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Miles of Ice Collapsing into the Sea

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 05.26.2017

 

Read the entire article and see all the images at The New York Times.   Four New York Times journalists joined a Columbia University team in Antarctica late last year to fly across the world’s largest chunk of floating ice in an American military cargo plane loaded with the latest scientific gear.We went to Antarctica […]

 

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These Before And After Images Show The Startling Effects Of Climate Change

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 05.24.2017

 

Read the entire article on the HuffPost.   A NASA photo gallery shows Earth “in a state of flux.” Earlier this year, NASA published “Images of Change,” a gallery of more than 100 startling before and after pictures — most taken from space — that “show our planet in a state of flux.” The photos capture everything from […]

 

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Sustainable Development Goals – Everything is Connected

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 05.22.2017

 

Read the entire article at GreenBiz.   “It’s all connected.” We know that already, those of us who work on making the world a more sustainable, resilient, fair and prosperous place for all. And we know that the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by all nations in 2015, are “indivisible” — a highly integrated web of challenges. […]

 

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Waste is so last year: how the fashion industry is cleaning up its carbon footprint

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 05.19.2017

 

Read the entire article at the World Economic Forum.   The fashion industry is second only to oil as the top industrial polluter, and as a result is taking broad steps to make it more environmentally conscious. In 2016, a denim brand started to phase out PFCs (perfluorinated chemicals) thought to pose risks to human health and […]

 

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Inland Properties Can Go Underwater First

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 05.17.2017

 

Read the entire post at John Englander.    Most assume that properties right on the coast are most vulnerable to rising sea level, but in many places, those much further inland will flood first. Properties right on the shore are often more than ten feet (3 meters) above sea level and might be safe for many decades. […]

 

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Germany Breaks Record: 85% of Energy Comes From Renewables

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 05.15.2017

 

Read the entire article at EcoWatch.   Germany’s “Energiewende” (the country’s low-carbon energy revolution) turned another successful corner last weekend when renewable energy sources nearly stamped out coal and nuclear. Thanks to a particularly breezy and sunny Sunday, renewables such as wind and solar, along with some biomass and hydropower, peaked at a record 85 percent, or […]

 

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Regenerative Agriculture Can Save the Planet

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 05.12.2017

 

Read the full article at EcoWatch.   A diverse group of farmers, food companies, scientists, non-profit and advocacy groups from more than 100 countries have joined together to support a definition for “regenerative agriculture,” as a way to rebuild soils, produce nutritious food and address the growing threat of climate change. “Regenerative agriculture keeps the natural […]

 

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Op-Ed by George Shultz – The Business Case for the Paris Climate Accord

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 05.10.2017

 

Read the entire editorial at the New York Times.   George P. Shultz served as Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan and as Secretary of the Treasury under Richard Nixon. In a recent barrage of public letters and full-page ads, Fortune 100 companies are voicing strong support for remaining in the Paris accord. The breadth of this […]

 

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How a Professional Climate Change Denier Discovered the Lies and Decided to Fight for Science

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 05.08.2017

 

Read the full article at The Intercept.   The hardest part of reversing the warming of the planet may be convincing climate change skeptics of the need to do so. Although scientists who study the issue overwhelming agree that the earth is undergoing rapid and profound climate changes due to the burning of fossil fuels, […]

 

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Property Values Will Go “Underwater” Before Going Under Water

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 05.05.2017

 

Read the entire article at John Englander.   How long before a particular coastal area goes ‘underwater’ is a question I get asked all the time.  I like to explain that there are essentially three ways that property will go underwater: temporarily, permanently, or figuratively in anticipation of actual flooding. The temporary flooding is most dramatic, like the typical […]

 

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The Authors

 

David Houle David Houle

 

David Houle is a futurist, strategist and speaker. Houle spent more than 20 years in media and entertainment. He worked at NBC, CBS, and was part of the senior executive team that created and launched MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and CNN Headline News.

 

Houle has won a number of awards. He won two Emmys, the prestigious George Foster Peabody award, and the Heartland award for “Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream”. He was also nominated for an Academy Award. He is the Futurist in Residence at the Ringling College of Art+ Design.

 

He has delivered some 700 speeches on six continents and thirteen countries. He is often called “the CEOs’ Futurist” having spoken to or advised 3,500+ CEOs and business owners in the past eight years.

 

Houle coined the phrase the Shift Age and has written extensively about the future and the future of energy. This is his seventh book.

 

His primary web site is www.davidhoule.com

 


 

Tim RumageTim Rumage

 

Tim Rumage is a planetary ethicist and naturalist. Taking an interdisciplinary and systems thinking approach to education, he has been teaching at the intersection of Science, Ecology, Art, Design and Architecture for more than 30 years.

 

Tim is the Coordinator/Developer of Environmental Studies at Ringling College of Art and Design where he teaches courses on environmental science, sustainability, creating ecological cities, applied environmental design, food, water, biodiversity and environmental ethics. He is also a Coordinator for Sustainability in Design Education for CUMULUS and a frequent lecturer at other colleges and for community organizations.

 

As a trained field biologist, Tim has done research on Marine Mammals, Pelagic Birds, Bats, Habitat Restoration and Land Planning. He has been involved in a variety of interdisciplinary projects in the US and Africa involving habitat restoration and protection, green infrastructure, local food production and sustainability. Tim’s current work focuses on the economic value of nature and nature’s services.

 

His primary web site is http://planetaryethicist.com/

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We seek to develop relationships with corporations large and small. Corporations generally have larger carbon footprints than individuals and also are primarily focused on business. The larger the corporation the larger it probably contributes to the dynamics creating Climate Change. This also means that bringing crew consciousness into your corporation you can have a disproportionate opportunity to both lessen the unintentional negative effects you cause to the environment and to create crew consciousness with your employees and customers.

 

We want as many and as large donations from corporations as possible. However we will not accept donations without some commitment to taking crew actions. You can click on any logo on this page and see the commitment that has been made to TSE. Every company is different so crew actions will be different. We want to work with any company to customize and develop actions you can take that increases crew actions and the number of crew members on TSE.

 

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Planetary Ethicist Tim Rumage on Plastic bottles

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    Office of City Manager, Sarasota, FL
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    Ringling College of Art + Design
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Why Cities?

As of 2016 54% of humans live in urban environments. That number is projected to increase to 70% by the 2040s. This means that it is at the city level where crew consciousness needs to be and to expand. Cities are made up of communities, issues are local, actions have local and global consequences, politics are lessened. Cities are the future of humanity on This Spaceship Earth.

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Quartermaster’s Report

 

There are two questions you might consider as you review the Quartermaster’s report.

 

First – how well do your assumptions about each topic match the reality of the data?

 

Second – does the information reflect an outcome that you wish humanity to achieve?

 

Your reflections on your answers to these two questions determine your consciousness and participation in defining and creating our common future.

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