The document discusses different approaches to addressing climate change through increased renewable energy adoption and efficiency improvements. It outlines scenarios where achieving 1-3% annual efficiency gains could stabilize carbon levels and meet energy demand through carbon-free sources only. It also contrasts centralized, top-down "Functional Green" and "HyperGreen" approaches against distributed, bottom-up "We Green" approaches that leverage open collaboration, social networks, and peer-to-peer technologies. The overall message is that mass participation and cooperation could allow society to actively mitigate and even reverse climate change impacts.

1. Green Tomorrows
Your Planet,Your Future,Your Choice
Jamais Cascio
OpenTheFuture.com

3. The Risk...

7. ...and the Potential

9. Power Green
Centralized and Proactionary

15. Functional Green
Centralized and Precautionary

19. 2008 Aptera
230 mpg diesel-electric hybrid.
$29,000.
Seriously.

20. 1% Average Annual Efficiency Improvement
Stabilization at 450ppm requires 17 TW
carbon-free power (40-50 TW total demand)
2% Average Annual Efficiency Improvement
Stabilization at 450ppm requires 4 TW
carbon-free power (18 TW total demand)
3% Average Annual Efficiency Improvement
Stabilization at 450ppm by default.
Slow remediation possible with
4-6 TW carbon-free power (7 TW total demand)

21. We Green
Distributed and Precautionary

22. The Participation Culture
Community Filtering
Collaboration Systems
Technologies of Cooperation
Wiki
Blog
Grassroots Economics
End-to-End
Distributed Work
Micropayments Talent Commons
Open Source Creative Commons
Social Networks
Open Access
Mash-Up Engaged Networking Free/Libre So"ware
Heterarchies
Peer-to-Peer
Microfinance
Smart Mobs
Geotagging

23. micro-offsets

29. HyperGreen
Distributed and Proactionary

36. ...the big picture...

38. Jamais Cascio
cascio@openthefuture.com
...with enough minds, all tomorrows are visible...