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I would like to focus today on the human side of climate change, and specifically water- Clean, flowing, accessible water.

I was a guest on a radio show recently, and was asked ” Does climate change really exist?”  It was followed by the question…..can each person really make a difference.  I was surprised that people are still asking these questions. I told the listeners that I am not a scientist, but I believe there are a lot of credible scientists and reports that confirm that yes…..climate change is happening.

I get personal confirmation from my friend Mary, who lives in Alaska. A documentary film maker and photographer, Mary is always documenting the world. The photos I receive regularly are both beautiful and haunting. Dry areas that used to be wet… icebergs melting….. Water……..

Back to the radio show…as I was formulating an answer, I got a visual image of john doe, regular citizen driving to get coffee every morning, which gets served in a paper cup; I then imagine him finishing the last sip of coffee and tossing his empty paper cups into the backseat of his car. Imagine what his car looks like at the end of the year…..now multiply that by all the things he [and you] consume………….. Car overflowing with junk….no room for the driver…leaving a trail of junk…….that is infringing on neighbors…

I ask anyone who isn’t convinced to Act As If…..isn’t it better to take restorative and preventive measures than not? I invite you to design your life and your work to Act As If.

According to 28 leading scientists…..

A recent post on Discover blogs entitled 9 Eco Rules Humans Shouldn’t Break if We Want To Survive, “28 leading scientists have drawn up a list of nine “planetary boundaries” that must not be crossed if we want to avoid drastically changing the global environment and imperiling our own existence. The only problem is, we’ve already crossed three of those thresholds.”  Read the rest of the post

Water – One billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water. That’s one in six of us.

I recently attended a great marketing seminar that had participants donate money to charity: water to help build wells in 3rd world countries that have limited/no access to clean water. We raised enough money by the end of the conference to build 2 wells! We all left feeling very proud!

Charity: Water is a non profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. We give 100% of the money raised to direct project costs, funding sustainable clean water solutions in areas of greatest need. Just $20 can give one person in a developing nation clean water for 20 years.

I invite you to join me and build another well, or two or three…. together. Please donate here

To find out more about Blog Action Day

Tools of the Trade - Go Green Series

Please join me…I will be presenting on Green Marketing on 7/12 at:  Tools of the Trade – Go Green at FIT in NYC.

This dynamic seminar series at FIT hosts some of the preeminent thought leaders in sustainability, entrepreneurship and design. Scheduled speakers include Danny Bitran, founder and president of EthixPeople; Neil Chambers, founder of Green Ground Zero; Beto Lopez, sustainability thought leader and IDEO designerand sustainability expert and marketer Jane Tabachnick.

Tix can be ordered: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=186308

I will be attending the entire series… so stop by and say hello!

Jane