WHAT WILL 2 DEGREES DO
Be Active, Learn and Connect/Network.
Be Active
Our main activity will be to place messages on outdoor advertising in public spaces such as on billboards and buses – similar to these examples:
This outdoor advertising will direct people to the 2Degrees website and encourage more people to be part of the 2Degrees community. The minimum level of Being Active would be donating to the outdoor advertising fund through the website or by cash deposit to our credit union account if you wish to remain anonymous (go to the Donate tab for more details).
For those with the time and motivation, we will host moderated discussion groups on climate change and peak oil solutions – see Dialogue tab.
Learn
There's a lot that we still need to learn about how to reduce the risks presented by climate change and peak oil. That will be an important role of 2Degrees. The Learn tab will take you to information on what we think are the broad principles on which effective solutions should be based. Within these broad principles, much of the detail still needs to be worked out and the 2Degrees website will provide a way of developing this detail.
In learning, we appreciate the research and dissemination of valuable information by others. We do not seek to duplicate that effort. The Learn tab will provide links and access to other organisations and to publications that can advance the learning process and keep us all better informed.
Connect/Network
It is our view that effective solutions to climate change and peak oil require citizens to act together. Through the 2Degrees website, you will be able to become a member of the 2Degrees community and participate in our campaigns. Our intention is to give those feeling gagged from speaking out a way of seeing their views given space in the public domain and to create a sense of the strength of our numbers.
The 2Degrees community will initially have a focus on outdoor advertising media to raise awareness of 2Degrees and to generate funds to keep this campaign rolling on and expanding.
We expect that a considerable part of the growth in the 2Degrees community will be through 'word of mouth' (including email networks).
Once the outdoor advertising campaign is well established, there will be further opportunities to expand the Connect/Network dimensions of 2Degrees.
We will actively explore opportunities to cooperate with other climate change and peak oil groups, providing mutual support and recognition. It is important to know that we are not alone.
