The Simple Revolution

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The Simple Revolution

It's simple: just stop consuming and we can survive

Simple (sɪmp(ə)l), a. not complicated; not elaborate; natural; clear.
Revolution (rεvə'lu:∫(ə)n), n. a radical change or reversal of circumstances.

A massive worldwide revolution is going to take place over the next century, driven by Peak Oil and Climate Change. There is nothing you can do to prevent this revolution taking place, but you can help decide what this revolution looks like.

Climate Change: Why you need to change

How to join the revolution

It's simple:

  1. Reduce your own emissions to below 2 tonnes CO2e.
  2. Enlist others to join the revolution.

This website is designed to be a resource to help you reduce your emissions and to provide the arguments to persuade others of the need to reduce theirs. Please get in touch if you wish to contribute, comment or provide links to useful resources.

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Notes

1. "Summary for policy makers", IPCC, Table SPM-2, AR5 WG1 2013, p. 21, http://www.climate2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf

2. "Climate Stabilization Targets: Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts over Decades to Millennia", National Research Council, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011, pp. 160-162, http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12877&page=160

3. "The impact of a global temperature rise of 4°C (7°C)", Met Office, Four degree interactive map, Agriculture, http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate-guide/climate-change/impacts/four-degree-rise/map

4. "Climate impacts on food security and nutrition", Met Office, http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/k/5/Climate_impacts_on_food_security_and_nutrition.pdf

5. "Extinction risk from climate change", Chris D. Thomas, Nature 427, 145-148 (8 January 2004) | doi:10.1038/nature02121, http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v427/n6970/full/nature02121.html

6. "Beyond 'dangerous' climate change: emission scenarios for a new world", Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A (2011) 369, 20-44 doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0290 , http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/369/1934/20.abstract

7. "Renewables won't fix it", Simple Revolution, index.php?Renewables

8. "Climate change summary and update", Guy McPherson, http://guymcpherson.com/2013/01/climate-change-summary-and-update/


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