Producing uneaten food squanders a whole host of resources-seeds, water, energy, land, fertilizer, hours of labor, financial capital-and generates greenhouse gases at every stage-including methane when organic matter lands in the global rubbish bin. A third of the food raised or prepared does not make it from farm or factory to fork. This means that if you want to have every student in your class research a different solution and report back to the class, all the information is available online! On the website, one can also read about the research fellows- the impressive diverse group of women and men from all over the world that put Drawdown together. On the website all the solutions in the book are listed by rank and sector (Energy, food, women and girls, buildings and cities, land use, transport, materials, coming attractions) with references and methodology provided. The way to positive energy is designing homes that are extraordinarily energy efficient, what designer Rolf Disch calls PlusEnergy.ĭrawdown uses language that is understandable to the public, instead of using alienating technical lingo. A 59-home community, it is the first in the world to have a positive energy balance, with each home producing $5,600 per year in solar energy profits. Microgrids: This is the Solar Settlement in Freiburg, Germany. Drawdown refers to the specific goal of lowering carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere and bringing that carbon back to earth. As Paul Hawken says, “if you are going down the wrong road and slow down, you’re still going down the wrong road.” For the Drawdown team it is important to stop using violent military analogies when referring to climate change and to draw the attention from what we are doing wrong to what can be done. Most previous climate change literature tells us that we need to “mitigate” and “reduce” emissions in order to “combat” or “fight” global warming. It also is one of the most powerful levers available for avoiding emissions by curbing population growth.įirst off, let’s look at the meaning of “drawdown”. Education lays a foundation for vibrant lives for girls and women, their families, and their communities. Combining # 6 and #7 to make Empowering Women the top solution to Climate Change. Using mathematical models Drawdown Fellows calculated the impact of the top 80 solutions based on the amount of greenhouse gas reduction and the economic cost/savings. As an educational tool this book is exceptional. 20171129 Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global WarmingĮdited by Paul Hawken, is truly the first of its kind.
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