What Can One Person Do, When 6.8 Billion Are Frying The Planet?

photo of 3 dogs being walked by Franke James
frying planet drawing by Franke James
walk and think drawing by Franke James

CO2 rising drawing by Franke James
toast drawing by Franke James
Deepak Chopra drawing by Franke James
Flip worry drawing by Franke James
Woolly Mammoth antique engraving istock
Charles Darwin illustration by Franke James
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african desert photo by istock, African sculpture photo by Franke James

dinosaur drawing by Franke James with photo by Greenpeace of Tar Sands

cloud type illustration by Franke Jamesphoto of flying north by Franke James
aerial photo of Newark by Franke James, 2010

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drawing of Google logo search page by Franke James

City worries too drawing by Franke James features quote from Toronto's 'Ahead of the Storm brochure

photos of Finch Avenue in August 2005 by Jane-Finch.com

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millions got to work on their plan

How can YOU take action? What’s YOUR plan?

1. DOES YOUR CITY HAVE A PLAN? Use Google to find out if your region has a Mitigation and Adaptation Plan for climate change, like Toronto and New York have. (And if they don’t, then press your local politicians to develop one!)

2. MAKE YOUR OWN PLAN. Develop your own personal Mitigation and Adaptation Plan. There are many actions each of us can take to protect ourselves and our property from floods, heat waves, power shortages, water shortages… etc. See the Resources below for ideas such as this one from the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction: Handbook for Reducing Basement Flooding.

3. TAP INTO ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORKS: Get the ball rolling by participating in environmental action, or financially supporting, these environmental organizations and others:

350
NRDC

greenpeaceusa

grist

1Sky

Sierra_Club

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GET A LITTLE HELP FROM YOUR FRIENDS:
– Take action in your community to build the future you want (not the one you fear).
– Connect with like-minded people. (Twitter can help to connect you.)

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Credits:

Franke James merges science, art and storytelling to inspire people to take action and “do the hardest thing first” for the planet. Franke uses her skills as an artist, photographer and writer to create visual essays on environmental and social issues. She is the author of two award-winning books, Bothered By My Green Conscience and Dear Office-Politics, the game everyone plays.

What Can One Person Do, When 6.8 Billion Are Frying The Planet? © 2010 Franke James

Photographs, illustrations and writing by Franke James, MFA, except as noted below:

“Cruel Irony” illustration features: Tar sands photo by © Greenpeace
Finch Avenue on August 2005: Photos courtesy Jane-Finch.com
Cover: “Ahead of the Storm” City of Toronto climate change brochure
Woolly Mammoth on Road photo-illustration by Franke James, using antique mammoth engraving © istockphotos.
Heat Island graphic by Clean Air Partnership

Resources:

Franke’s Original Slideshow for 10/10/10 Event:
Download the slide presentation (Adobe Acrobat pdf):
https://www.frankejames.com/pdf/James_WhatCan1do.pdf

Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben

The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet by Heidi Cullen.

TUCCN: Toronto Urban Climate Change Network
Ahead of the Storm: City of Toronto highlights from climate change report
Environment Canada’s Climate Change Hazards by geographic region

Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction:
Handbook for Reducing Basement Flooding (2009)
ICLR Home Builder’s Guide (2009)

New York City Plan for Climate Change

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