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
global warming program will address this problem by uniting
people around the world and thereby increasing global warming
awareness for global warming issues, global warming chief
among them. Increased global warming 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
global warming program there has never been an attempt to
unite the world?s people in order to provide a global voice
to address a global warming 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
global warming 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 public's 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 public's 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.
The Program
The EARTH-SHIP gloabal
warming program is a floating auditorium housed on a Tall
Ship that will move from port to port and country-to-country
all around the world. Eventually there will be many ships.
There will be lectures, documentary films, food and music,
all delivered in an upbeat, exciting venue.
(Note: Future vessels will be built new. The funding will come from various multinational corporations. Go to Future Funding to learn how this unprecedented combination of sponsorship, donation, and a leveraged business expense will both diminish the exposure of corporations as well as increase their return.)
But the EARTH-SHIP global
warming program will also have a very serious side. There
will be a live video conferencing (LVC) screen on the ship.
The screen will show four different locations from around
the world at the same time. One will be the ship and all
the various people gathered on the main deck. The other
three other locations will be from around the world. All
four groups of people will be on the video screen at the
same time. By having four different locations on the screen
at the same time the concerned citizens of one country will
be able to look into the eyes of other concerned people
from around the world.
The members of the LVC will consist of invited guests from a regional university, the on-board university, local government officials, business leaders and the general public who have gathered on the ship's deck and on the pier alongside the ship. These people will be able to talk freely among themselves as well as to hear what other ordinary citizens all around the world feel about global warming. The topic will vary but the general discussion will be about global warming, who or what is responsible, what the consequences will be for mankind, and what should this generation do to stop it.
Imagine a global warming conference organized in a large auditorium. Now imagine if you could move that auditorium from city to city all around the world. That is exactly what the EARTH-SHIP program will do. In the process, the program will reach millions of people every year, year after year.
The EARTH-SHIP will be the beginning of a global movement to stop global warming but the program itself has no agenda, and advocates no position on any issue. The EARTH-SHIP will be the medium, not the message.
The First Earth Ship
The first ship already exists; she is 700 tons deadweight and is now located in Germany. Additional ships, Earth Ship One, Earth Ship Two, and so on, will be larger vessels of approximately 3,800 tons and built new from the keel up. (Please refer to the design drawings of Future Ships and be sure to look at the three classes of cabins).
The ship(s) will be either owned or chartered by Earth
Ship Limited. The funds needed to put the first Earth Ship
into service will come from contributions from individuals.
Individual contributions are essential to the success of
any grass-roots movement. A multinational grass-roots people-to-people
movement is the only way to address global warming issues.
Without some sense of unity in our world mankind kind will
face an uphill battle when confronting global warming.
Once the EARTH-SHIP global
warming program is operational it will become obvious to
medium sized companies and multinational corporations that
the EARTH-SHIP attracts
a large following. As a result of this it is likely that
corporations will play a greater roll in funding the new
constructions of future ships.
But the Earth-Ship program requires money in order to continue operations. Your contribution is vital to the success of the program and therefore vital in the fight to help stop global warming.
One hundred percent (100%) of every dollar you give to the Earth-Ship will go toward the fight to reduce global warming. Over 90% of every dollar you spend on products in the Ship's Store will toward the fight to reduce global warming. No contribution is too small. Every dollar counts so please do your part.
Depending on the size of your contribution you will be allowed to join this effort on one of three different levels.
1) Receive the
EARTH-SHIP newsletter
2) Become a digital crew member and,
3) Sail on the first Earth Ship.
