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\u201cI think a lot has shifted from when his movie first came out in a sense that the regenerative farming movement and some more awareness around food systems have really grown and blossomed since then,\u201d says Christiansen, who has an amazing team, led by director of horticulture Hank Jenkins,<\/strong> to help him with the gardens. \u201cAnd even though so many of the things that he talks about in that film and cares about have continued and gotten worse, one of the bright sides is that there is a much greater awareness around regenerative farming and farm practices than there was before, which is good news.\u201d<\/p>\n Gore has used his time to go all around the world to promote solutions to the climate crisis, the greatest threat to our natural world. \u201cIf you\u2019ve ever seen those pictures of the thin blue line on the horizon of the Earth when the astronauts look down on the Earth, that thin blue shell is where the oxygen is. That\u2019s why it looks blue to us. And that\u2019s where all of the global-warming pollution is spewed, and it\u2019s only five miles high. If you could drive a car straight up in the air, you get to the top of that blue line in five minutes or less,\u201d says Gore.<\/p>\n As far as the incoming administration goes, Gore believes that the fight will be an uphill battle. \u201cThe fact that solar electricity is now by far the cheapest electricity in the history of the world\u2014far, far cheaper than any electricity you can get from burning coal or gas or oil\u2014is something that will ensure the continuation of this clean-energy revolution. But it\u2019s unfortunate that [Trump] has spread falsehoods about the reality of the climate crisis. For goodness sake, every night on the news is like a nature hike through the Book of Revelation,\u201d he says. \u201cIf you just look at all of the climate-related extreme events, one right after another, people know that this is real. And the fact that the oil industry supports people who will lie on its behalf doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s not real. So we will have to gird ourselves for an even tougher struggle in these next four years.\u201d<\/p>\n His worries extend to Trump\u2019s Cabinet picks. Gore is \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/strong> as Trump\u2019s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, especially about his opposition to vaccines. \u201cI\u2019m concerned about anything that would reduce the protections our children and grandchildren have from these deadly diseases by using vaccines that have been proven to be safe,\u201d shares Gore. \u201cI think that on ultra-processed foods and a couple of other issues, we should listen to what he and others have been saying, including Michelle Obama,<\/strong> by the way, who pioneered the concerns in the White House years ago about ultra-processed foods and eating in a more healthy way.\u201d<\/p>\n We\u2019ve come a long way since Gore presented An Inconvenient Truth,<\/em> but we still have a way to go. Christiansen says, \u201cPeople can\u2019t say it\u2019s not true.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOne difference now compared to [18] years ago is that the solutions are all available to us now. We have substitute sources of energy that can replace fossil fuels in every sector,\u201d says Gore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n