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Dave Finnigan

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Member SinceMay 29, 2014CoLab Points (actual)
26
CountryUnited StatesCoLab Points (max. potential)
778

My expertise is working with elementary school teachers students and parents to bring entire school families together to work as a team.  Since 2007 I've been developing, testing and refining http://greenactioneers.com.  

The key to this new program is the flow of the day which I developed visiting over 2,000 elementary schools in 41 states over a period of 30 years with a previous program getting the entire school population involved in a skill that kids, teachers and parents could share. Now we are asking them to share in the solution of the most important problem facing the World today - the climate crisis.

Because I am not capable of personally visiting all 110,000 schools in the US, and because the climate crisis is so important, I want to get others to join me in developing and delivering this program.  So I hope you, or people you know, can meet me for training on Zoom, learn to deliver Green Actioneers, adapt it for your part of the planet, and make the necessary connections with schools and with vendors to be effective.

This is a big problem and to solve it we need to think big.  So mine is a big proposal, ambitious and optimistic, but not impossible.  We can do this, but we need to work together, support one another and learn as we go.  I'm hopeful, but I need the help of everyone who has read this far to help develop this program and spread it throughout the World.

Proposals

Make Climate a Top Priority for Action by Every Global Citizen and OrganizationSep 23, 2015
Detox the FleetJul 25, 2017
Red-Ink States Tax CarbonAug 15, 2017
Mobilizing for climate change actionJun 11, 2015
Supportive Network for Implementing the Global Climate Action PlanJan 24, 2016
Stairway to Change - Positive Incentives for Green ActionsJun 8, 2017
Unify America: Set the Example by Leading from the FrontMay 22, 2015
Implementing a Global Action PlanJan 3, 2016
Climate Change is Elementary: Huge Green Fundraiser for SchoolsJun 24, 2014
Sweeten the Carbon DealJun 7, 2015
Energy from Oceans Replaces Energy from Fossil FuelsJun 25, 2015
Solar Dollars: The World Currency to Price and Finance Carbon MitigationSep 10, 2015
Make walkable, car free cities with low-cost rapid transit - Transit XJun 30, 2017

Proposal Links

Baja Sustainable DevelopmentAug 31, 2015
Energy from Oceans Replaces Energy from Fossil FuelsJun 15, 2016
Overcome the Inertia of DenialAug 31, 2015
Freedom from fossil fuelsSep 1, 2015
Test proposalJul 28, 2015
9 Steps to Reverse Global Climate ChangeOct 13, 2015
Reducing Footprints by Reducing Animal ConsumptionNov 24, 2015
Reduce CO2 emissions by converting them into usefull productsOct 17, 2015
Make Climate a Top Priority for Action by Every Global Citizen and OrganizationNov 4, 2015
Let's play the carbon out of the market!Nov 4, 2015
University Prestige To Break The Climate Policy GridlockOct 16, 2015
Red-Ink States Tax CarbonSep 5, 2017
A Carbon Negative Infrastructure and Economy: A Systems Design/Mngmt ApproachDec 11, 2015
A Carbon Negative Infrastructure and Economy: A Systems Design/Mngmt ApproachDec 11, 2015
Establishment of a sound technical system to distribute emissions reductionsOct 13, 2015
A Carbon Negative Infrastructure and Economy: A Systems Design/Mngmt ApproachDec 11, 2015
A Carbon Negative Infrastructure and Economy: A Systems Design/Mngmt ApproachDec 11, 2015
"33" A basic financing for all 17 goalsJan 7, 2018
Alternate Endings: Leveraging Narrative and Emotion to Drive ChangeNov 5, 2017
Food Heroes: Change The World With Every BiteNov 26, 2017
Engaging media for making climate change part of popular cultureNov 26, 2017
MINI ELEVATED PODCARS – personal, non-stop transit to overcome congestion.Jul 27, 2017

