{"id":2112,"date":"2013-06-18T04:05:15","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T04:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2013-06-19T14:04:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T14:04:38","slug":"act-local-act-global-think-of-us-all-as-part-of-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/18\/act-local-act-global-think-of-us-all-as-part-of-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Act Locally, Act Globally \u2013 Think of Us All As Part of One"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Change seems to be accelerating. Change, not just with our climate, but also with the \u201csystems\u201d humanity has created, spurred by Globalization. \u00a0Whether that be the legal system, political system, financial system, health care system, or educational system\u2014 the systems in place to provide the world\u2019s basic needs. <\/span>\u00a0<\/a>Have we learned to scale our systems to meet Globalization\u2019s challenges? Humanity can learn \u00a0from how nature scales to support the whole\u2014 \u00a0Biomimicry<\/a><\/span> of man-made systems seems key to the stewardship of our earth and for an organically sustainable future. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Global transformation is in the works, and is needed within all systems including those within our one global governing body – the United Nations. Friday ended the two week climate talks in Bonn, Germany. The disappointment was all too familiar<\/a> as it seemed like yesterday, but it was a year ago when World Team Now<\/a> produced the event as part of the UNFCC\u2019s Rio+20<\/a>, and also an event at The People\u2019s Summit<\/a>. \u00a0We went down to Rio once again<\/a> with great expectations for more progress than what was able to be achieved inside the United Nations\u2019 RIO+20 conference\u2019s time. So now, it is distressing that there was a huge snag caused by foot dragging by Russia in a key entity, the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI)<\/a>.\u00a0At least there was some progress in the overarching 2015 international climate action agreement. Why wait until disaster? We clearly need more projects that influence public perception. \u201cTo see is to believe\u201d for most, so we need more examples to inspire the masses to embrace change.<\/p>\n

At World Team Now, we are growing, and eager to see the change that happens once our non-profit World Team Now can be supported by our World Team multi-media platform, and broadcast.\u00a0 Our World Team project too needs to be demonstrated to be fully understood, and to that end our development of our pilot project continues.\u00a0 While we are working to have this World Team model up in full scale, we have been occupied with events.\u00a0 In California, for example what we did in Malibu with Earth Day (photo album here)<\/a>, with our \u201cRide & Drive\u201d, and \u201cThe Circle-Up \u00a0Around Renewable Energy\u201d<\/a>.\u00a0 We owe a shout-out to all of those who showed up to participate or volunteer, and for the support of Nissan of Thousand Oaks<\/a>, and Edwards\/Wildman<\/a>.\u00a0 We hope to be sharing some of the edited footage soon at WTN\u2019s upcoming event September 26 and 27.\u00a0 \u00a0Another example is what World Team Now is doing in NY to support ACORE\u2019s Renewable Energy Financing Forum (REFF)-Wall Street.<\/a> Join us and get 20% off registration by using this code \u201cSPT20WTN\u201d. REFF is the perfect activity, included with more than 20 Energy Industry Events for New York City\u2019s Energy Week, June 24th-28th.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Please save the dates for World Team Now\u2019s upcoming annual event in Malibu September 27th & 28th, 2013.\u00a0Watch World Team Now\u2019s Event\u2019s page<\/a> for more details about the timing.<\/p>\n

Speaking of timing, two great renewable energy demonstration projects born in Switzerland also have \u201cNew York\u201d as a destination.\u00a0 PlanetSolar<\/a>, is the world\u2019s largest solar boat, and it includes an interesting research component with the project it just arrived in New York.\u00a0 The soaring approach to change done state by state has value. The Solar Impulse<\/a> is a renewable energy demonstration project with great potential. You can take flight and \u00a0follow in real time on their final segment of the \u201cAcross America\u201d trip, and join the history in the making as they land in New York early July.<\/p>\n

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PlanetSolar reaches New York, the second american stopover of its 2013 campaign<\/p><\/div>\n

