Save Island Nations
Founder
Wade M. Norris
Environmentalist, activist, sailor, festival & event producer, fundraiser, rock band singer, documentarian, politico, filmmaker, podcaster, therapist/counselor, and writer are among the many titles Wade M. Norris has held throughout the years. But above all, he is an empath and passionate human being first.
Since the summer of 2008 he has been a strong advocate for Pacific Islanders and indigenous people living on low-lying islands across the globe. He has covered their plight and served as a voice for those who are being hit the hardest by the effects of climate change and sea level rise, yet, they have the least to do with it.
From The Blog
Small Pacific Islands Plead For Carbon Cuts Before They Are Swallowed By The Sea
From AP’s MAKERETI KOMAI CAIRNS, Australia — A group of tiny Pacific Island countries appealed to the world Wednesday to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent to help save them from rising seas. The seven nations, whose coral atolls rise just a few yards (meters) above sea level, urged rich nations to make the cut in their polluting emissions
Report: Rising Sea Levels, Temperature Inevitable In California, State Must Prepare
By Huffington Post’s SAMANTHA YOUNG SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Even if the world is successful in cutting carbon emissions in the future, California needs to start preparing for rising sea levels, hotter weather and other effects of climate change, a new state report recommends. It encourages local communities to rethink future development in low-lying coastal areas, reinforce levees that protect flood-prone
De-classified photos reveal Arctic Ice retreat
Photos from US spy satellites declassified by the Obama White House provide the first graphic images of how the polar ice sheets are retreating in the summer. The effects on the world’s weather, environments and wildlife could be devastating Satellite images of polar ice sheets taken in July 2006 and July 2007 showing the retreating ice during the summer.
GreenRoots: Water vs Oil – Which One Will Be More Important?
( from Kos Blogger Asinus Asinum Fricat) As a former chef I know too well the importance of fresh, clean water: no water, no food, no life. Water is far more vital for human life than oil as environmentalists, corporations and governments increasingly recognize its unequal distribution around the globe. A severe shortage will lead to concomitant environmental degradation and
Louisiana threatened by submersion under ocean
Rising sea level to submerge Louisiana coastline by 2100, study warns Guardian UK bySuzanne Goldenberg Scientists say between 10,000 and 13,500 square kilometres of coastal land around New Orleans will go underwater due to rising sea levels and subsidence. Between 10,000 and 13,500 square kilometres of coastal lands will drown due to rising sea levels and subsidence by 2100, a
United Airlines’ magazine does in depth study of dissappearing island – Maldives
From United’s Hemisphere Magazine With sea levels rising, conservationists are working to prevent this trendy tropical getaway from becoming paradise lost. Less than four decades ago, the Maldives, or Dhivehi Raajje (Dhivehi for “Island Kingdom”), was a sleepy, all-but-untouched chain of 26 pristine coral atolls–natural breakwaters that protect some 1,200 shape-shifting sandy islands from the Indian Ocean–hundreds of miles from