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CEED, based in Arcata, California, envisions a world of environmentally sustainable and socially just communities. Founded in 1993, CEED?s mission is to help organizations and individuals grow such sustainable communities.
For decades many people have earnestly followed the slogan ?Think Globally, Act Locally.? CEED believes the time is ripe for putting this slogan to work. Two of our current campaigns follow:
In order to address the global warming threat to ecosystems and society, CEED is inviting cities and campuses to join CEED?s ?7 by ?07? Campaign and reduce their carbon emissions more than 7% below 1990 levels before the year 2007. This deadline is ahead of the 2008-2012 dates set forth in the Kyoto Protocol (the climate change treaty not yet ratified by the U.S.). Since U.S. carbon emissions have increased 11% since 1990, this target involves an 18% reduction (nearly one-fifth) below current levels. Reaching the 7% target entails a mix of reducing energy consumption, improving energy efficiency, and switching to environmentally safe renewable energy alternatives.
CEED?s International Innovative Revenue Project promotes innovative revenue and financing approaches to fund local solutions to global problems. Our Tobin Tax Initiative proposes taxes on foreign currency transactions which could raise billions of dollars annually, while taming destabilizing speculation. Our Citizen Protocols campaign seeks citizen budgets for funding ecologically sustainable development.
In addition to these campaigns, CEED has worked with a variety of projects and organizations. CEED produced a video called ?Sharing the Vision? on cooperatives and rural economic development, developed indicators of environmental, social, and economic well-being in the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion, and is currently conducting a study of the economics of ecosystem-based carbon sequestration.