Our climate change lectures will introduce participants to the dire situation that we are in and how we can all help avert disaster.

Our planet is warming because gases that we release by the burning of coal, natural gas, oil and wood traps heat in the atmosphere.  This is changing the climate. Climate isn’t weather— weather changes daily, and climate is the average pattern of weather conditions over a long period of time. The amount of carbon dioxide one human releases into the environment in a year is called a carbon footprint.  By using things, we contribute to the burning of fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas, which come from the breakdown of ancient plants and animals over millions of years. We need to stop, or at least slow that down. But this isn’t only our personal responsibility. We need to hold the people responsible for the climate crisis responsible and demand from our representatives to take action now.