[✔️] September 5, 2023- Global Warming News Digest | Zero dollar, Spencer Glendon, David Spratt, Traumatic stress advice, Poison Ivy tips, 2009 resignations

Tue Sep 5 06:52:27 EDT 2023

/*September *//*5, 2023*/

/[ Eventually all carbon fuel investments will yield a Zero Dollar return ]/
*World’s money is flowing in the wrong direction’: Funding of fossil 
fuels eclipses climate finance*
By Euronews Green
Published on 09/04/2023
Funding for polluting industries far outstrips support for climate 
change mitigation, a new report shows.
Top banks are funding two of the world’s most polluting industries far 
more aggressively than governments are funding solutions, a new report 
reveals.

Banks including HSBC, Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase have poured almost 
€3 trillion into the expansion of fossil fuels in the Global South since 
the Paris Agreement on Climate Change was adopted seven years ago.

A further €340 billion has been funnelled into industrial agriculture, 
the second major cause of climate change, according to an analysis by 
NGO ActionAid.
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“Banks need to own up to the harm that they are unleashing on the 
communities and the planet, and urgently stop financing the destruction 
wreaked by fossil fuels and industrial agriculture.”
https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/09/04/worlds-money-is-flowing-in-the-wrong-direction-funding-of-fossil-fuels-eclipses-climate-fi

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/[ Spencer Glendon knows finance, risk and climate 
//https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLhILGLHRs0&t=1189s //] /
*The Probable Futures of Climate Change with Spencer Glendon*
Wavemaker Conversations with Michael Schulder
Sep 18, 2022
A visually immersive Wavemaker Conversation on climate change, featuring 
Spencer Glendon -- former Partner at the trillion-dollar investment firm 
Wellington Capital, and creator of the eye-opening climate platform 
Probable Futures.

The latest climate change developments make it feel like we are on a 
runaway train that will flatten the dreams of our children.  With this 
conversation, I hope to play a small part in slowing down that train.
( full interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLhILGLHRs0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLhILGLHRs0&t=1189s

/[ Climate Glenn interview video  ]/
*David Spratt: [Articulating &] Reclaiming the Climate Emergency*
That was Professor James Hansen speaking during an interview I recorded 
in Vienna at the European Geophysical Union Conference, in 2012. In this 
ClimateGenn episode I speak with David Spratt, Research Director, 
Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration in Australia, about 
his recent article, ‘Reclaiming the Climate Emergency’ - the links to 
the article are in the notes.
APRIL 10, 2023

We discuss the origins, treatment and what next? Aspect of how do we 
reclaim and respond appropriately in a real Climate Emergency - much 
like the one we are irrefutably in.

I have also inserted a segment from this first interview with Professor 
Hansen in the interview with David, to better highlight how perilous the 
lack of action over the last decade has really been.

Patreon and Youtube ‘Water Tier’ members can watch the whole unedited 26 
minutes interview with Professor Hansen that I have just uploaded. Given 
the lack off any progress on tackling climate change, much of what Jim 
said in 2012 is entirely relevant today.

Thank you for listening. I am currently working on the interview and 
article with Professor Jingfang Fan at the University of Beijing and 
also Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. We discuss his 
research on teleconnections between Earth system tipping points and the 
identification of possible cascade mechanisms.

Thank you.
Reclaiming 'climate emergency’”,  today published in English in the 
Slovenian journal Filozofski vestnik.

The article is also available at: 
https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/filozofski-vestnik/article/view/12054/11185

The whole issue is at: https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/filozofski-vestnik
https://www.patreon.com/posts/david-spratt-81325759

[ /The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) ]/
*THE JENGA BLOCKS OF TRAUMATIC STRESS*
BY BEQUI LIVINGSTON
What is trauma? And what does it mean to be traumatized?

The term traumatic stress was coined by French psychologist Pierre Janet 
in 1889 after publishing the first scientific account of this disorder, 
claiming that, “trauma survivors are prone to continue the action, or 
rather the (futile) attempt at action, which began when the thing happened.”

When we talk about stress, we recognize that all humans experience 
stress, however, our reactions to stress often determine how it will 
affect us. Eustress is known as good stress, distress is the not-so-good 
stress, and traumatic stress, the worst. Using the example of overtime 
pay in the wildland world, most wildland firefighters rely on overtime 
to compensate their paychecks. The eustress of earning more money; the 
distress of being away from our homes and loved ones; and the traumatic 
stress of becoming burned out, ill, injured or losing our most precious 
relationships – all in the name of OT!

