THE PROGRAM
The Problem
Global warming is the first truly global problem mankind has ever faced: melting glaciers, loss of arable land, more severe storms, lack of fresh water, over population, the list goes on. These problems are global in nature and therefore require a global response.
It is for this reason that the people of the world must unite in order to form a global response to our worsening global situation. As individuals none of us has a voice when it comes to global issues. The EARTH-SHIP program will address this problem by uniting people around the world and thereby increasing global awareness for global issues, global warming chief among them. Increased awareness will lead to increased action.
If enough people speak up, often enough, governments and corporations around the world will be forced to pay attention. Change will take place and mankind will one day return to a more sustainable path.
Prior to the EARTH-SHIP program there has never been an attempt to unite the world?s people in order to provide a global voice to address a global issues.
The EARTH-SHIP program is the first of its kind.
The Solution
The EARTH-SHIP program is a floating auditorium that uses live video conferencing, lectures, meetings and a myriad of social events to bring people together. People who partake in the EARTH-SHIP program will be able to say that as individuals they are no longer part of the problem. People will know they are part of the EARTH-SHIP family and therefore a part of the solution.
The EARTH-SHIP program will use live video conferencing to allow people to discuss international issues, one-on-one and face-to-face. It will be an upbeat global pep-rally for concerns common to all mankind; a chance for people from all nations to come together - across national boundaries, across mountain ranges, and even across oceans - to discuss common ideas, concerns, and solutions. The world will become one.
EARTH-SHIP will use all forms of communication but it is the live video conferencing (LVC) capabilities that will allow people to interact on a personal level with other concerned people in different locations around the world. This will provide all participants with a sense of community that only direct interaction can create. A global community is essential if mankind is ever going to address global warming.
EARTH-SHIP will be a “people to people program”, and not a federal program from nation to nation, or government to government. “Power to the people” has new meaning when confronting a truly global problem. The benefit of increasing the publics awareness was summarized best by Dr. David Suzuki, the BBC commentator and well-known environmentalists, when he said, “If the people will lead, the leaders will follow”. EARTH-SHIP will attempt to give the world’s people one voice.
The Clearwater organization used increased public awareness in order to heighten concern for the environmental decline of New York’s Hudson River. Click here to see how the publics perception of pollution in the Hudson River changed thanks to the sloop Clearwater and see how this concern translated into action. EARTH-SHIP will do the same on a global basis for global warming.
