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8
years. 96 months. Or just short of 3,000
days.
That's how long scientists
say we have to cut carbon emissions by
more than half, end the extinction
crisis, and avoid an all-out ecological
collapse.
We need a total transformation
of our societies -- but there's a way we
can do it...
A Harvard
University team has found a golden 'rule' for
creating social transformation: any
non-violent cause that mobilises just 3.5% of a
population reaches a tipping
point where change is virtually
guaranteed.
And with almost 70 million
members globally, representing almost 1% of the
world population, alongside thousands of other
organisations and movements, together we
could be inching toward the precious threshold
of 3.5% of the world engaged in this urgent
transformation!
But time
is running out, and we need to grow,
fast. We need more staff in more
places, working to mobilise more Avaaz members,
and unite movements, Indigenous people, youth
activists and parents, on everything from
climate change to political campaigning and
human rights, all in a thundering global effort
to help save life on Earth.
If just
10,000 of us donate just the cost of a cup of
coffee a week, in 2022 we can launch a plan to
do just that, going all out to create a
turning point for life on Earth. We can
still save our future -- but we MUST act now.
Chip in now:
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Devastating
floods and blazing infernos are a sure sign that
we are edging ever closer to planetary
tipping points -- when sudden, violent
changes shake earth's life-support systems to
the core. But everyday they are being matched by
literally thousands of people joining the great
battle for life on earth. The 3.5% rule
relies on deeply engaged citizens uniting in
common cause, and all over the world, we're
seeing exactly that: a steady march to a
crescendo of people power, reaching social
tipping points that could radically, beautifully
transform our world. Because it's not
just climate change, we also need to overcome
increasing social polarisation, billions can't
access life-saving covid vaccines, and global
inequality is rocketing. If there
was ever a moment for people to change the
course of history, it is now. So
we urgently need Avaaz to grow even bigger, both
in our own work and our support for others,
and if we raise enough we
will:
- Supercharge our
campaigning firepower by supporting
ground-breaking legal cases and mobilising
millions of people to hold leaders accountable
in real-time;
- Elevate the
voices of Indigenous people, frontline
defenders, youth activists, and parents’
coalitions in global summits and in the
corridors of power;
- Defend
democracies everywhere by further
exposing the toxic impacts of
disinformation, and launch an advocacy
blitz to hold Big Tech accountable;
- Hire dozens of
staff in new parts of the world,
recruiting millions of people in additional
languages to rapidly expand our movement,
especially in the Global South;
- Partner with
other inspiring movements, scientists,
and public health experts to turbocharge our
combined power for maximum
impact.
The plan is ambitious,
but there is simply nothing more
important. Our future is on the line, and we are
the last generation that can still save it.
Let's give it everything we've
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2021
has been another tumultuous year. But from our
impact at the climate talks in Glasgow, to our
extraordinary fight to stop the corrosive, even
lethal, impacts of social media, to the millions
we've granted to other movements and activists,
Avaaz has been a blazing force for good. Without
doubt, we are changing the world -- but we need
to do it faster. Let's make 2022 a giant leap
for humanity and the planet. So strap on your
boots, lift your face to the sky, and get ready
for a year like no other!
With fierce
hope and determination, always,
Marigona,
Mike, Martyna, Anneke, Mouhamad, Bert and the
whole team at Avaaz
PS. This might be
your first donation to our movement ever. But
what a first donation! Did you know that Avaaz
relies entirely on small donations from members
like you? That's why we're fully independent,
nimble and effective. Join the over 1 million
people who've donated to make Avaaz a real force
for good in the world.
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Photo
caption: A young girl runs past a forest being
burned to make space for rice plantations in Kon
Tum Province, Vietnam. © Jam Press/Thái
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