Reduce Global Warming: How serious are you? If you are really serious about global warming, why not commit to the
3 Step Climate Action Plan.
There are many ways to reduce global warming, some very simple whilst others require a more focussed approach. At least do the easy ones! Scientists are convinced that the single biggest cause of global warming today is the release of carbon dioxide through burning of fossil fuels in our power stations, vehicles and transport systems.
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Things You Can Do
Speak Out:
Our countries need new national legislation
and laws to direct us towards solving climate problems and to reduce
global warming. Better legislation and laws will help to ensure we
develop cleaner cars and cleaner power plants. We also need to agitate
for government rebates on installing solar power, solar hot water, or
wind power in our homes.
Email, write or call elected officials, and
let them know that you are holding them accountable for what they do,
or don’t do about global warming.Hassle
you local representatives and ask for their ‘action
plan’, get climate change on your local council agenda. Is
your city a member of Cities
for Climate Protection? (CCP)
Learn about the CCP initiative, and if your city is not participating,
start calling your city council, attend meetings, activate.
Write: Write to
your president, prime minister or leader and ask that they:
Develop policies to ensure greenhouse
gas emissions fall by at least
3% year each year from now on, and that market mechanisms are in place
to make this happen.
Help poor countries cope with disasters
caused by climate change and get access to clean energy to help
eliminate poverty.
Write letters about Climate Change to the
local newspapers. This is a great way to keep the issue in the public
mind. It also sparks up a debate and allows us all to understand what
the real issues are.
Stay Informed:
Read widely
and understand what we are dealing with. If you have children teach
them about
the impact of global warming, and what can be done to prevent it.A
list of easy reading and technical books can be seen here.
Watch the
DVD online here by Al Gore called An
Inconvenient Truth. This is a powerful and moving
account of climate change, send the link to a a friend!
We have also included a whole bunch of lectures and addresses by
Al Gore
which you can watch online, right here for free. Find some time to watch, and be both entertained and informed! The Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ross Gelbspan is also very informative and dedicated to expanding our knowledge base on climate change. You can see him in action
here.
Get Involved:
Find out
what action groups are doing around your locality or region, if there are no
groups, start one! Meet with your group to discuss and plan how you will get the
word out. Join the
Global Warming Forum
and discuss and learn about climate issues with others. Call a talkback show and speak about your concerns, organise to speak
with children at school. Volunteer for tree planting days, or start you own tree
planting program. Email us with ideas and suggestions we could include on this
website to reduce global warming.
Invite
speakers to your school, coffee group or workplace to talk about global warming
and what can be done. Invite your school, church or business to do an
energy audit and promote energy-efficient measures. You might also like to learn about alternative, sustainable options
that can be used in everyday life.
“You
never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build
a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” - Buckminster Fuller
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