Free program on best ways to reduce global warming on Oct. 19

WARWICK — The 2017 New York Times best-seller, "Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming," edited by Paul Hawken, describes, ranks and evaluates the 80 most feasible and effective ways to reduce greenhouse gases.
Project Drawdown, a collaborative effort by scientists, engineers and economists, has been disseminating the information in this book and joining with nonprofits, governments, companies and schools to promote these solutions.
From Oct. 19-21, Omega Institute in Rhinebeck is offering a workshop on this project and also making available to communities and schools a live stream of its first session.
Sustainable Warwick has partnered with Omega to host this live stream on Friday, Oct. 19, promptly at 7:30 p.m. in the Warwick Senior Center, 132 Kings Highway.
There is no charge for this live stream session, which will feature Paul Hawken and several members of the Drawdown team.
Many of the Drawdown solutions are ones individuals can take, while others require more of a community effort.
This is an excellent opportunity to network with others in Warwick and beyond.
Project Drawdown explains its purpose here:
• “To be clear, our organization did not create or devise a plan. We do not have that capability or self-appointed mandate.
• "In conducting our research, we found a plan, a blueprint that already exists in the world in the form of humanity’s collective wisdom, made manifest in applied, hands-on practices and technologies.
• "Individuals, communities, farmers, cities, companies and governments have shown that they care about this planet, its people, and its places.”
Kirkus Review describes the book as “An optimistic program for getting out of our current mess, well deserving of the broadest possible readership.”
Booklist calls it “a rigorous and profoundly important resource.”
A copy of "Drawdown" is available in the Albert Wisner Library’s circulating collection.