Transcript Why should we care?

What is it?
What are we doing to create it?
Why should we care?
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History of the Earth
and humans
Greenhouse gases
Global warming and
Climate change
Natural and human
caused factors
Scientific Consensus
The rate of change
EPA
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/basicinfo.html
NOAA
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/
U.S. Climate Policy
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/policy/index.ht
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
http://www.ipcc.ch/
Corvallis Sustainability Coalition
http://sustainablecorvallis.org/
OSU Climate Plan
http://oregonstate.edu/sustainability/sites/default/f
iles/docs/osuclimateplan2009.pdf
A brief look at some recent events…
Practically everything
the majority of society
depends on is contingent
on fossil fuel burning.
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Food
Home energy use
(heating/cooling and electricity)
Transportation
Education/work facilities
Consumer goods, public
services
Medical services
Leisure activities such as going
to the movies or going skiing
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Climate change tied to
social/economic
conditions
Policy
Cultural paradigms
Societal Perspectives
Education
Value systems,
worldviews
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Our children and
grandchildren
Humanity in general
Life in general
Interconnectedness
Quality of life
Intrinsic value
Spiritual and
philosophical reasons
Human integrity
It is time to open
ourselves to discussions
on morality, based on
sound reasoning-which
includes fact based
knowledge and human
virtues.
The actions described in
this presentation are
more lasting when
attached to personal
values.
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Green Revolution
The idea of eating
carbon
Production,
processing,
transportation,
storage, distribution.
Average miles
traveled from farm to
plate=1500
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What you can do
Buy local
Buy organic
Farmers market
Co-ops
CSAs
Community Gardens
Home gardening,
organic, permaculture