Dropping Knowledge: On Climate Change

I just got this email from Dropping Knowledge newsletter. check out the links to the videos and transcripts tackling the issue of Climate Change. very enlightening.

three free voices on climate change

“Tackling climate change is not a matter of choice”, said Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki at the UN climate conference this month in Nairobi. “It is an imperative that must be addressed if we are to ensure the continued survival of life on our planet.”

As the two-week climate conference comes to an end today, now is the time to see how we can address the pressing issue of climate change. Take a look at how three Table of Free Voices participants responded to the question: What can I do and tell others to do to stop global warming?

“Wherever you see a politician asking for your vote, ask them: what’s your plan to tackle climate change or global warming?”

Simon Retallack (UK), head of the Climate Change Team at the Institute for Public Policy Research, the UK's leading independent progressive think tank.

See Simon´s full video answer and transcript

“We will have to get very creative about how to … deal with dry deserts because when the mountaintop ice melts, the glaciers, they don’t feed the rivers any more.”

Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris (USA, Greece), biologist, futurist, author, member of the World Wisdom Council, and fellow of the World Business Academy.

See Elisabet´s full video answer and transcript

Anuradha Mittal (India, USA), founder and director of The Oakland Institute, a policy think tank dedicated to creating a space for public participation and democratic debate on key social, economic, environmental and foreign policy issues.

See Anuradha´s full video answer and transcript

Over 100 more answers to this question can be found in The Table of Free Voices Archive. Also be sure to check out how Table participants answered questions like “What if all Chinese people want a car?” or “Whose responsibility is it to manage the world’s resources?”

Touring Europe to raise awareness

From November 8-12 our team has traveled around Europe to discuss dropping knowledge and connect with others involved with social change.

Brussels / Belgium
dropping knowledge co-founder Ralf Schmerberg was a speaker at the third Symposium on “Corporate Culture & Spirituality”. Business, academic, and spiritual leaders shared their experiences and expertise on the value of an ethics-based approach to deal with today´s challenges in the global markets.

Zurich / Switzerland
The Optimus Foundation held a best practice symposium about fundraising for its partner organizations being active in the fields of medical and biological research and children support. dropping knowledge used an entertaining brainstorming exercise to remind participants that being creative also means having some fun.

www.droppingknowledge.org now offers a new interface on the homepage, highlighting the most active media, questions and discussions, as well as the latest posts and hottest topics.

In the left column you can also find loads of visual media to browse, share, and mash-up, including the Robbie Conal Poster Gallery, where you’re encouraged to add your own touches to the work of the LA-based guerilla artist and Table of Free Voices participant.

As we speak, the dk web team is building a “Claim Your Question” function, which will hopefully match the anonymous entries on the platform with the people who posted them. Meanwhile all video and text will be formatted to make it easily found by search engines.

Re: Dropping Knowledge: On Climate Change

                     My name is Becky Medlin and I have come across a technology that would, honestly, be the most impactful change that mankind has ever known and it solves all environmental issues and eliminates the world's dependence on oil companies… It is
The Water Powered Car.  A man named Stanley Meyers developed this amazing technology and he was murdered because of the CHANGE that would come from it. It is a little frightening to pursue because there are extremely powerful people in the world that have gone to great lengths to stop it from getting out, and I am convinced they would do it again.  The way it works, if I understand it correctly, is that the hydrogen and oxygen in water are separated using a slight electrical current and the energy expelled from breaking the bond is what powers the car; the byproduct is again, water. So if I weren't afraid, I would bring this monumental idea to market. I have come to the conclusion that the only way the water powered car will ever be out there is by word of mouth…it is too dangerous to commercialize. I have schematics that give step by step, basic instructions how to CONVERT ANY GASOLINE POWERED VEHICLE INTO A WATER POWERED CAR! 
 
              If these plans are passed around to just 10% of the nation, then like that, everyone knows, the secret is out, and there would be nothing the oil industry could do to stop it! 

             There is absolutely, in no way, a change the world could see that would be bigger and more beneficial than this!
 
Go to http://www.waterpoweredcar.com/ and go to the links page. Near the bottom there is a link to the basic plans I mentioned above. Spread the word, as I am, and sooner than you'ld think…..  WE COULD CHANGE THE WORLD!