Climate Change
It’s real, it’s here and it’s affecting our society, our wellbeing, and our world. Agriculture, deforestation, and dependence on fossil fuels release greenhouse gases into our atmosphere, trapping heat, making the Earth warmer. 2016 was the hottest year on record. A warmer Earth creates major impacts everywhere: on ecosystems, oceans, weather. Sea levels are rising because the polar ice caps are melting. Severe weather events are created from warmer oceans – causing greater storm damage, more flooding, larger wildfires, and more severe droughts. Humans are the cause, and now humans need to be the solution. The Earth needs our help. Immediate action is needed to slow and reverse the effects of climate change or they will continue to hit closer and closer to wherever you call home. Together we can do it. Be the difference in creating a better, healthier, safer planet for all.
Mass Animal Extinction
Imagine three out of four animal species disappearing off the face of the Earth.According to the Center for Biological Diversity, we are currently experiencing the worst species die-off since dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago. Species are vanishing at a rate roughly 100x higher than normal. While things like asteroids and volcanoes caused past extinctions, the current crisis is almost entirely caused by humans. Global warming, habitat loss from development and agriculture, pesticide use, poaching, unsustainable fishing practices, pollution and disease spread by the introduction of exotic species, are driving the crisis beyond the tipping point. Can you picture a world without butterflies, penguins, elephants, sea turtles, honeybees, orangutans, salamanders or sharks? We can’t and we won’t. Solutions exist, but we need to act now to turn things around and nurture threatened species back from the brink.
Ocean Conservation
Oceans provide 50% of the earth’s oxygen and 97% of its livable habitat.The health of this valuable ecosystem is vital to our survival and the survival of the over one million types of plants and animals living there. Climate change and fossil fuel reliance raise ocean temperatures, causing extreme weather, coastal flooding, and ocean acidification. Ocean acidification in particular, causes the die-off of calcium-rich species at the base of the ocean’s food chain, like coral, shellfish and plankton. This die-off triggers a spiral of decline in all sea life – from fish to seabirds to whales – and negatively impacts billions of people who rely on the oceans for food. Other human threats include overfishing, pollution, oil drilling and development. We need to create change in our own communities by protecting ocean habitats, promoting conservation, and creating sustainable solutions to nurse our oceans back to health.
