I was watching a minister on TV yesterday talk about tithing. For those of you that aren’t familiar with this, according to the Old Testament we are supposed to tithe 10% of our gross earnings. That 10% might go to a church, community outreach program to help the poor, a land conservation group or some other worthy cause.

What caught my attention was the minister mentioning that what if every person and company had to pay a 10% tax as well. Then there would be more than enough money to run our country. Then what if all the countries set aside 10% of their money to help provide for nations struck by famine, disease, natural disaster, etc.

What would happen if everyone reduced their carbon footprint by 10%. How big a difference could that make if companies and people alike made this change.  I know that 350.org and Al Gore have identified 350 ppm (parts per million) as the goal to try and turn around our present course of climate change.  The most reading I’ve seen was at 387.   Hmmm… 387 less 10% would put us at 348.3, so maybe we’re really onto something here.

It seems like the 10% solution could really make this world a much better place