Action for the Climate!
The climate crisis is unfolding more significantly and rapidly than any of us had previously guessed. -- Al Gore, World Economic Forum, January 2008
My greatest source of hope for the future is the energy, commitment and often the courage of young people when they know the problems and are empowered to act. -- Jane Goodall, 2006
E arth day 2008 is here and challenging environmental issues---climate, water, forests, energy--- are a reality that appear in our daily newspapers and impacts our lives and communities. What are we going to do to help our communities address what some have called this looming planetary crisis?
As students, faculty, and professionals who are interested in
natural resources, it is our responsibility to help individuals,
communities, and nations respond to these environmental challenges. How
can we start? What steps do we need to take ourselves to develop or
improve our stewardship skills, to make sustainability factual, to
assist within our own working and learning space, to help develop and
reflect on our own desired future or within our greater communities to
help weather the challenges?
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