350 is building a future that’s just, prosperous, equitable and safe from the effects of climate change.

https://350.org/about/

We are bold, creative and strategic

The climate crisis is immense – we must be daring and courageous in response. We embrace new experiments and solutions, recognizing that this crisis requires new ways of solving problems.

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We Work for Justice

The fight against climate change is a fight for justice. People all over the world are feeling the impacts, but the people suffering the most are the ones who have done the least to cause the problem.

The work we do — and the ways we do it — has to address that injustice. That means listening to the communities who are getting hit the hardest, amplifying the voices that are being silenced, and following the leadership of the people on the frontlines of the crisis.

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We Care for and Trust One Another

We take care of ourselves and our communities, honor one another in our non-violent approach to this work, and share that spirit and learning with others.

No one has all the answers, so we value the experience and knowledge of our partners and our communities. That’s why we listen to our communities and our allies to learn and evolve together.

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We are Stronger When We Collaborate

Climate change is not just an environmental issue, or a social justice issue, or an economic issue — it’s all of those things at once. The only way we will be strong enough to put pressure on governments and stand up to the fossil fuel industry is if we all work together.

That means bringing people together and building diverse coalitions — from students, to labor unions, human rights and social justice groups; from marginalized communities and faith groups, to universities, business owners and all those who believe in the need for transformational change.

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We are Transparent and Accountable

To ensure the integrity of our work, we strive to be transparent and open, while respecting everyone’s right to privacy and ensuring people’s safety.

We are accountable to each other, to the people and groups we collaborate with, and to those impacted by our work. We strive to honor the relationships we build with each other.

The Day the World Came Together

On 24 October, people in 181 countries came together to speak with one voice on the most urgent issue of our times: the climate crisis. Through http://www.350.org, people in every corner of the planet coordinated the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet’s history. At over 5200 events around the world, people gathered to call for strong action and bold leadership on the climate crisis. By the days end, it was clear: people of all kinds in just about every place on earth are calling for a fair, ambitious, and binding global climate treaty. Thanks to our friends at http://mightypics.tv and http://citizenglobal.com for production and hosting.

The 7 secrets of the greatest speakers in history | Richard Greene

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. “Never give a “Speech”, says Richard Greene. In this masterful talk, he explains how the great speakers in history use 7 secrets and how we can all become a great speaker by following these secrets and by not just giving a “speech” but rather creating “conversations” from the heart. Richard has dedicated himself to creating new paradigms in Public Speaking, Politics, and even our understanding of God Called “The Master of Charisma” by The Sunday Times, Richard quit his law practice to coach Presidents, Prime Ministers, Senators, Governors, CEOs, Royalty and celebrities in 44 countries. Chief Judge on TLC’s “The Messengers”, Author, “Words That Shook The World: 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events”. Richard Studied Political Science in The US and UK, ran for Congress in 1992, advises countless political leaders, hosted “Hollywood CLOUT”, a live “Hollywood Meets Politics” talk show on Air America Radio for 3 years, blogs for The Huffington Post, created the non-partisan, celebrity driven “Choose YOUR America” campaign and “The 2014 Midterm Election ‘Answer-Thon'” to increase political engagement in America. http://www.richardgreene.org/

How the Saudi Oil Field Attack Overturned America’s Apple Cart

“It’s a moment when offense laps defense, when the strong have reason to fear the weak,” observes military historian Jack Radey
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ECOCIDE, ENDLESS WAR & SOCIAL CHAOS IN OUR TIME

BY CONN HALLINAN

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In many ways it doesn’t really matter who — Houthis in Yemen? Iranians? Shiites in Iraq? — launched those missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia. Whoever did it changed the rules of the game, and not just in the Middle East. “It’s a moment when offense laps defense, when the strong have reason to fear the weak,” observes military historian Jack Radey.In spite of a $68 billion a year defense budget — the third highest spending of any country in the world — with a world-class air force and supposed state-of-the-art anti-aircraft system, a handful of bargain basement drones and cruise missiles slipped through the Saudi radar and devastated Riyadh’s oil economy. All those $18 million fighter planes and $3 million a pop Patriot anti-aircraft missiles suddenly look pretty irrelevant.

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The science of soil

 

There’s two times more carbon in the earth’s soil than in all of its vegetation and the atmosphere — combined. Biogeochemist Asmeret Asefaw Berhe dives into the science of soil and shares how we could use its awesome carbon-trapping power to offset climate change. “[Soil] represents the difference between life and lifelessness in the earth system, and it can also help us combat climate change — if we can only stop treating it like dirt,” she says. Get TED Talks recommended just for you! Learn more at https://www.ted.com/signup. The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. You’re welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these ideas with people you know. For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request here: https://media-requests.ted.com/ Follow TED on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/TED

Is it too late to stop Climate Change?

