Being busy people, concise visuals are a good thing… here are our current favorites:
- National Atmospheric and Oceanic Agency’s (NOAA) superb interactive “Global Climate Dashboard,” (Once there, scroll down to see the dashboard… at a glance you can toggle to all major metrics about our changing climate.)
- NASA’s “Earth Minute” and “Interactive Features” animations
- “The United States of Warming: These Weather Stations Show How Hot 2016 Really Was,” from Climate Central
- A stunning collection of climate animations from UK climate scientist Ed Hawkins
- Elon Musk’s “Unbelievably Simple Killer Breakdown on Climate Change“
- Katherine Hayhoe’s great short talk, “Climate Weirding“
- Arnold Schwarzenegger gets to the point
- “Less Meat, Less Heat, More Life” by Avatar director James Cameron and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
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How does one get started saving the planet? Start by deeply knowing your own sources of personal power: 1) To save the planet, Change Yourself First; 2) To save the planet, Invest Your Working Life; 3) To save the planet, 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.
And in all cases and at all times, cast aside the learned-helplessness that infects so much of modern life…
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