Welcome to GREAT GLOBAL WARMING
Global warming and the SUNOur massive sun (which is 1 million times the size of our earth), the vast oceans, waters, land, forests, and atmosphere are all major factors affecting our planet's climate - a climate which sustains and nourishes a rare world teeming with life. The National Science Foundation’s “Tree of Life” project has estimated that there could be anywhere from 5 million to 100 million species on the planet today - not to mention millions of other species that have existed and become extinct. Great global warming is a website attempting to present information and articles on the global warming controversy with a focus on facts from the majority of climate experts and scientists that are often ignored by the dominant media outlets today. We think most people will be surprised to learn that there are facts and science about global warming and climate change that are rarely heard about and need to be considered.
Global warming and the SUNOur massive sun (which is 1 million times the size of our earth), the vast oceans, waters, land, forests, and atmosphere are all major factors affecting our planet's climate - a climate which sustains and nourishes a rare world teeming with life. The National Science Foundation’s “Tree of Life” project has estimated that there could be anywhere from 5 million to 100 million species on the planet today - not to mention millions of other species that have existed and become extinct. Great global warming is a website attempting to present information and articles on the global warming controversy with a focus on facts from the majority of climate experts and scientists that are often ignored by the dominant media outlets today. We think most people will be surprised to learn that there are facts and science about global warming and climate change that are rarely heard about and need to be considered.
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Our MISSION is to:
(1) demonstrate and teach sustainable living regarding our food, energy, and shelter systems, based upon permaculture principles and including collective living arrangements such as Ecovillages, (some of our founding members live in a small ecovillage - the Corvallis Conservation Farm),
(2) contribute toward building a localized economy in our region, starting with a Local Food System.
Please read this essay on Globalization: Conserving Communities by Wendell Berry.
Another good one is: The Purpose of a Coherent Community, available online at: essay . and...
Here is a great article about 3 key tools for building a local economy.
Our PURPOSE is to empower people with the knowledge and skills that will enable them to live a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, and to be a catalyst for creative change in society.
(1) demonstrate and teach sustainable living regarding our food, energy, and shelter systems, based upon permaculture principles and including collective living arrangements such as Ecovillages, (some of our founding members live in a small ecovillage - the Corvallis Conservation Farm),
(2) contribute toward building a localized economy in our region, starting with a Local Food System.
Please read this essay on Globalization: Conserving Communities by Wendell Berry.
Another good one is: The Purpose of a Coherent Community, available online at: essay . and...
Here is a great article about 3 key tools for building a local economy.
Our PURPOSE is to empower people with the knowledge and skills that will enable them to live a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, and to be a catalyst for creative change in society.
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The Sustainable Living Project at OSU
Viviane Simon-Brown, Associate Professor, Forestry Extension
What's sustainable living? A life that is deeply satisfying, fulfilling and appealing, and at the same time, environmentally responsible.
In January 1998, the Sustainable Living Project quietly began at Oregon State University. Since its inception, over 5,500 people have participated in workshops and presentations. Since 1999, over 122,000 people have browsed our website. In 2001, Cooperative Extension Service selected the project as a Natural Resource Environmental Management (NREM) Flagship Program for Oregon.
This program offers opportunities for mainstream adults and older youth to thoughtfully and consciously examine the cultural, economic and environmental aspects of our American lifestyle values. The Sustainable Living workshops
Viviane Simon-Brown, Associate Professor, Forestry Extension
What's sustainable living? A life that is deeply satisfying, fulfilling and appealing, and at the same time, environmentally responsible.
In January 1998, the Sustainable Living Project quietly began at Oregon State University. Since its inception, over 5,500 people have participated in workshops and presentations. Since 1999, over 122,000 people have browsed our website. In 2001, Cooperative Extension Service selected the project as a Natural Resource Environmental Management (NREM) Flagship Program for Oregon.
This program offers opportunities for mainstream adults and older youth to thoughtfully and consciously examine the cultural, economic and environmental aspects of our American lifestyle values. The Sustainable Living workshops
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Simple Living
Where we are coming from, and Basic Questions and Answers - Where we are coming fromMost of the serious problems that we face in living in an ecologically sane way on this planet stem in final analysis not from a sheer lack of physical resources, but from ourselves. We have the basic materials, labor, technology, intelligence, and imagination to solve the problems that face us, but we fail to exercise our moral values and wisdom, which would allow these resources to be applied to them so that everyone on the earth could have enough in order to lead a fully human life.
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Global temperature in 1998 was the hottest in the historical record, and the temperature increase over the 20th century is likely to be the highest of the past millennium. Global average temperatures have warmed about one degree Fahrenheit (0.6�C) since 1900. The ten warmest years on record have occurred since 1987, seven of them since 1994.
This map illustrates the local consequences of global warming.
Events indicated on the map are divided into two categories:
This map illustrates the local consequences of global warming.
Events indicated on the map are divided into two categories:
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