Supporting

The Little Engine That Could: Revenue Neutral Carbon Fee and DividendJul 18, 2014
An Internalised Price on Carbon (IPC)Jul 18, 2014
CargoFish: A Physical Internet Utility to... "Move Only What Matters!"Jul 7, 2014
Climate Change is Elementary: Huge Green Fundraiser for SchoolsJun 24, 2014
Great March for Climate ActionJul 31, 2014
Energy taxes, transport finance, and pipelines: First steps to a carbon taxJul 18, 2014
Promoting engagement and climate action through ongoing, short, funny videosJul 24, 2014
LiveSMART (Sustainable Materials And Resources Trailer) & Green Pages MobileAug 1, 2014
The Pledge to Mobilize will fight denial and initiate a WWII-scale mobilizationJul 21, 2014
Inspiring mainstream commitment to solve global warmingApr 4, 2015
Unify America: Set the Example by Leading from the FrontJun 22, 2015
Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural SoilsAug 28, 2015
Sweeten the Carbon DealJun 8, 2015
New Climate Magazine: Learning to live on a changing planetJan 4, 2016
Mobilizing for climate change actionJun 12, 2015
Energy from Oceans Replaces Energy from Fossil FuelsJun 13, 2016
Overcome the Inertia of DenialSep 17, 2015
Solar Dollars: The World Currency to Price and Finance Carbon MitigationSep 11, 2015
Make Climate a Top Priority for Action by Every Global Citizen and OrganizationNov 17, 2015
Alumni/SDM/VMS/CoLab Hybrid Initiative: Alumni Mentors Fast Track CoLab ConceptsFeb 1, 2016
Implementing a Global Action PlanJan 3, 2016
Supportive Network for Implementing the Global Climate Action PlanJan 24, 2016
DearTomorrow, a promise to the future about climate changeAug 2, 2016
Stairway to Change - Positive Incentives for Green ActionsJun 8, 2017
Make walkable, car free cities with low-cost rapid transit - Transit XJul 30, 2017
Detox the FleetJul 29, 2017
Red-Ink States Tax CarbonAug 17, 2017
The Climate Plan complemented by responsible handling of inorganic wasteJan 11, 2018

Activities

Dave Finnigan voted for proposal Structure CoolingAug 7, 2018
Dave Finnigan is supporting proposal The Climate Plan complemented by responsible handling of inorganic wasteJan 11, 2018
Dave Finnigan became a team member of proposal Red-Ink States Tax CarbonAug 17, 2017
Dave Finnigan is supporting proposal Red-Ink States Tax CarbonAug 17, 2017
Dave Finnigan became a team member of proposal Make walkable, car free cities with low-cost rapid transit - Transit XJul 30, 2017
Dave Finnigan is supporting proposal Make walkable, car free cities with low-cost rapid transit - Transit XJul 30, 2017
Dave Finnigan became a team member of proposal Detox the FleetJul 29, 2017
Dave Finnigan is supporting proposal Detox the FleetJul 29, 2017
Dave Finnigan updated a proposal Stairway to Change - Positive Incentives for Green ActionsJun 8, 2017
Dave Finnigan is supporting proposal Stairway to Change - Positive Incentives for Green ActionsJun 8, 2017
Dave Finnigan created a Proposal Stairway to Change - Positive Incentives for Green ActionsJun 8, 2017
Dave Finnigan is supporting proposal DearTomorrow, a promise to the future about climate changeAug 2, 2016
Dave Finnigan voted for proposal Eco-CassavaJul 21, 2016
Dave Finnigan voted for proposal DearTomorrow, a promise to the future about climate changeJul 6, 2016
Dave Finnigan added a comment to proposal Energy from Oceans Replaces Energy from Fossil FuelsJun 22, 2016
Dave Finnigan is supporting proposal Energy from Oceans Replaces Energy from Fossil FuelsJun 13, 2016
Dave Finnigan became a team member of proposal Energy from Oceans Replaces Energy from Fossil FuelsJun 13, 2016
Dave Finnigan is supporting proposal Alumni/SDM/VMS/CoLab Hybrid Initiative: Alumni Mentors Fast Track CoLab ConceptsFeb 1, 2016
Dave Finnigan updated a proposal Supportive Network for Implementing the Global Climate Action PlanJan 27, 2016
Dave Finnigan updated a proposal Supportive Network for Implementing the Global Climate Action PlanJan 25, 2016
Dave Finnigan updated a proposal Supportive Network for Implementing the Global Climate Action PlanJan 25, 2016
Dave Finnigan updated a proposal Supportive Network for Implementing the Global Climate Action PlanJan 25, 2016
Dave Finnigan is supporting proposal Supportive Network for Implementing the Global Climate Action PlanJan 24, 2016
Dave Finnigan updated a proposal Implementing a Global Action PlanJan 11, 2016
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