[Oe List ...] Carbon war room

[John Cock]

Thanks, Jeanette, for this Seasons' Greeting. 
 
John
 
Branson also helped start the Elders. A coat of many colors, his.
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From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf
Of Jeanette Stanfield
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 1:16 PM
To: Order Ecumenical Community; Colleague Dialogue
Subject: [Oe List ...] Carbon war room

Dear Colleagues, 

Richard Branson is into another major project this time -a carbon war room-
a global think tank, and action centre for testing solutions to 
creating a low carbon society.  The website is  www.carbonwarroom.com/

There is an actual place in Washington DC where coordination of efforts are
happening.  

This is the introduction to the website:   Our global industrial and energy
systems are built on carbon-based technologies and unsustainable resource
demands that threaten to destroy our society and our planet. Massive loss of
wealth, expanding poverty and suffering, disastrous climate change, water
scarcity, and deforestation are the end results of this broken system. 
This business-as-usual system represents the greatest threat to the security
and prosperity of humanity - a threat that transcends race, ethnicity,
national borders, and ideology.

Systems do not change themselves - the same stale, business-as-usual
thinking that has driven us to our current state of emergency will continue
to endanger our safety, our livelihoods, and our planet. We need new
thinking, new leadership, and innovation to create a post-carbon economy.
Our goal is not to undo industry, but to remake it into a force for
sustainable wealth generation.

Governments and traditional non-profits do vital work, and their efforts to
change global opinion and policy is essential in this fight. However,
awareness and policy reform are not enough. It is time to reinvent our
economic systems - It is time to act - It is time to implement solutions. We
can no longer afford to be intimidated by the scope and magnitude of the
climate crisis. It is essential that our most talented and driven
individuals come together to win this war.

A Happy Christmas to everyone, 

Jeanette
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