--- title: "VISUAL ESSAY: What Can One Person Do, When 6.8 Billion Are Frying The Planet?" date: 2010-10-05T23:42:46Z modified: 2010-10-06T18:15:51Z permalink: "https://350.org/visual-essay-what-can-one-person-do-when-68-billion-are-frying-planet/" type: post status: publish excerpt: Check out this new "visual essay" from Franke James--long time 350 supporter and amazing artist and storytelle wpid: 24829 --- _Check out this new "visual essay" from_ **[Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/)**_–long time 350 supporter and amazing artist and storyteller._ _Her story has already inspired people to get involved in 10/10/10 — check it out below!_ --- ![photo of 3 dogs being walked by Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/images/1coffee_NYC.jpg "we could talk over coffee about global warming") ![frying planet drawing by Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/images/2_fryingplanet.jpg "frying the planet") ![walk and think drawing by Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/images/3_walkthink1.jpg "walking") ![CO2 rising drawing by Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/images/4_CO2loaf.jpg "CO2 rising. leaders loafing") ![toast drawing by Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/images/5_toast.jpg "toast") ![Deepak Chopra drawing by Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/images/6_chopraworry.jpg "Deepak Chopra says not to worry about global warming") ![Flip worry drawing by Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/images/7_foresight.jpg "Flip worry around and it becomes foresight") ![Woolly Mammoth antique engraving istock](https://www.frankejames.com/images/8_mammoth.jpg "Woolly Mammoth") ![Charles Darwin illustration by Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/images/9_darwin.jpg "Charles Darwin quote about adaptation, drawing by franke james") ![photo illustration by Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/images/10_fryingplanet.jpg "What can one person do when 6.8 billion are frying the planet?") ![african desert photo by istock, African sculpture photo by Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/images/fried_frying1.jpg "frying the planet") ![dinosaur drawing by Franke James with photo by Greenpeace of Tar Sands](https://www.frankejames.com/images/11_dinosaur_extinct1.jpg "Fossil Fuel Irony") ![cloud type illustration by Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/images/12_familyworry.jpg "I can't help worrying about myself and my family") ![photo of flying north by Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/images/13_familyescape.jpg "Would we be safer up north?") ![aerial photo of Newark by Franke James, 2010](https://www.frankejames.com/images/14_climatecatastrophe.jpg "Are cities the safest place if a climate catastrophe hits?") ![Franke James drawing](https://www.frankejames.com/images/15_halfworld.jpg "Half of the world's population lives in cities") ![Franke James drawing](https://www.frankejames.com/images/16_fleecity.jpg "We can't all flee") ![Franke James drawing](https://www.frankejames.com/images/17_perils.jpg "perils") ![mammoth superimposed on Franke James road photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/18_mammoth_adapt.jpg "mammoth job") ![Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/19_cityplanners.jpg "city planners 4 sight") ![Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/20_foreman.jpg "construction") ![Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/21_pipesize.jpg "construction") ![Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/22_foreman_reply.jpg "pipes are not bigger") ![plan Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/23_umbrellaplan.jpg "city plan") ![drawing of Google logo search page by Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/images/24_Googley.jpg "Google city plan") ![City worries too drawing by Franke James features quote from Toronto's 'Ahead of the Storm brochure](https://www.frankejames.com/images/25_cityworries1.jpg "Toronto's Ahead of the Storm") ![photos of Finch Avenue in August 2005 by Jane-Finch.com](https://www.frankejames.com/images/26_Finchwipeout.jpg "Toronto's Ahead of the Storm") ![Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/27_cityplan.jpg "city plan") ![Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/28_oldlightbulb.jpg "M+A") ![Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/29_reducingCO2.jpg "sold car, reduced co2") ![Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/30_builtdriveway.jpg "flood costs") ![Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/31_heatisland.jpg "flood costs") ![Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/33_1personcando.jpg "flood costs") ![Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/34_Adaptloaf1.jpg "flood costs") ![Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/35_mitigateplan.jpg "flood costs") [![10/10/10 Poster from 350.org](https://www.frankejames.com/images/101010-message.png "Join the work party on 10/10/10") ](https://www.350.org/) ![Franke James photo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/37_fryingplanet1.jpg "flood costs") [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [Share](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php) ### Credits: [![](https://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/782239511/f_jamestwitter_CBC_bigger.jpg) ](https://twitter.com/frankejames) [**Franke James**](../?page_id=28) merges science, art and storytelling to inspire people to take action and “do the hardest thing first” for the planet. Franke uses her skills as an artist, photographer and writer to create [visual essays](../../visual.php) on environmental and social issues. She is the author of two award-winning books, [Bothered By My Green Conscience](../?p=116) and [Dear Office-Politics, the game everyone plays](https://www.officepolitics.com/advice/?page_id=14). **What Can One Person Do, When 6.8 Billion Are Frying The Planet? © 2010** [Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/debate/?page_id=28) Photographs, illustrations and writing by [Franke James](https://www.frankejames.com/debate/?page_id=28), MFA, except as noted below: “Cruel Irony” illustration features: Tar sands photo by © Greenpeace Finch Avenue on August 2005: Photos courtesy Jane-Finch.com Cover: "[Ahead of the Storm](www.toronto.ca/teo/pdf/ahead_of_the_storm_highlights.pdf)" City of Toronto climate change brochure Heat Island graphic by [Clean Air Partnership ](https://www.cleanairpartnership.org/) ### Sign Up! [Register for 10/10/10 on 350.org](https://www.350.org/) [![101010 logo](https://www.frankejames.com/images/101010-logosig.jpg "10/10/10 logo") ](https://www.350.org/) ### Resources: [Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805090568?ie=UTF8&tag=officepolitic-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805090568)![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=officepolitic-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0805090568) by **Bill McKibben** [The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061726885?ie=UTF8&tag=officepolitic-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061726885)![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=officepolitic-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061726885) by **Heidi Cullen**. **TUCCN:** [Toronto Urban Climate Change Network](https://www.tuccn.org/resources/) **Ahead of the Storm:**[ City of Toronto highlights from climate change report](https://www.toronto.ca/teo/pdf/ahead_of_the_storm_highlights.pdf) **Environment Canada's** [Climate Change Hazards](https://hazards.ca/) by geographic region **Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction:** [Handbook for Reducing Basement Flooding (2009)](https://www.iclr.org/images/Basement_Flood_Handbook_-_ICLR_-_2009.pdf) [ICLR Home Builder's Guide (2009)](https://www.iclr.org/images/New_home_builders_guide.pdf) [New York City Plan](https://www.nyc.gov/html/planyc2030/html/plan/climate.shtml "NYC Plan") for Climate Change