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YOUR ACTIONS WILL SHAPE THE WORLD
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.”
-Howard Zinn
Since the 1850’s our planet has been warming because increasing human activity has been putting a blanket of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. That insulating blanket must be drawn down to mitigate the destructive impact of global warming. Easier said than done, but there are solutions...
Please use our site as a resource, a place to find information that will guide you towards actionable steps you can take to help fight climate change.
Let's ALL live a more environmentally conscious life
TRENDS IN GLOBAL EMISSIONS
The chart
above highlights C02 emissions by country/region from 1850 to 2017. Carbon emissions from fossil fuels have significantly increased globally since 1850. In 1970, the world's CO2 emissions increased by an alarming 90%!
“Future generations stand to inherit a greatly spoiled world. Our children and grandchildren should not have to pay the cost of our generation’s irresponsibility... Indeed, as is becoming increasingly clear, young people are calling for a change.”
VIDEOS TO INSPIRE
Sir David Attenborough
A PERFECT PLANET 2021
BBC Trailer
Sir David Attenborough
A LIFE ON OUR PLANET | Official Trailer | Netflix
In this unique feature documentary, titled David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, the celebrated naturalist reflects upon both the defining moments of his lifetime and the devastating changes he has seen.
FIVE STEPS TO HELP SAVE OUR PLANET
Discover what you can do to help save our planet.
Project Drawdown
UNIT 1: SETTING THE STAGE
This is Unit 1 of Project Drawdown's 6 part class which can be accessed here. Building the future we want requires an understanding of our collective past. Explore the last 50 years of stunning change—from food demand, water, population, ocean health, and beyond—to see our current climate inflection point in context. This introductory video is a fascinating must-watch.
Sir David Attenborough
60 MINUTES OVERTIME
Where Sir David Attenborough draws his optimism
Sir David Attenborough tells 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper he looks to the young for hope on a declining planet.
Sir David Attenborough
BBC EARTH: A New Year’s message from Sir David Attenborough
A Perfect Planet shines a light on everything that makes our planet just that, its size, its distance from the Sun, its spin and tilt, its moon - is perfectly suited to our existence, and our planet's natural forces perfectly nurture life. Narrated by David Attenborough.
Population Growth is also a contributor to the problem.
Visit Population Matters to see what you can do to help.
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George Basch
FOUNDER
In the summer of 1959, on a 10,000 km Vespa Motor Scooter journey through Europe I was in the cemetery in Zermatt, Switzerland and saw a tombstone of a young climber that had died on the Matterhorn. “Youth Must be Served” it said. “What would I want my headstone to say?” I asked rhetorically. The answer came in a flash “He Made a Difference”. Later, after I was married and had kids & responsibilities I became a bit more realistic and added the precondition to take care of my physical, mental and financial health and that of my family and others to whom I had obligations.
Over the decades of my life, I’ve acquired broad ranging experiences and expertise through education (a BSME from MIT, and an MBA), the school of hard knocks, making mistakes, vowing to make NEW mistakes (no ground-hog day for me)...
The one constant that remains is a desire to help others, and “make a difference”, which I’ve done by serving on various boards (school, hospital, drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers) and through Rotary – our motto is “Service Above Self”...
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