Facing Climate Change: April 2021
Tuesdays, April 6, 13 at 7 pm | All sessions will be via Zoom | Facilitated by UCE members Andy Fisher and Dan Solomon
On April 6th, Andy Fisher will lead a PowerPoint presentation based on Al Gore’s “Climate Reality Project.” He’ll begin by sharing some of his own experiences with climate change, followed by three questions that Al Gore poses:
- Must we change? This part shows the reality of how fast CO2 has been building up recently. It includes views of the increasingly terrible floods, hurricanes, droughts and wildfires worldwide, as well as graphical illustrations of the trends.
- Can we change? This presents evidence for the great increases in clean renewable energy recently and its dramatic reduction in cost.
- Will we change? This lists the MANY countries, states, and private industries who have already committed to zero CO2 emissions by 2050.
There will be time for Q & A after the PowerPoint presentation
On April 13th, Dan Solomon will present some ideas by “Evolutionary Evangelist” Michael Dowd, providing a religious framework for facing our environmental crisis. Michael Dowd summarizes his Credo as: “Reality is my God. Evidence is my scripture. The Epic of Evolution is my creation story. Ecology is my theology. Integrity is my spiritual path. Fostering a just and healthy future is my mission.”
There will be a brief film presentation, followed by discussion.