Founding Fathers. As America's forum for constitutional dialogue, the Center engages diverse, distinguished leaders of government, public policy, journalism and scholarship in timely public discussions and debates. The Center also houses the Annenberg Center for Education and Outreach, the national hub for constitutional education, which offers cutting-edge civic learning resources both onsite and online. Freedom is calling. Answer it at the National Constitution Center. For more information, call 215.409.6700 or visit www.constitutioncenter.org. ### .