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“The average American generates about 15,000 pounds of
carbon dioxide every year from personal transportation, home energy use
and from the energy used to produce all of the products and services we
consume.” www.climatecrisis.net |
Click on a topic below to learn more
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Support and volunteer with PRBO (www.prbo.org) as well as other conservation science organizations that assess climate change, habitat loss and other environmental change impacts to: (1) sustain birds, fish, plants and other biodiversity as well as the ecosystem services we all rely on including clean air, clean water, timber, flood control, pollination, carbon sequestration, and outdoor recreation; and, (2) inform and guide land owners, fisheries managers, policymakers, students, and the public about science-based, sustainable conservation solutions.
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Reduce your carbon footprint. For dozens of personal steps you can take, see www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_actionitems.asp, www.fightglobalwarming.org, and www.theclimateproject.org/solutions.php . Here is a sampling from many on line resources:
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• Calculate your personal impact at http://www.coolcalifornia.org/calculator.html
• Do an energy audit of your home, workplace, place of worship and transportation; ID where you can save energy: www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/energy_audits/ or http://www.pge.com/myhome/saveenergymoney/analyzer/en/
• Compost garden waste and plant natives. Avoid rapidly spreading invasive plants. Plant to retain water and support ecological function (see www.oaec.org/water-institute). Landscape for birds and other wildlife (http://www.prbo.org/cms/183). Connect neighborhood yards and gardens. Use hand equipment (not gas or electric powered).
• Caulk & weather-strip doorways & windows. Save 1,700 lbs. of CO2 & $274/yr. Switch to low-e, double pane windows and save 10,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $436 per year. Replace old appliances with energy efficient ones.
• Invest in healthy ecosystems and renewable energy—see www.green-e.org, ecosystemmarketplace.com, nativeenergy.com, among many choices
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Get the Word Out: Meet with elected officials, talk about it in your community, workplace, school & religious center: consider kicking the carbon habit entirely by 2020 (as Sweden is committed to) and making conservation an equal priority. www.climateprotectioncampaign.org, http://www.interfaithpower.org/education.htm |
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Keep informed, take action and stay involved. Our future depends on it.
- See PRBO preliminary projections about how climate change could affect various birds and habitats in California at the CA Avian Data Center: http://data.prbo.org/cadc2/
- Sign up at www.sciencedaily.com/ for free summaries of the latest science news and www.climatecrisiscoalition.org for global warming news email updates.
- For in-depth reports from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on all aspects of climate change, visit www.ipcc.ch/. See Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. April 2007. www.ipcc-wg2.org
- See http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/ for projected climate change impacts on California- Our Changing Climate: Assessing the Risks to California (2006).
- For adaptive natural resource management strategies to address rapid environmental change, see:
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Other Recommended Resources (most free online; type title, author into search engine)
- Bell, Robin. Unquiet Ice Speaks Volumes on Global Warming. Scientific American, February, 2008.
- Black, Richard. New evidence on Antarctic warming. January 21, 2009. BBC News.
- Bowen, Mark. Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World’s Highest Mountains. 2005. Henry Holt.
- Jet Streams are Shifting and May Alter Paths of Storms and Hurricanes. April 17, 2008. Science Daily.
- Klinkenborg, Verlyn. Watching the Numbers and Charting the Losses- of Species. October 15, 2008. NY Times.
- Leggett, Hadley. Global warming may be killing trees in West twice as fast as usual. SJ Mercury News. Jan. 22, 2009.
- Lerner, Joel. Climate Change redraws map for gardeners. Washington Post, July 21, 2007.
- Linden, Eugene. The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather & the Destruction of Civilizations. 2006. Simon & Schuster.
- Malcolm, Jay, et. al. Global Warming and Extinctions of Endemic Species Conservation Biology, April 2006.
- McCully, Patrick. Before the Deluge: Coping with Floods in a Changing Climate. May, 2007.
- Macmynowski, et al. (with PRBO) Changes in spring arrival of Nearctic-Neotropical migrants attributed to multiscalar climate. Global Change Biology. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117991492/abstract
- Ocean Growing More Acidic Faster; Increasing Acidity Threatens Sea Life, Nov. 26, 2008, ScienceDaily http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081124141053.htm
- Polar research reveals new evidence of global environmental change, International Polar Year (IPY), February 25, 2009. http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/state_of_polar_research/
- Parmesan, Camille. Ecological & Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change. Ecology, Evol. & Systematics. Oct.17, 2006.
- Stix, Gary. A Climate Repair Manual. Scientific American. September, 2006. (intro free online) See this special issue, Energy’s Future: Beyond Carbon, How to Power the Economy & Still Fight Global Warming,
- Wilson, E.O. The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth. 2006. W. W. Norton, N.Y.
click here for a pdf handout of the above information
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