How much difference can one person make?

The Global Cooling program is like a stool: it only works if all legs are strong. Our five-step action plan to reduce human impact on the atmosphere goes like this:

1. Use fossil fuels more efficiently.
2. Switch to renewable fuels as quickly as possible.
3. Protect old-growth and new forests as carbon warehouses.
4. Harvest forests in a sustainable manner.
5. Plant as many tree’s as possible, especially on the barren lands of developing countries in the humid tropics.

There is no single solution to global warming and global climate change. We are leading the way in a holistic approach to addressing the world’s environmental, and therefore atmospheric, problems.

We can’t help ourselves just by doing less harm - we also need to do more good.

The first step is to use fossil fuels more efficiently. This must be an immediate change in all of our lives, whether through our homes, driving behavior, offices, or holidays. While industries use the most fossil fuels and create the most CO2, individual consumption, especially through our cars, trucks, automobiles, and plane rides, are a close second in CO2 production.

Why don't we wait for Governments to start acting on global warming? Since, through the Kyoto Treaty, governments have agreed to work together to reduce human-made emissions?

There are several reasons: Do you care about your planet? Do you believe governments and industries will remain committed to their pledges? Do you believe governments and industries will work quickly enough to avert a disaster? For that matter, do you believe anybody

On the other hand, think what just one person can do:

One person (Gandhi) committed to non-violence freed an entire nation. One person (Marco Polo) told stories of China and opened a trade route to the Orient. One person sailed across an ocean (Columbus) and discovered a whole new world.
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One person planting 10 trees can neutralise his entire carbon foot print for the entire  year
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One person convincing a local business to join the Carbon Me sponsorship program could bring back forests to entire communities around the world.