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According to renowned scientist and environmentalist, Paul Hawken, we can reverse global warming within 30 years! Charlie Rose interviews Paul along with environmental advocate, Gisele Bündchen, who has teamed up with him to promote his new book Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. Watch video
"To cope with losing our world requires us to descend through the anger into mourning & sadness, not bypass them to jump onto the optimism bandwagon or escape into indifference. "Climate scientists overwhelmingly say that we will face unprecedented warming in the coming decades. Those same scientists, just like you or I, struggle with the emotions that are evoked by these facts and dire projections. My children — who are now 12 and 16 — may live in a world warmer than at any time in the … Continue reading
"VATICAN CITY — About 60 mayors from around the world gathered here on Tuesday and pledged to combat global warming and help the poor deal with its effects, at a conference swiftly organized by the Vatican barely a month after Pope Francis’ sweeping encyclical on the environment. "The two-day conference, which also focused on fighting forms of modern slavery, was not the first time that the Vatican had organized a meeting on the issue. But it was the first time that it specifically invited … Continue reading
"On Sunday at Glastonbury, the Dalai Lama joins a panel including editor-in-chief Katharine Viner and columnist George Monbiot to discuss the environment, ending nuclear weapons and whether he agrees with the Pope's view of global warming. The Tibetan spiritual leader made an historic appearance at the event to give a speech on 'love, tolerance and fairness'...." Continue reading
"She is one of the world’s most high-profile social activists and a ferocious critic of 21st-century capitalism. He is one of the pope’s most senior aides and a professor of climate change economics. But this week the secular radical will join forces with the Catholic cardinal in the latest move by Pope Francis to shift the debate on global warming." Read the full story by Rosie Scammell.... Continue reading
Private sector could help close the expected shortfall in emissions reductions necessary to stop 2C of global warming warming, suggests Unilever CEO Paul Polman at climate and business summit in Paris. Read the full story by Tom Levitt.... Continue reading
Oxford University scientists, after a year of research, have determined the best technology to suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and try to reverse global warming. It’s trees. Read the full story.... Continue reading
As a new report is published on the need to limit fossil fuel production to stop dangerous global warming, the UK is poised to pass an act committing governments to extracting as much oil out of the ground as possible. Much of world’s fossil fuel reserve must stay buried to prevent climate change, study says.... Continue reading
On the heels of this week's IPCC climate change report, Findhorn Fellow, Paul Allen, addresses the big question, 'What will it take for us to find the will to change?' The IPCC report findings are grim; however, as Paul explains, "we now physically have everything we need to transform our energy and living systems. Once a cultural shift is catalysed, legal and political frameworks quickly follow suit." And not only that, Paul contends that "once we are equipped with the right tools, the way … Continue reading
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