Low Carbon Local:
Step Up to the Plate

Global Warming / Climate Change has begun and we must act quickly to mitigate¹  it.

Peak Oil is another problem that requires serious planning, now.

A realistic solution is 80% reduction in “carbon” by 2050 (current US Senate bill)

Which also means:

*Re-localizing our Hudson-Mohawk farm & food economy
    “Low Carbon Local” food systems are a very effective way to cut fossil fuel use and to enjoy healthier, tastier diets. (Join our Nutrition Cmte, 4th Wed.)

*Investing in home-grown businesses
    Capital District Local First (meeting for local businesses, March 5th, 7pm)

You can act by getting the word out:

* An Inconvenient Truth” dvd. Sign up for our complimentary house party or classroom screening info packets, which include copies of “An Inconvenient Truth” and the new report “Changing Climate in the Northeast” (www.climatechoices.org).

* Climate Project Slide Lecture: Help us promote interactive and updated versions of the

“An Inconvenient Truth” slide show, to be given by Sage College Professor and WAMC commentator Dr.Steven Leibo, who has received training as part of VP Gore’s Climate Project. Some dates include:

March 6 Albany Public Library, Washington Ave @ Lark St, noon

March 23 Sage College of Albany,140 New Scotland Ave, Olpaka Gallery, noon

 March 23 Russell Sage College, Congress St., Troy, Bush Memorial, 3pm

April 20 New York State Museum Earth Day Weekend (Friday Evening)

* Books and Talks: Promote VP Al Gore’s book, Bill McKibben’s End of Nature and Deep Economy and Elizabeth Kolbert’s Field Notes from a Catastrophe, a concise and inexpensive handbook on global warming. Her appearances include:

March 29 Albany University, Washington Ave., Campus Center Ballroom, tba

March 29 The Nature Conservancy, New Karmer Rd, tba

* Global Warming Action Rally: Join HWFC’s “Step It Up, Capital!” on Apr 14th in Washington Park. We will be part of the first national movement (Step It Up, Congress!) to mitigate climate change. Our goal may include stepping to the Capital steps! (See www.stepitup2007.org and http://events.stepitup2007.org/events/show/401)

¹Feb ’07: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Past CO2 levels will cause more frequent heat waves, and stronger droughts and storms, and will raise the globe’s temperature by 1.1º F. Current and future CO2 levels will “likely” bring about a total rise of 3.2ºF to 7.3ºF this century. (The EU and many top scientists have endorsed 3.6ºF rise as the threshold that must be avoided.)

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