Tackling Climate Change Inaction
Dave Finnigan wants to know: After 27 UN COPs (Congress of Parties) met, why have we still not solved the problem of climate change?
Finnigan contends this is because "trickle down" has never been the way cultures change unless there is also a "bubble up" component to the movement.
Enter the Green Actioneers School Program., a K-8 school program Finnigan designed that helps kids and their families “Go Green” without being divisive. Finnigan created the Green Actioneers program as a system for helping families and schools to focus on actions they can take to reduce their carbon/water footprints whether they believe that the climate is changing or that people are responsible, or not.
Simply put, Finnigan’s program aims to harness the energy of kids and their parents to build a worldwide movement for a clean and green future.
A primary tool is his 246-page Green Actioneers Family Action Guide, and resulting school program, which focuses on steps every family can take to Go Green, and save money in the process. It’s a win-win.
“We just focus on solutions.”
The book never mentions global warming, climate change, or sea level rise, because it doesn’t need to. “We just focus on solutions and over 100 Actions - ways families can save energy and water and money, help the whole community “go green,” and create a clean and green future for their kids,” Finnigan explains.
Dave Finnigan will be sharing more about the success of his program in an upcoming SWFL RESET Conversation, Tuesday, July 11th, at 6 PM ET. The presentation is free to the public. Register to attend here.
Green Actioneers CEO Dave Finnigan is an author, professional speaker and educator specializing in programs at the elementary level, incorporating students, parents, and teachers. From 1976-2007 Finnigan visited over 2,000 schools in 46 states and 12 countries where he delivered instructional juggling programs, training over 20 professional presenters to deliver that program in many countries. His latest program, Green Actioneers, was tested and refined as “Climate Change is Elementary” in NY, NJ, CT, MA, MD, and CO. It is in development now as Green Actioneers, with the goal to provide nationwide coverage within the next few years by local “green-hearted” parents or teachers. Finnigan served as Captain in the US Army, supervising over 500 German and American workers in the largest Direct Support Maintenance Battalion in Germany. He later worked in Korea on the staff of a general officer in a Lieutenant Colonel’s slot, as Director of Officer Assignments. From 1966-1976 he served as a consultant at the highest level on Population and the Environment in the Ministries of Education and Health in Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Finnigan has worked with USAID, the Population Council, and several UN Agencies throughout Asia. From 1976 - 1994 he was a small business owner, designing, manufacturing, importing, marketing, and retailing juggling products. From 1976 through 2007 he was the Director of a national foundation project, Juggling for Success, serving as an educational consultant in over 2,000 elementary, middle, and high schools in 46 states and 12 countries. Finnigan has a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from Cornell University, an MPH from the University of California at Berkeley, Public Health Education with a specialization in Population and Family Planning studies, and is a Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington.