The two states where World Team Now is based are proudly taking leadership positions in the environmental transformation needed to address climate change\u2014 let\u2019s hear it for California<\/a> and New York<\/a>, especially Mayor Bloomberg\u2019s action plan to address the affects of climate change<\/a>\u00a0. \u00a0The water situation and the issue of drought is rapidly becoming more serious, due to climate change.\u00a0 Often, to execute solutions at a scale needed to address the affects of climate change, bonds are created.\u00a0 California is taking the lead with creating a Water Bond<\/a>.\u00a0 World Team Now was present when Senator Fran Pavley, Chair of the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee, hosted the Hearing; \u201cEncouraging Regional Water Solutions: Implications for a Statewide Water Bond\u201d at Pepperdine University<\/a>.\u00a0 Californians are set to vote on the $11.1 billion water bond in November, 2014.<\/p>\n

More action needs to be able to take place on a state level and even city level, which gives more weight to the \u201cThink globally, act locally\u201d mantra\u2014 \u00a0but not to preclude think global act global actions which are needed as well\u2014 the local can catalyze the global.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is a huge victory to finally permanently close the troubled San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant<\/a> in California, not just for the immediate risk of radiation, but also in respect of the long term issue<\/a> of what to do with the radioactive rods which are byproducts of nuclear reactors. With no safe disposal protocol for these rods, even closed plants will continue to pose risks to the public and our planet forever The pressure is on for Southern California Edison to strive towards truly renewable energy\u2014 the kind with no radioactive byproducts to threaten public safety. It is time for us citizens to spearhead energy independence, be active in supplying a diversity of local renewable energy resources (supporting grid stability as a benefit), and to learn how to responsibly use energy.<\/p>\n

But it is time for the whole of us in society to consider \u201cAct locally, Act globally- Think of us all as part of ONE\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\ufeffChange seems to be accelerating. Change, not just with our climate, but also with the \u201csystems\u201d humanity has created, spurred by Globalization. The two states World Team Now is based are proudly taking leadership positions in the environmental transformation needed to address climate change, let\u2019s hear for California and New York .ACORE\u2019s Renewable Energy Financing Forum (REFF) is the perfect activity, included with more than 20 Energy Industry Events for New York City\u2019s Energy Week. It is time for the whole of us in society to consider \u201cAct locally, Act globally- Think of us all as part of ONE\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11018205,70627,14526,16429388,16429088,34918988,585823,40221,5722384,109347,15010454],"tags":[176863050,1048534,183866721,184212,14471,41387205,1337,183866718,16897,132735906,264796,48857,10767,176863063,1204549,4614,176863080,12260821,176863096,13570,176655249,20074398,176863047,10759,5879658,24297553,3879647,176863031,2471171,59722,8675699,176863060,183866729,176863053,176863090],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-2112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-action-events","category-alternative-energy","category-change","category-change-new-energy","category-change-world-team-now","category-climate-change-2","category-global-environment","category-nuclear-power","category-rio-20","category-solar-energy","category-world-team-now","tag-2015-international-climate-action-agreement","tag-acore","tag-alternative-energy","tag-basic-needs","tag-biomimicry","tag-bonn-climate-talks","tag-california","tag-change","tag-climate-change","tag-edwardswildman","tag-energy-independence","tag-global-transformation","tag-globalization","tag-malibu-earth-day","tag-mayor-bloomberg","tag-new-york","tag-nissan-of-thousand-oaks","tag-planetsolar","tag-reff-wall-street","tag-renewable-energy","tag-renewable-energy-finance-forum-reff-wall-street","tag-ride-drive","tag-rio_20","tag-russia","tag-san-onofre","tag-senator-fran-pavley","tag-solar-impulse","tag-subsidiary-body-on-implementation-sbi","tag-unfcc","tag-united-nations","tag-water-bond","tag-world-team-multi-media-platform-and-broadcast","tag-world-team-now","tag-world-team-project","tag-wtn-fundraiser","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2112"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2116,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions\/2116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2112"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=2112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}