Regenerative Agriculture

This is an extensive UN report on the Drawdown identified solution "regenerative agriculture " entitled Growing Better.  It is linked here to our google drive for access to this important 237 page report

Guerrilla poster ninjas get the job done

Greta gets tough on the UN

First she is cute and then youth warms our hearts and give us hope and then Greta asks "How dare you ask what my message is ... why aren't you fixing this?"

Greta Thunberg on NPR

Thunberg also believes the U.S. has an "incredibly important" role to play in fighting climate change. "You are such a big country," she says. "In Sweden, when we demand politicians to do something, they say, 'It doesn't matter what we do — because just look at the U.S.' "I think you have an enormous responsibility" to lead climate efforts, she adds. "You have a moral responsibility to do that."

Greta Thunberg on Daily Show

Something Drastic Has To Happen --Roger Hallam on BBC

This is worth watching as much for the persistent, clueless question asked by the shows moderator as by Roger's message. We must understand how they don't, indeed can't get it. Only disruption can change this.

BBC report on Extinction Rebellion

Greta Thunberg Video

Greta's new story coming to US by sail boat and assessment of our movement is compelling.

Climate Strike with Us on 9/20

We have replace the past deadline action network sign in with news of this wonderful event provided by Alexa Forrester.  

I wanted to share the following links covering the event, in case you haven't seen them.

Following links covering the event, in case you haven't seen them.
The marchers, from beginning to end, as we left the JC for Mendocino avenue (thanks to Franchesca!): CLICK HERE

The whole event, including clear footage of the entire stage program starting at minute 55, thanks to The Oak Leaf (student newspaper at the JC): CLICK HERE

The Press Democrat coverage: CLICK HERE

Solving Climate Change: a blueprint (10 min. video)

Very good explaination of the context of Project Drawdown and answers the question, why we at Sonoma County Pachamama engage in presenting drawdown. A 90 minute walk Drawdown Introduction is offered at the Pachamama global commons website but you must first join the group (no cost) to access.  We suggest you watch this short video first. We also have made course documentation on our google drive available to download.



Our starting point -- Why do people tune out? Why do people switch channels when another gloom and doom climate change story comes on, piling problem upon problem?  Katharine Wilkenson, Senior writer for Project Drawdown says "It is very hard to face this kind of dramatic existential threat and feel like you have no agency."  One of the things that could provide that sense of agency would be leaders and a government that we actually believed in.  This as it turns out is also a core element of the demand of Extinction Rebellion -- The government should tell the truth".  When we come to the challenge through the lens of solutions we see the many positive and near term benefits of this work and it is very exciting.  Working together in community with wonderful creative people on a challenging project is innately rewarding. Climate change and ecological collapse is after all the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced.  Approached passionately through the myriad solutions that people care deeply about it is very motivating.

Greta Movie

Adults must embrace and support this and help this grow!

BEIS Strategy Committee question Extinction Rebellion

This is a difficult video (1:40) to watch and study as Gail Bradbrook struggles to be even handed and cordial with regulators and policy wonks who can not seem to be able to hear that we no longer have faith that government's piece meal approach is credible, indeed it is feeble.  However it touched on many difficult specific questions such as nuclear, jobs, time frames, carbon trading, etc, that come from the establishment point of view on possible policies and is good to know how these conversations go down.

The Terrible Ethical Calculus of Catastrophe

Ian Welsh, Blog, May 31, 2019, posted by Wayne Morgenthaler Normally I do not re post blogs, however this one points to a critical question that does not need restating -- under a government plan to fix the climate catastrophe, who will the save?  Our government's track record for 30 years does not inspire confidence in the outcome, but that does not mean we can wait.  It is pretty certain that the task ahead will require constant vigilance and popular resistance to programs to save the rich and abandon the poor. Let us say you know a catastrophe is coming, and you cannot stop it and thus save everyone.  What do you do? You start making choices about who to save. Not just their lives, but their stuff and their power. Catastrophes often lead to changes in societies, but sometimes they don’t.