Tag: Climate Witness

I am a Climate Witness, are you?

Categories citizen volunteer, climate change, environment, Yes We Can!Leave a Comment on I am a Climate Witness, are you?

kaJMy friends at the World Wildlife Fund just released this absolutely terrific new video on their ground breaking Climate Witness/Climate Take Action project.  Watch it right now.

Then tell them what’s happening where YOU live.

I did, and you can read it here

Then when you’re done reading, take some action and sign up to be part of our October 24, Climate Action on the beach in Manhattan Beach. Come be part of the Amazing Waving Human Tide Line and help us tell our leaders we want a strong, binding climate treaty that gets us to 350.

The View From Here Today

Categories citizen volunteer, climate change, energy efficiency, environment, fossil fuels, renewable energy, Saving Energy, sea-level rise, solar power, Sustainability, water conservationLeave a Comment on The View From Here Today
I contributed the following to the World Wildlife Climate Witness site last week and it was published this morning.  I took the photos that now illustrate it here on my blog within the last hour:

My name is Joe Galliani, I’m 52 years old and I’ve lived in Southern California for 33 years.
(c) 2009 by Joe Galliani
(c) 2009 by Joe Galliani - This afternoon's view from my studio's patio

Since 1993 my wife and I have lived in Torrance California, just a half mile from the beautiful beach and the Pacific Ocean. We feel very fortunate to live here at the base of the gorgeous Palos Verdes Peninsula, but today we’re breathing a big sigh of relief learning that the Palos Verdes Wildfire was 100% contained this morning. What we’re not breathing is clean air, because the smoke from the La Canada-Flintridge fire, about 38 miles from here, is still making air quality hazardous and people in the L.A. basin are being advised not to spend too much time outdoors and to keep their doors and windows closed and their air conditioners running.

Continue reading ➞ The View From Here Today