Williamstown and district residents are encouraged to contribute to a world record involving people from across the globe towards creating a shared conversation about the facts of climate change’s past, present and future impacts.
Williamstown book store Book and Paper will be one of the several places across the globe hosting the world record for the largest global book signing of ‘The Carbon Almanac’ on Saturday, July 16 from 10am to 11am.
The Carbon Almanac is a collaborative book which offers climate science facts without conflicting perspectives and agendas to help the world become more informed about climate change.
Newport resident and author Louise Karch is among the 300 contributors and is helping to lead the world record campaign.
“People can have conversations that can make change happen,” she said.
Entrepreneur and author Seth Godin organised the project and said the main goal of the book and the world record campaign is to encourage global and local solutions to climate change.
“Our goal is to start a conversation, around the world and around the neighbourhood,” he said.
“We need systems solutions to our systems problem, and it won’t happen if we don’t connect and communicate.
“We’re all authors of our future on this planet, and the Almanac is a shared touchstone, a place to start a conversation.”
More than 300 volunteers gathered to write and design The Carbon Almanac. The book is being released in multiple foreign-language editions and will be released in Australia later in the year.
Details: thecarbonalmanac.org/worldrecord
Matthew Sims
