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Gaia Education At the Cutting-Edge of Sustainability Education

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Catalyzing  Carbon  Consciousness    An  Alterna3ve  to  Carbon  Offse7ng  

July  15,  2014  Presented by Daniel Greenberg

daniel@earthdeeds.com

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Catalyzing  Carbon  Consciousness  •  Climate  change  101  

•  Future  scenarios  

•  Governmental  and  corporate  responses  

•  Personal  response  

•  Carbon  offse7ng  overview  and  challenges  

•  Onse7ng  and  Earth  Deeds  

h"p://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/wha4s.htm  

The  Carbon  “Bathtub”  

SOURCES:  Fossil  Fuel  Combus6on  

Deforesta6on  

SINKS:  Ocean  Uptake  Land  Uptake  

CO2  Levels  

Global  CO2  emissions  from  fossil  fuels  1900  -­‐  2008  

CO2  E

missions  (T

eragrams  C

O2)  

h"p://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/global.html  

h"p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeling_Curve  

h"p://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/  

www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/pastcc_fig1.html    

CO2  and  Global  Temperature  

h"p://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf  

IPCC  Es3mates  

 ~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?  

 ~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  

h"p://www.greenpeace.org/interna4onal/Global/interna4onal/publica4ons/climate/2013/PointOfNoReturn.pdf  

Where  Are  We  Heading?  

2011 Durban  Plaborm  for  

Enhanced  Ac6on  adopted  

82%  have  emissions  targets  

Most  are  short  term  

Average  ~1%  per  year  

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CO2

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Inefficient  transfer  of  funds      Neutrality  =  “Indulgences”  

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Project  

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Inefficient  transfer  of  funds      

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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  

$  

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  

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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  

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