"From severe droughts to extreme weather events, climate change is one of the greatest threats to the planet."
These
videos, images, and comments are a selection of the great entries that
were uploaded on connect2earth in 2008. They participated in the 2008
competition, which brought the lucky winner to the IUCN World
Conservation Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Check the competition page to get all the details and to find out how you can take part in this year’s competition.
In 2008 connect2earth let community members have their say on the
environment around them by uploading video, images, and comments around
various themes related to sustainability.
Sustainability?
This
is the ability to meet our needs without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet theirs. Today, however, the human race is
plundering the planet at a pace that outstrips its capacity to support life.
Change
that improves living standards while reducing our impact on the natural
world will not be easy. The cities, power plants and homes we build
today will either lock society into damaging over-consumption beyond
our lifetimes, or begin to propel this and future generations towards
sustainable living.
It's not too late to reverse the trend, but it will require
governments, industry and individuals to make significant changes in
their consumption patterns.
Only
then can we begin to restore the balance between our consumption of
natural resources and the Earth's ability to renew them.
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