The morning of October 12, 2007, was the same as every other: I woke up, showered and checked the news before going to school. Today, the news came as a pleasant surprise: Al Gore had won the Nobel Peace Prize. I was thrilled because I strongly believe in finding a solution to the climate crisis. As I began to drive to school (note the irony), I started to think more about it. Al Gore has worked hard to raise awareness about global warming, but I wonder, was the Nobel Peace Prize the right honor? In the words of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, those who choose who wins the prize, Gore and the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) won “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.” I suppose we could take this to mean that by preventing global warming from continuing, Gore and the IPCC are preventing future wars. However, that seems like a stretch. I really do not believe that this award was given to the right recipient. I have a real problem comparing Al Gore to former Peace Prize recipients such as Jane Adams, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., UNICEF, Mother Teresa, Elie Wiesel and Yitzhak Rabin. I am afraid to say that I think the Nobel Peace Prize has lost its dignity. What do you think?