What we’re watching to learn more about Project Drawdown

The 10,000 foot view

This video demonstrates the high-level goals of Project Drawdown. On an interview with CBS, Paul Hawken, editor of the Drawdown book, gives a great, brief overview of the project and why he created it.

What’s different (and what we like!) about his approach is that Drawdown focuses on communicating feasible, scalable solutions to climate change, rather than solely scaring people with the challenges and problems.

A look at the contents of the book

This video begins with the origins and goals of Project Drawdown and goes on to describe some of the most impactful and unexpected interventions the global community can take advantage of to reduce overall carbon emissions.

Rooftop solar (solution #10) makes a cameo in this video at 5:17!

To learn more about Drawdown and its solutions, come on out to one of our book discussion events! Sign up to attend one at the link below, and we’ll even reserve you a free copy of the book.

Wanna dive deeper?

Chad Frischmann gets into the 100 solutions, how they are ranked, and why they are important. His TED talk lays the groundwork for how we get to the future we want to see. Again: focusing on solutions rather than problems can help us achieve this goal.

“We have real, workable technologies and practices to [reverse global warming]… what we need is to accelerate implementation and to change the discourse from one of fear and confusion, which only leads to apathy, to one of understanding and possibility.”