1. What is it? What are we doing to create it? Why should we care?

2.  History of the Earth and humans  Greenhouse gases  Global warming and Climate change  Natural and human caused factors  Scientific Consensus  The rate of change EPA http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/basicinfo.html NOAA http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/ U.S. Climate Policy http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/policy/index.ht ml Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change http://www.ipcc.ch/ Corvallis Sustainability Coalition http://sustainablecorvallis.org/ OSU Climate Plan http://oregonstate.edu/sustainability/sites/default/f iles/docs/osuclimateplan2009.pdf

3. A brief look at some recent events…

4. Practically everything the majority of society depends on is contingent on fossil fuel burning.  Food  Home energy use (heating/cooling and electricity)  Transportation  Education/work facilities  Consumer goods, public services  Medical services  Leisure activities such as going to the movies or going skiing  Climate change tied to social/economic conditions  Policy  Cultural paradigms  Societal Perspectives  Education  Value systems, worldviews

5.  Our children and grandchildren  Humanity in general  Life in general  Interconnectedness  Quality of life  Intrinsic value  Spiritual and philosophical reasons  Human integrity It is time to open ourselves to discussions on morality, based on sound reasoning-which includes fact based knowledge and human virtues. The actions described in this presentation are more lasting when attached to personal values.

6.  Green Revolution  The idea of eating carbon  Production, processing, transportation, storage, distribution.  Average miles traveled from farm to plate=1500  What you can do  Buy local  Buy organic  Farmers market  Co-ops  CSAs  Community Gardens  Home gardening, organic, permaculture