I see something that really inspires me and makes me want to share it with as many people as possible. With the failure of any kind of comprehensive climate change agreements in Copenhagen last December, many of us were looking for what the next steps could possibly be to address climate change, given the failure of governments.

The following video gives a historical context and a great solution for how we can address the single most important and critical issue we are facing on the planet today.

I have come to the realization that any substantive responses to global climate change are going to come from ordinary citizens, local communities, and the leadership of visionary businesses. Political leaders are driven by political imperatives that are at odds with the time-table for climate change.

In this short, animated film, you will see some inspiring history and solutions for our next steps within which we will be participating in a new low carbon economy. View this and be inspired.

Three practical things emerge for me, from this film:

1. It’s up to us – not governments, to lead in the war against climate change.
2. Technology offers us new ways to collaborate and share solutions.
3. We have the technology and the solutions – we can create the change. Let’s just do it!

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Today, more than ever, this is important as our population climbs from 6.7 billion towards 9 billion and the inevitable decisions we will have to make about food supplies, carbon emissions, and water resources.

Let’s say you wanted to plan a wedding, or a BBQ, or an event. This remarkable tool enables you and your group to make some simple decisions about how to lower your carbon footprint. We have needed something like this to help us make and communicate our decisions in ways that lower our overall carbon and ecological footprint. Have fun with this tool! Your eyes will pop at how easy it is to use and apply….

Getting Started with Open Supply Chains from Matthew Hockenberry on Vimeo.

As a tourism business owner, photographer, and parent, I am concerned that we are at Day 10 in the Copenhagen Talks and we see little progress among nations to any kind of consensus or agreement. I see a need for governments to get past self-interests and a selfish pre-occupation with protecting their own deep-pocketed oil and gas lobby groups, and to set targets for reduced emissions (350ppm), to address the financial support that is necessary from developed countries to help developing countries suffering from climate change already, and to begin the process of collaboration, not insulation.

As I was traveling north, I listened to Anna Maria Tremonti interviewing Dr. James Hansen, the head of the Goddard Space Centre and the leading global scientist on climate change. I learned several things – about how important the 350 ppm target is and why; why cap and trade is not what is needed – rather a carbon tax (which of course is un-popular with any government) is a better choice, and the science of climate change (which is unaffected by Climate Gate).  Regardless of what your beliefs might be about climate change or global warming, it is important to be aware of what the science is showing us.  How we respond is based

I think that you will find this a most educational interview. Listen up….We have a long way to go to get to 350ppm.

Click on The Current below for a link to the CBC interview

Canada’s Tar Sands – at the Center of our Poor International Standing at Climate Negotiations