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Webinar giving an overview of current responses to climate change, including carbon on & offsetting. Find out how to measure and reduce our carbon footprint, how to acknowledge the costs of these impacts and generate funds that can effectively contribute to any sustainability project. Daniel Greenberg, founder of Earth Deeds, in collaboration with Gaia Education are committed to educating active change agents who use their skills, relationships, and resources to create sustainable communities and a healthy planet. This is the first of a series of webinars on sustainability design that covers the four dimensions of the Gaia Education Curriculum: social, ecological, economic and worldview. more information: www.gaiaeducation.net
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- 1. Gaia Education At the Cutting-Edge of Sustainability Education In Partnership with Earth Deeds Catalyzing Carbon Consciousness An Alterna3ve to Carbon Offse7ng July 15, 2014 Presented by Daniel Greenberg daniel@earthdeeds.com Gaia education www.gaiaeducation.net info@gaiaeduca6on.net
- 2. Publications: Curriculum & Manuals http://www.gaiaeducation.net/index.php/en/publications.html Gaia Youth Activities Guide Teacher´s Manual 1! ! ! ! www.gaiaeducation.net- 08!Fall% Ecovillage-Design- Education- - A"four'week"comprehensive"course"in"the" fundamentals"of"Sustainability"Design" - Curriculum"conceived"and"designed"by"the"GEESE Global" Ecovillage"Educators"for"a"Sustainable"Earth" " Version"5" ©"Gaia"Education,"2012" EDE Curriculum Available at Gaia Education Web Page & Kindle Store Gaia education
- 3. On-line Programmes • Gaia Education Design for Sustainability - GEDS (English) By Gaia Education • Post- graduate programme- GEDS (Spanish) By Spanish Open University Catalonia (UOC) • Gaia Education Design for Sustainability - GEDS (Portuguese) By Gaia Education Gaia education http://www.gaiaeducation.net/index.php/en/programmes.html
- 4. Gaia Educa6on Online channels 27,000 visits to www.gaiaeducation.net 7,213 followers https://www.facebook.com/GaiaEducation 484 followers https://twitter.com/GaiaEducation New channels: 170 page views http://www.slideshare.net/GaiaEducation 1,296 page views Gaia education www.gaiaeducation.net
- 5. Catalyzing Carbon Consciousness • Climate change 101 • Future scenarios • Governmental and corporate responses • Personal response • Carbon offse7ng overview and challenges • Onse7ng and Earth Deeds
- 7. The Carbon “Bathtub” SOURCES: Fossil Fuel Combus6on Deforesta6on SINKS: Ocean Uptake Land Uptake CO2 Levels
- 8. Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels 1900 -‐ 2008 CO2 Emissions (Teragrams CO2) h"p://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/global.html
- 11. www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/pastcc_fig1.html CO2 and Global Temperature
- 14. ~37°C – Normal +1-‐2°C – Fever • Headache • Weakness +2-‐3°C – High Fever • Hallucina6ons • Convulsions +4-‐5°C – Very High Fever • Brain Damage • Death? Is 4-‐5°C a big deal?
- 15. ~14°C – Normal +1-‐2°C – Fever +2-‐3°C – High Fever +4-‐5°C – Very High Fever Is 4-‐5°C a big deal? 19° 18° 17° 16° 15° 14° • Collapse of ocean circula6on (50%) • Greenland ice sheet melt (60%) • 40-‐70% species ex6nc6on risk • Increased ex6nc6on risk • Global crop decline • Glacial melt h"p://www.greenpeace.org/interna4onal/Global/ interna4onal/publica4ons/climate/2013/PointOfNoReturn.pdf • Widespread coral reef mortality • Extreme weather • Environmental refugees
- 16. h"p://www.greenpeace.org/interna4onal/Global/interna4onal/publica4ons/climate/2013/PointOfNoReturn.pdf Where Are We Heading?
- 17. 2011 Durban Plaborm for Enhanced Ac6on adopted
- 18. 82% have emissions targets Most are short term Average ~1% per year
- 37. $ $ $CO2 CO2 CO2
- 42. $ $ $ Inefficient transfer of funds Neutrality = “Indulgences” Market Incen6ves Inadequate market-‐based pricing Addi6onality difficult to prove Large, non-‐local projects You Project
- 43. $ Inefficient transfer of funds $ Neutrality = “Indulgences” Inadequate market-‐based pricing Addi6onality difficult to prove Large, non-‐local projects Efficient transfer of funds Onse7ng Posi6ve “pay-‐it-‐forward” story Social Cost of Carbon Price based on scien6fic evidence Support exis6ng projects Small, local projects
- 44. $ Inefficient transfer of funds $ Neutrality = “Indulgences” Addi6onality difficult to prove Large, non-‐local projects Efficient transfer of funds Posi6ve “pay-‐it-‐forward” story Price based on scien6fic evidence Support exis6ng projects Small, local projects
- 60. FFI -‐ Ireland WWF – S. Africa Italy Sierra Club Hawaii Crystal Waters Australia Spain Thailand Scotland Ecuador Costa Rica
- 61. Current • Study Abroad • Schools • Ecotourism • Colleges • Universi6es Future • Weddings • Congrega6ons • Municipali6es • Fes6vals • Conferences Poten3al • Sports Events • Summer Camps • Airlines • Ac6vist Orgs • Ecommerce 14,000 Projects $ $100,000,000 20,000+ Teams 2,000,000 Users
- 62. Family Gatherings Group Travel Conferences Educa6onal Programs Appropriate Technologies Local Food Habitat Restora6on Sustainable Communi6es
- 63. Thank You! Daniel@EarthDeeds.com www.EarthDeeds.com Daniel Greenberg, Ph.D. "Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." -‐ St. Francis of Assisi
- 64. Thank you www.gaiaeduca6on.net info@gaiaeduca6on.net www.earthdeeds.com Gaia education