Climate Realities Presentation

Global warming has been on scientists’ radar for nearly 40 years. In 1979, the National Academy of Sciences explained the phenomena of warming due to an increase in heat trapping gases, and outlined its potential negative consequences. Since then, scientists have been sounding the alarm, calling for reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. We’ve been slow to respond.

More than 35 years later, we continue our dependence on the very practices that result in global warming: burning fossil fuels, wasting energy, clearing forests, and relying on industrial agriculture. Scientists now fear that without immediate and dramatic change, we will reach a tipping point with devastating and irreversible impacts. There are actions we can and must take—individually and collectively—to change the course.

Save the date and join us if you’re interested in learning more and engaging in further discussion. Our presentation and discussion will be facilitated by Lucyna de Barbaro and Susan Spangler, Climate Reality Leaders who were recently trained by Al Gore. The ELPC Justice Committee will provide lunch.

“In my dream the angel shrugged and said if we fail this time it will be a failure of imagination and then she placed the world gently in the palm of my hand…”

Sandra Ingerman