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Make Your Own Climate Volunteers

Posted: 07/13/2012 2:42 pm

Motivation is a powerful force behind any successful campaign. However when motivation connects with the issue of everyone's life, it becomes a common voice that everyone wants to talk about. "Make Your Own Climate Volunteers" is also one of the campaigns which seeks motivation among people and asks them to come forward and act positively on climate change. Let me introduce what this campaign is all about and how it spread the word.

"Make Your Own Climate Volunteers" campaign aims to engage motivated and energetic climate leaders who can demonstrate their love for the planet Earth and make a group of volunteers at household, schools, workplace and community level for taking simple but innovative actions.

The campaign attracts people around the globe with the slogan -- Join our campaign, become our STAR and be featured! Motivation, volunteerism and innovations are the principles which make a strong foundation of this campaign. Here you see the campaign link.

Who can join this campaign...

1) Do you love the planet Earth?
2) Do you want to be a motivated climate Leader?
3) Do you like innovation?

This is the simple criteria to become part of "Make Your Own Climate Volunteers" campaign.

How the campaign works...

It is a simple five-step action of your own choice.

1) Select your own theme
2) Select you own action
3) Make your smart plan
4) Select your volunteers and start action
5) Register your action with Climate Project Connectors through this link:

Your themes:

Your theme can be any choice that you would love to see in your daily or professional environment friendly life. For example, home-based gardening, energy saving, tree plantation, recycling/reuse, water saving, waste management, climate education, clean energy, climate advocacy or any other theme of your choice.

Your actions:

Your action can be as simple and innovative as you can make it. You can select variety of actions, but not limited to the following:

• If you are housewife: Make a group of housewives in your neighbor and start home based gardening

• If you are a student: Make your group of students and do plantation on the occasion of every member's birthday

• If you are a father: Make your group of neighbors and replace all lights at homes with energy efficient lights

• If you are an employee in office: Make your group of colleagues and start measuring carbon foot print of electricity use, fuel and water consumption in your office by using a simple carbon foot print measuring tool and take actions to reduce your office carbon footprint

• If you are a young school-going child: Make a group of friends and use home based waste (papers, straws, etc.) to make decorated items

• If you are a campaigner: Make a group of volunteers, design and circulate online survey/petition to get people opinion on any environmental topic and communicate the results with government official through a letter

• If you are teacher: Make a group of friends and help them learn about climate change
• If you are an agriculturist, make a group of friends and start organic food production or compost making

• Any other simple and innovative actions...

Your smart plan:

It all depends upon your smart thinking how you make your plans simple, workable and interesting. Choose your best friends, colleagues and/or neighbors, even online friends using the social media. Select one theme which is more appealing to you and your circle of friends. The first principle is motivation that will help you organize your group and start action. Think of time limit and coverage area for your action i.e., your neighbor, school, university, hamlet or wide range of friends using social media like Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, etc. Choose your time in a way which doesn't stop you from your routine work. Most importantly, motivate at least one member of your group to take similar or different action so that new groups can be formed for more actions. Don't forget to share some good PHOTOS with us!

Your group:

Your group members should be at least five members. There is no limit for maximum members, however think of your capacity to be in contact with them regularly and able to communicate with them.

Register your action with us:

Once you realize that you have leadership quality, you can simple take a decision to join this campaign and start your simple action. Register your action on this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MT9WDXB so that we know about your wonderful leadership.

The rewards:

The first and most inspiring reward for you to be part of this campaign is our recognition that you are a responsible person who cares for others. In addition to that:
• You will become a STAR member of our online social community "Climate Project Connectors"

• You will be featured in our blog "The Colors of Life" which is widely viewed by international community

• You will get a chance to appear in a national or international newspaper for your exceptional contribution in "Make You Own Climate Volunteers" campaign

Required support:

At any stage of your action, feel free to write us on asifoghi@yahoo.com. Should you need any technical support or need required information or tools, just add the Skype address "make_your_own_climate_volunteers" and schedule a meeting with us.

 

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05:20 PM on 07/14/2012
And the best thing people can do right now is support innovators and innovative technologies that they can use right in their backyards- like these guys www.windstrument.com
Spread the word - help em out. Looks like they are going on a small budget with probably the most amazing wind turbine I have ever seen.

This is how it starts folks.
06:43 AM on 07/17/2012
And this is how it ends, folks: http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/07/01/banks-issue-ultimatum-to-wind-turbine-giant/ "The world’s biggest maker of wind turbines is considering putting itself up for sale as concerns mount over its giant debt pile. Vestas is studying the drastic move after entering debt restructuring talks with its lenders.

The banks have demanded that the Danish company prepares a comprehensive financial restructuring plan after it was forced to bolster its cash position by drawing down a €300m (£242m) bank facility."
09:40 AM on 07/17/2012
That is exactly my point. We need localized renewable energy that is scaleable - instead of these giant monoliths that are so top-heavy with cost that they capsize.

That is why I pointed to this Windstrument turbine as being the perfect solution. Small but infinitely expandable - my engineering friend showed these to me and said that this is the future for wind power.

From their site:

"Our goal in production has always been to create a wind turbine for everyone, that works, is safe and that anyone can afford. The affordability factor is partly dependent on low development costs.

To this point we have developed this technology (99% of the way to production) with very little capital and without VC, bank loans or massive government grants.
So if you are interested in renewable energy, innovation, new technologies or investing in the Windstrument at any level, contact us at 1-775-393-WIND or email us at info @ windstrument.com"
10:01 AM on 07/17/2012
Exactly my point - Localized energy production that is scaleable is the direction the Windstrument guys are going- without the top heavy investment factor that leads to failure or high expense.
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03:01 PM on 07/14/2012
Keshe Foundation

The world peace invitation and release of technology

On 21 September 2012 the Keshe Foundation will release the first phase of its space technology and the gravitational and magnetic (Magravs) systems it has developed, to all scientists around the world simultaneously, for production and duplication.

From that point on, international borders will cease to have any real significance. This is because, once the first flight system has been built and put into operation for the public, the time of travel for example from Tehran to New York will be about 10 minutes maximum.

The energy crisis will be resolved at a stroke, and once the technology is put into practice the powers that control energy supplies and through them the present financial structures will find their hands empty.

The world water shortage will be addressed and resolved by presenting this technology to the public soon after the release of our energy and space technology.
08:44 AM on 07/14/2012
Are you a sentient being? Them why not form a group to highlight how important energy supplies are to civilisation and progress, and how fortunate we are to have essentially unlimited supplies of it. Or form a group that enjoys cataloging the hype from climate alarmists, and noting how it is always contradicted by observations or calm analysis? Or maybe form a group that makes a hobby of spotting rascals jumping on the alarm bandwagon for their own advantage? So many possibilities, so little time!