Mission 3 - Stop climate change
We are facing massive changes in our climate - we are literally warming up our earths atmosphere by burning of fossil fuels with catastrophic results! Our icecaps are melting, sea levels are rising and we are seeing an increase in severe storms around our planet. These all impact on vulnerable species such as polar bears, who are literally starving themselves into extinction, as well as our environment which supports all life on earth (including ourselves). Reversing the effects of climate change is a challenge we must all take up!
Your mission - get involved with climate change action wherever you are around the world. Offset your carbon footprint. Here's a few ideas:
Visit the links below or start up your own local climate change action group. Get in touch and we'll show you how!
Links to see how climate change is impacting our planet
National Geographic - Climate change 101- Bill Nye the Science Guy tells us the impacts of climate change on our planet and us in this short video and what we can do about it.
Links to groups committed to stopping climate change
Earth Guardians - a tribe of young activists, musicians and artists worldwide who are stepping up to take action for climate change!
Greenpeace - a year to save the world? How crucial is 2015?
Greenpeace - Making the big polluters pay - take action and spread the word!
Go Fossil Free - Divesting from fossil fuels means removing investment in the companies that support fossil fuel extraction, and keeping oil, coal and natural gas - non renewable energy sources which pollute our planet and speed up climate change, in the ground.
Save our forests
Video Links
Before the flood - Join Leonardo DiCaprio as he finds out what needs to be done to prevent catastrophic runaway climate change.
Why not now? - the next generation asks why nothing is being done for climate change.
Morgan Freeman talks about a change to stop climate change.
Reduce your carbon footprint - find simple ways of reducing your carbon footprint in your own home
Your mission - get involved with climate change action wherever you are around the world. Offset your carbon footprint. Here's a few ideas:
- plant trees in your community (trees soak up carbon)
- get your family to buy locally produced foods, or start up a community garden
- eat less meat and dairy food (which use huge amounts of energy and water and create greenhouse gases) - try eating vegetarian or better still vegan, once, twice or more times per week
- think about what you are buying (where and how is it produced?)
- walk, cycle and use public transport whenever you can
- find out where the electricity/energy in your home comes from (is it made by burning fossil fuels or from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy?) then encourage your family and community to use more sustainable methods of energy generation
- encourage your family and community to divest from fossil fuels
Visit the links below or start up your own local climate change action group. Get in touch and we'll show you how!
Links to see how climate change is impacting our planet
National Geographic - Climate change 101- Bill Nye the Science Guy tells us the impacts of climate change on our planet and us in this short video and what we can do about it.
Links to groups committed to stopping climate change
Earth Guardians - a tribe of young activists, musicians and artists worldwide who are stepping up to take action for climate change!
Greenpeace - a year to save the world? How crucial is 2015?
Greenpeace - Making the big polluters pay - take action and spread the word!
Go Fossil Free - Divesting from fossil fuels means removing investment in the companies that support fossil fuel extraction, and keeping oil, coal and natural gas - non renewable energy sources which pollute our planet and speed up climate change, in the ground.
Save our forests
Video Links
Before the flood - Join Leonardo DiCaprio as he finds out what needs to be done to prevent catastrophic runaway climate change.
Why not now? - the next generation asks why nothing is being done for climate change.
Morgan Freeman talks about a change to stop climate change.
Reduce your carbon footprint - find simple ways of reducing your carbon footprint in your own home
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Thumbnail image: Polar Bear and her cub.
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Thumbnail image: Polar Bear and her cub.
