Save the World

Welcome to the Save the World wiki. If you're reading this, it's because you are convinced that we need to find a solution to the crisis facing our environment. Tomorrow's heroes are the people who tackle climate change today.

While there is a LOT of information on climate change, it comes with many perspectives on what actions to take. Bill Gates believes reliable clean electricity is the biggest solution, Christiana Figureres and Tom Rivett-Carnac prioritize legislation, and Paul Hawken advocates for empowering women. These perspectives intersect in interesting ways, but if we're to come up with a plan together, we need to address the issue that faces us the most urgently, RIGHT NOW.

The Problem

We can naturally work our way back from the original problem to figure out what the problem is, and the first step in solving it.

1. The planet is warming, because we're adding greenhouse gases into the air, and we're destroying natural habitats that take greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. We need to reverse these practices. We already have many solutions to do this, but we'll need a lot more.
2. These solutions broadly come in the form of legislation, technology, and lifestyle changes. Enacting them will require massive shifts in how we do things.
3. Severe shifts in the ways societies operate only happen when the public is convinced they are necessary. This movement requires an effective communication strategy to get the public to push for change.

The Solution

This wiki outlines the elements required for this movement, in order of priority. Here they are:

1. Communication: How can we effectively communicate the urgency of tackling climate change so that the public demands legislation, technological advancements, and lifestyle changes?
2. Civic action: Once people care about the issue, how can they influence their leaders to take action?
3. Legislation: What laws need to be passed now that leaders are committed to facing the problem?
4. Technology: Now that the legal framework exists, what technologies need to be developed for getting to net-zero emissions, and what can we start using today?
5. Lifestyle: How can individuals make changes to their lifestyle that contribute to the solution now that government and private industries are on board?

Starting with number 1 on this list doesn’t mean we can’t do all of these things at once. We want people to demand action from their leaders now; for leaders to implement legislation now; for entrepreneurs and engineers to develop zero-carbon technologies now; and for people to make changes to their lifestyle now. However none of this will work without public support. Therefore we must prioritize convincing people before we can achieve anything else.