Longtime environmentalist and entrepreneur Paul Hawken has recently looked at lots of ways to solve the problem of global warming. He has compiled the results of his research in a new book: Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming.
The book is the result of Project Drawdown, which Hawken had founded to research solutions to climate change. The book ranks, in order of effectiveness, different methods of solving the climate conundrum. As he tells Yale Environment 360, many of the solutions were surprising and counterintuitive. For example, the most effective climate solution right now is proper management of refrigerants. Other surprising results were education for girls and access to family planning for women, which wound up being ranked as sixth and seventh. The fourth ranked solution was adopting a plant-rich diet, which, as Hawkin goes on to say, does not necessarily mean having a strict vegetarian or vegan diet. At number three was reducing food waste, which may wind up being ranked higher as Project Drawdown researches the problem further. Reducing driving, solar panels, and other strategies are important still, but having this research confirms my belief that we at South Park Climate Solutions are on the right track to make South Park a climate leader.
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CategoriesAuthorPaul Hormick is the founder of South Park Climate Solutions. He sees climate change as one of our central concerns, for ecologies as well as societies. He holds a master's degree in Environmental Science and Policy from Johns Hopkins University |