Nice investigative piece from this week’s Bloomberg… on how poorly prepared for climate adaptation Alaska currently is, given the much-warmer winters its economy now experiences.
But, not obviously, there are a BOATLOAD of new jobs coming in the climate adaptation field. Read between the lines, then get your job-creation hat on.
A good high level overview comes from the 2014 President’s State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience. Simply scroll through the chapter headings and you can get an idea of the truly massive numbers of jobs which will be created, whether in saving Alaska’s roads, bridges and harbor or saving Florida from flooding.
(These adaptation jobs are in addition to the 3.3 million US jobs we already see in the emerging field of advanced energy and energy efficiency, and is forecast to be at 4.0 million in the US by 2020.)
Read between the lines, then get your job-creation hat on.
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Not sure where to start saving the planet (civilization, really)? Start by deeply knowing your own personal superpowers:
1) To save the planet, Change Yourself First;
3) Use Your Voice and take advocacy seriously! Never miss a chance to vote, and never stop influencing your government and businesses locally, at the state level, and at the national level. Lead the way with global warming solutions.
And in all cases and at all times, cast aside the learned-helplessness that infects so much of modern life… the time is now for climate change solutions.
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Global Warming, You and I 