Blog Action Day began in 2007 to unite bloggers in talking about important issues at the same time. The first topic was the Environment, followed by Poverty. This year’s topic is Climate Change. On October 15, please join us in blogging about Climate Change. Join the Bloggers Unite event page for more traffic.
Resources on Climate Change
You can blog about any aspect of climate change for this project. Here are some ideas to get you started…
- What is climate change?
- What are the causes of climate change?
- How is climate change affecting us already?
- … and the effects are only going to get worse in the future.
- We’d better do something to fight climate change.
- Some scientists worry that climate change could cause human extinction, although others consider this an extremist view.
- Climate change lesson plans and coloring pages make it easier to teach about this issue in class.
- Kids can learn about climate change on this page.
- Some good books on climate change include Climate Change: The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future
, The Ethics of Climate Change: Right and Wrong in a Warming World (Think Now)
, and Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Changes Reveal About the Current Threat–and How to Counter It
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- While you’re at it, watch An Inconvenient Truth
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Micah 09.30.09 at 6:42 pm
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Angela 10.08.09 at 5:05 pm
Don’t forget that climate change affects the ocean, too.
Heard of ocean acidification?
Global warming is only half the story of the environmental catastrophe that awaits us. Excess carbon dioxide is dissolving in our oceans, changing sea water chemistry. The more acidic water makes it difficult for tiny creatures at the bottom of the food web to form their shells. The effects could work their way up to the fish 1 billion people depend upon for their source of protein.
And corals? You can kiss them goodbye, too.
350 ppm is also the magic number we need to reach to maintain life as we know it in the sea. That’s 350 ppm carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
“Ocean acidification is a significant part of the climate change story.”—Dr. Richard W. Spinrad, NOAA Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
“I believe acidification of our oceans is actually a greater threat to our survival than is temperature or sea level rise, the conventional ‘global warming’ threats. Acidification is confusing and difficult to even imagine for most people.” —Rob Moir, PhD., Executive Director, Ocean River Institute
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Elizabeth Barrette Reply:
October 8th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Those are some good points. This year we are blogging about climate change. Perhaps you could contact the Blog Action Day organizers and propose the ocean or carbon as a topic for next year.
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Addsmore 10.15.09 at 7:28 am
We in addsmore.org are trying to raise the awareness about climate change by involving brands.
Imagine if brands would incorporate in their ads, climate messages that would teach people to reduce their carbon emission? Simple phrases like “turn off your light”, “recycle more”, “hang your washing out!”… The impact would be huge. But just like you - we need to put pressure on brands so that they take action in this fight. How can people help us? By writing on their hands, arms climate preservation messages and send to us the pics – either via http://www.facebook.com/addsmore and/or http://www.twitter.com/addsmore Once we get as many pictures as possible we shall send them to all big brands and try to get to use their advertisement space… just for the planet!
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Elizabeth Barrette Reply:
October 18th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
That’s a great idea. It’s very effective when people tie an issue to the theme of their blog or company.
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Mark35 10.22.09 at 5:30 am
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Alex12 10.23.09 at 4:34 am
Is it something the neighbours are doing at Fermilab? ,
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