Moyer joins Al Gore's crusade

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.moyer21sep21,0,5805397.story?coll=bal-local-headlines

Annapolis Mayor Ellen O. Moyer has been named one of the first 50 people nationwide to spread former Vice President Al Gore's global warming message.

The "mother of Greenscape" will head to Nashville, Tenn., this weekend with the other volunteers to learn how to give a PowerPoint presentation partly based on Gore's recent documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.

"I'm honored to be a part of this first training program," said Moyer, whose environmentalist stripes date to the 1960s, when she launched beautification efforts as the wife of the then-mayor. "There comes a point in time when we have to say enough is enough."

Fifteen years ago, she helped launch Greenscape, an annual day for the community to plant trees and flowers and beautify the city. This year, it included 2,500 plants and 250 trees.