VII (Introduction). Taking Action to Reduce Global Warming and Our Ecological Footprint
Publications
The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth, by Tim Flannery. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005.
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It, by Al Gore. Rodale Press, 2006.
Low Carbon Diet: A 30 Day Program to Lose 5,000 Pounds, by David Gershon. Empowerment Institute, 2006, www.empowermentinstitute.net/. The website is packed with simple and effective strategies you can put into practice NOW to reduce negative climate change.
Videos/DVDs
An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning, with Al Gore. Paramount Home Video, 2006. A rallying cry to protect the one earth we all share.
Online (in addition to above)
www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp. Earthday footprint quiz. Quickly and easily estimate your ecological footprint with this on line calculator. It also includes tips on how to improve your footprint, though it doesn’t take integrated water harvesting into account.
www.fightglobalwarming.com. Information on global warming and how to reduce it.
www.stopglobalwarming.org. Also on global warming and how to reduce it.
www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/. The section on “take action†has proactive steps you can take to become carbon neutral.
http://energy.sourceguides.com/businesses/index.shtml. Provides information on where to find businesses that offer renewable energy solutions such as wind and solar energy.
www.climatefriendly.com/calc.php. Information on calculating your carbon footprint, and how to neutralize it.
www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx. Another resource with information on calculating your carbon footprint, and how to neutralize it.
www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/buying/buying_power.shtml. U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy website. Provides information on where you can buy green power (greatly reducing carbon emissions of dirtier power production such as burning of coal) in your state.www.solarenergy.org. Solar Energy International. They provide workshops and information on how to purchase and install your own solar, wind, or micro-hydro system.
www.coolcities.us. This site recognizes cities that are taking steps to reducing global warming, and helps you join and further the efforts.
Relationship of resource consumption increasing with population
“Arithmetic, Population and Energy,†by Dr. Albert Bartlett. Online video/audio/transcript: www.globalpublicmedia.com/lectures/461. The retired Professor of Physics from the University of Colorado in Boulder examines the arithmetic of steady growth, continued over modest periods of time, in a finite environment. These concepts are applied to populations and to fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal.
