Have you noticed our world is getting greener? Some of this planet's brightest minds are focused on reducing greenhouse gases, saving natural resources, and reducing man's impact to the eco-system.
See the results of climate change on glaciers. This remarkable image sequence captures a series of massive calving events at Columbia Glacier near Valdez, Alaska. Composed of 436 frames taken between May and September of 2007, it shows the glacier rapidly retreating by about half a mile (1.6 kilometers), a volume loss of some 0.4 cubic miles (1.67 cubic kilometers) of ice or 400 billion gallons (1.5 trillion liters) of water.
What are you doing to get ready for your greener future?
One easy thing to do is focus in your own community. The adage "Think globally. Act locally." may be cliche' but it is powerful. If we focus on the things we can control and change the way we live and encourage others to do the same, change will come.
Contact your local government and challenge them to do more to green the earth. Suggest they attend:
See the results of climate change on glaciers. This remarkable image sequence captures a series of massive calving events at Columbia Glacier near Valdez, Alaska. Composed of 436 frames taken between May and September of 2007, it shows the glacier rapidly retreating by about half a mile (1.6 kilometers), a volume loss of some 0.4 cubic miles (1.67 cubic kilometers) of ice or 400 billion gallons (1.5 trillion liters) of water.
What are you doing to get ready for your greener future?
One easy thing to do is focus in your own community. The adage "Think globally. Act locally." may be cliche' but it is powerful. If we focus on the things we can control and change the way we live and encourage others to do the same, change will come.
Contact your local government and challenge them to do more to green the earth. Suggest they attend:
Rocky Mountain Institute has launched Project Get Ready, an initiative aimed at preparing communities for plug-in vehicles, including full battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and converted hybrid or internal combustion vehicles.
A culmination of the October Smart Garage Summit, the Project Get Ready Initiative includes a new website, (www.projectgetready.com), a 'menu' of actions to help prepare communities for the plug-in transition, and a database of all national (and some international) plug-in readiness activities.
As part of the initiative, RMI will convene at least 20 cities and other technical players regularly to discuss lessons learned and best practices. Findings will be reported on the Project Get Ready website.
See the full press release and listen to an audio recording of today's press call.
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