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Six Actions to Save the Planet

Reducing burning, improving agriculture & greening the planet can have a faster & larger impact than just reducing fossil fuels

 

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Six Actions to Save the Planet.

 

Six actions can kickstart a rapid cycle of natural cooling, follow the links below to discover how.

 

Actions

Conserve Water

Bolster the Foundations

+ Overall
  • Stop run off
  • Halt erosion
  • Avoid chemicals
+ Individuals
  • Lobby for dual water supplies
  • Low stream taps and low flush toilets
  • Clean up local waterways
  • Collect rainwater
+ Corporates
  • Harvest + recycle rainwater
  • Include water risk measures in investment decisions
+ Governments
  • Create separate drinking + utility water systems
  • Maximise rainwater capture
  • Water planning
Revitalise Soil

Bolster the Foundations

+ Overall
  • Boost biology:
  • Inoculation
  • Compost
  • Regenerative practices
  • Holistic/managed grazing
+ Individuals
  • Make compost
  • Separate veggies for organic waste
  • Buy organic produce
+ Corporates
  • Support regenerative practices across supply chain
  • Revitalise your land
+ Governments
  • Support soil R&D
  • Fund farmer transition to regen
  • Patent processes not biology
  • Legislate to reduce soil degrading chemicals
  • Educate farmers & industry
Reduce Burning

Put Carbon Back in Plants & Soil

+ Overall
  • Punish arson
  • Mow, cut or graze crops, grasslands & forest floor
+ Individuals
  • Minimise fires
  • Go electric
  • Reduce use of A/C
  • Walk/ public transport
+ Corporates
  • No burning in supply chain
  • Go electric
  • Adopt carbon credits for regreening
+ Governments
  • Ban burning & punish enablers
  • Subsidise farmer shift to cutting/grazing techniques
  • Promote/ reward renewable electrics
  • Educate public
Preserve Forests

Put Carbon Back in Plants & Soil

+ Overall
  • Keep big trees
  • Infill native planting
  • Shelterwoods
  • Stop further destruction
+ Individuals
  • Buy sustainably sourced wood and paper products
  • Support/visit areas of ecological value
+ Corporates
  • Protect existing trees
  • Use only sustainable wood products
  • “Adopt a park” charity
+ Governments
  • Protect & celebrate parks and natural forests
  • Support carbon credit trading
  • Ban manufacture or import of unsustainable products
Restore Degraded Land

Put Carbon Back in Plants & Soil

+ Overall
  • 365 day cover
  • Less chemicals & tilling
  • Multi cropping
  • Livestock on land
  • Pre-monsoon dry seeding
  • ZBNF etc.
+ Individuals
  • Make compost
  • Plant your space
  • Lobby to replant local degraded land
  • Support local organic producers
+ Corporates
  • Use regeneratitve products in supply chain
  • Pay for CO2 produced
  • Maximize planting on corporate land
+ Governments
  • Intensive urban planting
  • Tax breaks to regen ag & regreening
  • Sequester carbon programs: no-till, etc
  • Stop subsidies to inefficient producers
Adapt Lifestyles

Sustain

+ Overall
  • Organic
  • More veggies
  • Grass fed meat
  • Reduce wastage
  • ‘Lowest mile’
+ Individuals
  • Exercise more
  • Eat lower down the food chain – more veggies,grass fed beef
  • Don’t eat if unsustainably sourced
+ Corporates
  • Provide healthy eating options
  • Recycling culture
  • Promote staff exercise & dieting
+ Governments
  • Educate re diet & exercise
  • Promote recycling
  • Sponsor sports
  • Tax unhealthy foods
 
 

Do Something!

Individuals
Nothing happens until you act!

Corporates
Must serve stakeholders, with sustainability elevated above short-term profits.

Governments
Must support long-term resiliency, reject inertia and properly value ecosystems

 
 

Global Warming: A Recap. 

 

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