Warlike Climate Mobilization

2017, Adaptation, Climate Change, Communication, Economy, Emissions Reduction, Farming, Policy, Project, SolutionsLeave a comment

The Climate Mobilization Victory Plan, written by Ezra Silk, is a policy document that tangibly demonstrates how the U.S. could eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, contribute to a global effort to restore a safe climate, and reverse ecological overshoot through a massive WWII-scale mobilization. http://www.postcarbon.org/the-climate-mobilization-victory-plan-foreword The Victory Plan (PDF) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByftlCTrJRYVejBuYUZkM1dKcms/view The Climate Mobilization…

The Global Movement to Stop Fossil Fuel Burning

2017, Climate Change, Coal, Communication, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Global, Natural Gas, Oil, Policy, Project, Protest, Solutions, Tar SandsLeave a comment

Fossil fuel divestment funds double to $5tn in a year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/12/fossil-fuel-divestment-funds-double-5tn-in-a-year Climate teach-in #2: Solutions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPV_coPAkCE Divest LA https://www.facebook.com/InsurgencyNow/videos/1864190287182619 TRAILER Raise A Paddle: A Journey from the Pacific to the tar sands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-OFpXbbxo Global divestment Mobilisation South Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSrFoGErRvs Additional video footage via http://pixabay.com A beginner’s guide to fossil fuel divestment https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/23/a-beginners-guide-to-fossil-fuel-divestment Go Fossil Free…

How to Give Your Warehouse an Eco Makeover

2015, Emissions Reduction, Project, SolutionsLeave a comment

We all have a responsibility to become better citizens of the world. Whether that involves making purchases that are more ethical, attempting to travel sustainably or taking the leap from vegetarian to vegan, it’s our duty to give Mother Nature a helping hand against climate change, environmental degradation and resource depletion. Indeed, with almost two…

Climate Change with George Monbiot and George Marshall | Guardian Live

2015, Climate Change, Communication, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Policy, Project, UK1 Comment

Despite the overwhelming evidence, the majority of us have become increasingly adept at ignoring or side-lining climate change. Most of us recognise the danger is real and yet we do nothing to stop it. As the Guardian sets out on its own climate change journey, George Marshall, one of the most eminent thinkers in the…

Extreme Realities: Preview

2014, Adaptation, Climate Change, Communication, Energy Security, Extreme Weather, Impacts, National Security, ProjectLeave a comment

The George Washington University: Over the past year, the defense and intelligence communities have issued a slew of reports making it clear that climate change is here and having real impacts on national security. Narrated by Matt Damon, Extreme Realities focuses on recent political conflicts and severe weather events throughout the world. The film will…

Calls for Harvard University to Divest Fast from Fossil Fuels #TippingPoint

2014, Climate Change, Coal, Communication, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Natural Gas, Oil, Policy, Project, Solutions, USALeave a comment

CNN: Stanford University has already decided it will no longer directly invest in coal mining companies because it has a responsibility to consider “corporate policies or practices (that) create substantial social injury.” Harvard is fighting climate change, too. The university has an enviably small carbon footprint and its scientists are among the most respected for…

What should ClimateState cover next?

2014, Climate State, ProjectLeave a comment

Is there a special topic which is lacking at ClimateState, or requires updates? Content includes the general broad spectrum of climate related topics, mostly the typical video post. Though recently, two exclusive ClimateState interviews. If you missed them, read: Stefan Rahmstorf: The critical threshold, the “tipping point” in West Antarctica has now passed Bill McGuire: Modelling…