We’re running out of time to stop climate change – the warning from the weather agency of the United Nations. The World Meteorological Organization says carbon emissions increased 20 percent in the past four years, which are on track to be the hottest on record. The warning coincides with world leaders meeting in New York for a major UN climate conference. And as ice sheets are melting faster than before, causing sea levels to rise by five milimetres a year. Scientists warn that even if every country meets the carbon emission cuts agreed in the Paris climate agreement in 2015, the world will still be three degrees warmer. The warnings of catastrophe have provoked millions of young people to protest world-wide. Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who inspired the largest ever mass marches on climate change, says young voices must be heard – and adults must take action to protect everyone’s future. Are the world’s leaders listening? Presenter: Imran Khan Guests: Sharon George – Senior Lecturer in Green Technology and Environmental Sustainability, Keele University Clare Farrell – Co-Founder, Extinction Rebellion activist group Simon Alcock – Head of Public Affairs and Campaigning at Client Earth, a non-profit environmental law organisation Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

ABC chair Ita Buttrose says Australia is too politically correct | News Breakfast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw-o8XzVrDw

One of the questions in the ABC’s Australia Talks national survey is whether political correctness has gone too far in Australia. ABC chair Ita Buttrose says it has, and adds: “We don’t talk to each other the way we used to … we’re far too sensitive, I think.” What do you think? Head to abc.net.au/australiatalks to see where you fit in modern Australia. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY If you’re in Australia, you can watch more ABC News content on iview: https://ab.co/2mge4KH

 

Economy vs. Ecology (Remastered)

This was Stuart Scott’s first video to go viral, recorded at COP-20 in Lima in 2014. It was the most viewed video on this channel until recently. It’s been copied in whole or part onto numerous other channels, collectively obtaining several hundred thousand views. The original visuals were a videos of a videos being displayed poorly in a darkened room. We are re-releasing it now, with improved visual quality, because we think it deserves all the attention it can possibly get. This is the one to watch (again for a refresher?) and share. It’s a rigorous indictment of our present economic system which, based on unlimited growth, will kill us in short order if we don’t act. We have increased our population and demands on the planet exponentially in the past century, since the current NeoClassical (growth) economic model was put in place (by Wall Street bankers) as the only thing being taught in business schools because it is the system that benefits bankers the most. The central, unique realization contained in this video (15:50) is that Money has become the ‘operating system’ of global civilization. Note the difference between ‘money’ – the stuff in your pocket, the means of negotiating trades and storing value for future use – and ‘Money’ – the obligatory system of law, custom, habit, which forces everyone from the poorest to the richest to obey certain rules all aimed at growing the human economic system within a finite planet of limited resources and even more limited ability to absorb our wastes. The confusion between money (benign) and Money (a malignancy) is one of the sources of our problem. Money is creating more and more money by using humanity (the host). As with conventional virus and cancer, the disease itself cannot see that it is killing its host, us. Money has captured our minds and our behaviors, and has infiltrated and shaped our institutions at every level of society. Money own us, not the other way around as we commonly believe. Our food systems have been optimized for Money (maximum profit), not for nutrition or health. Our medical system has been optimized for Money, not for health outcomes (the integrity of individuals in the system notwithstanding) but for maximum profit. It is more profitable for a person to remain sick and taking medicine than it is for them to be cured of the cause of their illness. Our supposed ‘news media’ is for the most part a matrix for delivering advertising. Wherever you look, Money has insinuated itself into civilization and masks the reality of our situation from us with distractions and synthetic realities so that ‘consumer confidence’ will remain high and we will keep buying cheap goods that are made to break and be replaced as quickly as possible. Until we see that our dysfunction (NeoClassical growth) economic system is killing us, and until we name it properly and not let it hide by having ‘owned’ the simple classification ‘economics’, we cannot see that there are viable alternatives that support life and not the simple goal of creating more money. We must change our economic system, and we must act fast, because there’s this threat of a sudden massive burst of methane from the arctic offshore looming over us, and threats of progressive crop failures already begun, and ramping up quickly. Our recommendation is #EcologicalEconomics, also sometimes known as Steady State Economics, espoused by Dr. Herman Daly and the International Society for Ecological Economics. Watch and share this video, as our survival depends on us understanding this basic, self-destructive principle by which our society is organized. We have to change this principle immediately, collectively.

Caption author (Hungarian)

Zsuzsa Dávid

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Education