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Imagine our world 50 years in the future.

If we choose to stay on our current path and fail to face the challenge of climate change, then the world will not be a pleasant one. That world will be hotter and more dangerous - plagued by deadly heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes, flooding, and rising sea levels. The changes will threaten water supplies and food production. Millions of people will be forced out of regions that are no longer inhabitable - causing mass migration and global disruption. These dramatic and destructive changes will occur during our lifetimes. The changes will be irreversible. Each new generation will face a world of increasing catastrophe.

Now imagine we make a different choice. How does that world look? 

Imagine we do everything right. Imagine we make all the changes needed to decarbonize our homes, businesses, cars, and the electrical grid. We plant more trees and embrace regenerative farming techniques. We do want needs to be done.

That world is still a little warmer. But otherwise not so different from how we live today. That’s the world we’re working towards at the Appleseed Initiative. 

Towards this goal, we are working on a number of projects…