Last night I was reading my favorite magazine, Orion. Bill McKibben was discussing the campaign 350. From the website:
350 is the red line for human beings, the most important number on the planet. The most recent science tells us that unless we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million, we will cause huge and irreversible damage to the earth.
But solutions exist. All around the world, a movement is building to take on the climate crisis, to get humanity out of the danger zone and below 350. This movement is massive, it is diverse, and it is visionary. We are activists, scholars, and scientists. We are leaders in our businesses, our churches, our governments, and our schools. We are clean energy advocates, forward-thinking politicians, and fearless revolutionaries. And we are united around the world, driven to make our planet livable for all who come after us.
We are everywhere, and together we are unstoppable.
We are currently living at 387ppm. Scientists claim numbers could reach 450-550ppm which would mean disaster for life as we know it. Every time we turn on a car, a light, the heat, the stove, the television, the computer; we partake. Unless we are receiving our power solely from renewables, then we are using coal and oil. The 350 campaign is hoping to influence lawmakers, political leaders, and individuals to take action. One view has perpetuated the notion that climate change, such as what we are experiencing now, is normal, just as ice ages come and go. However, the real science is in and it is time to listen, regardless of partisan politics.
Last week my extended family gathered. A discussion arose, among friends and family, about the fictionalized nature of global warming and how it is simply a marketing campaign so people can sell “green” products. Greenwashing exists. We know this. But this conversation, dominated by one in particular, was reiterating a denial about what is happening. My young cousin, who is twenty and overheard the discussion, told me she wasn’t sure. We had a decent conversation about some examples of climate change, what greenwashing means, and environmentalism in general. The information is out there. Bill McKibben, Michael Pollan, Terry Tempest Williams, Treehugger, Grist, Adbusters, Huffington Post, ENN – just to name a few sources.
Do you believe what the man that started the weather channel now says about man made global warming?
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08/20/08 » 11:54 pm »
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[...] 350: Global Warming. Global Action. Global Future. By Kim A discussion arose, among friends and family, about the fictionalized nature of global warming and how it is simply a marketing campaign so people can sell ?green? products. Greenwashing exists. We know this. … Eco-Chick – http://eco-chick.com [...]
08/21/08 » 9:37 am »
Stop global warming and save more energy than curly light bulbs,TAX all computer use now!
08/24/08 » 11:09 am »
In Louisiana we drill and refine oil.The weather here has not changed in the48years i have been living.Could global warming be a left coast or yankee disease!
08/24/08 » 11:13 am »
Liberals have no solutions they just bitch and cry.Ethonal was a failure,soler panel set ups cost 20,000 dollers that cant be insured on the gulf coast due to hurricans and need 5,000 dollar battery replacement every 10years filling land fills with hazardest waste.Wind power takes 10,000 wind generators to equal the energy of one oilrig!Wind generators destoy the natural veiw of the country side but oil rigs are offshore and cant be seen!
08/24/08 » 11:24 am »