Drawdown Introduction -- can we reverse global warming?

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DRAWDOWN: The point in time when CO2 in the atmosphere begins to decline -- 100 projects that sequester carbon from land and sea

Arlene Francis Center, Santa Rosa, hosts Introduction to DRAWDOWN Thursday, May 9th from 6-9 pm, a workshop enabling participants to become part of the solution to climate crisis. “Daily climate news is bleak,” says organizer, Wayne Morgenthaler, “but we must support solutions to this crisis now". 

 

DRAWDOWN workshops are slated for each city in the county through Sonoma County Pachamama Alliance (SCPA). Based on Paul Hawken’s book, DRAWDOWN, “the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming.”

The presentation will be preceded by a short street theater piece by Jessica Litwak and H.E.A.T. theatre troupe and a panel of youth activists will offer views on how to engage our communities, government and especially youth in the hard work of shifting toward a healthy planet and equitable life for all its people.

“DRAWDOWN is the work of... a geologists, engineers, agronomists, researchers, fellows, writers, climatologists, biologists, botanists, economists, financial analysts, architects, companies, agencies, NGOs, activists, and other experts who draft, model, fact check, review, and validate all text, inputs, sources, and calculations...to provide helpful information and tools to a wide variety of actors who are dedicated to meaningful change... ” – DRAWDOWN

Pachamama Alliance, “works with...indigenous partners in Ecuador to stand for the rights of indigenous people and Nature, safeguarding the rainforest and working in the industrialized world to shift the culture of overconsumption that threatens their Amazonian home.” The DRAWDOWN Introduction is facilitated by Pachamama spokesperson, Nelson Barry.

The DRAWDOWN movement, together with Sunrise Movement/The Green New Deal, Cities Declaring Climate Emergency, local and international The Rights of Nature Initiatives, Extinction Rebellion and other emerging groups, aims to bring people of all ages into the work of reinventing our culture away from unsustainable consumerism and disastrous continuation of burning of fossil fuels – to adapt to coming climate crises.

While many estimate it will take a mass mobilization similar to that of the New Deal in the face of war, some elements as simple as educating girls together with family planning have huge positive impact.

The DRAWDOWN book, available at bookstores and many online sellers, is a work in progress. The Introduction will be followed by a set of 5 additional workshops linking activists in our region and supporting their work.

For further information, see Sonoma County Pachamama Alliance online and read the book.