It’s well known that all stress includes some kind of physiological 
expression in the body – everything from sweaty palms, racing heart, 
tension, and shortened breath to heartbreak. Perhaps you can think of a 
time that you felt especially stressed and physical sensations were 
present. There may even be a time that you were so frightened you were 
frozen in fear, immobilized and unable to move. These are all normal 
reactions to abnormal circumstances – exactly what our bodies and primal 
brains are supposed to do to keep us safe and out of harm’s way.

But what happens when the system goes awry, when this traumatic stress 
becomes cumulative, ongoing, without resolve? I liken it to playing 
Jenga blocks; we start by building a secure block foundation, slowly and 
mindfully building the stack, one-by-one, until completed. It looks 
solid and stable, right? Imagine these same Jenga blocks as the 
foundation of our lives. We build our foundation slowly, but then with 
every stressor, with every trauma and every loss, one of the blocks gets 
removed. You continue building, and slowly, blocks are removed, yet the 
stack still stands. You get to a point where the stack seems pretty 
secure and stable. However, you didn’t realize blocks were slowly being 
taken away, without knowing which one would be the catalyst, the crisis, 
the point at which all the blocks come tumbling down.

A common definition of trauma is, “an event where the individual feels 
that they are powerless to control the circumstances or event; the 
circumstances/event is either frightening and/or perceived as a moral 
injury; and the circumstances/event changes the individual’s beliefs 
about themselves, the world and their interactions in the world.”

Trauma falls into two categories: environmental trauma includes natural 
disasters (such as entrapments and burn overs), car accidents, and 
medical procedures; and interpersonal trauma, which occurs in the course 
of a relationship, sexual abuse, domestic violence, religious abuse, and 
trauma that occurs in childhood, such as neglect, abandonment and abuse. 
These traumas have a clear and concise way of impacting and injuring our 
autonomic nervous systems, especially when cumulative, relational and 
on-going.

The body is a miraculous machine, and everything that happens to us is 
perfectly orchestrated. Let’s look at how our brain operates when 
stressed or traumatized, using wildland firefighting as an example. We 
get the dispatch and our autonomic nervous system goes into high alert. 
Our brain’s alarm system is activated, sometimes referred to as amygdala 
hijack, causing a cascade of stress hormones, along with slowing down 
our cognitive brain, or pre-frontal cortex. This cascade of stress 
hormones allows the reflexes to fight or flee, pumping much needed 
energy to our muscles, allowing us to prepare for a wildfire. Under 
normal circumstances, stress hormones will decrease back to normal once 
the stress has passed. However, with the stress of wildland fire, these 
stress hormones take much longer to subside, spiking quickly and 
disproportionately in response to stressful stimuli. The constant and 
cumulative cascade of these hormones can wreak havoc to our health and 
well-being, physically, mentally, emotionally, relationally and spiritually.

Using our wildland fire scenario, we can understand how our ANS and 
brains react, when the stress of simply being dispatched causes the 
hormone waterfall that continues throughout the assignment. Our bodies 
are now prepared for fighting or fleeing, not only pumping adrenaline 
and cortisol through our systems, but protecting us through what is 
known as armoring, which is another brilliant protection mechanism 
keeping our bodies safe from attack. How often, while on a fire, do you 
notice your upper chest, upper back, shoulders and neck become tense or 
tight?

I find it ludicrous that wildland folks are still provided with only two 
days of R&R, thinking that this will give them time to relax and 
recover! What we know about traumatic stress is that once the system has 
been activated, it takes our stress hormones up to 72 hours just to 
begin to subside. That’s why we often feel like we are just beginning to 
settle down just as R&R is over. Think about the harm this does to our 
bodies when we don’t even allow ourselves the time it takes to truly 
recover, especially with fire season now 24/7/365.

Another huge component is the effect of the stresshormone cascade in our 
bodies, because these traumatic and stressful events create a fire storm 
in our fascia, muscles, connective tissue, bones, organs and cells, 
especially when not addressed in a healthy way. It is known that all 
traumatic stress manifests physiologically or somatically, in the body. 
It’s no wonder that so many of us deal with ongoing chronic pain and 
illness long after fire season subsides. It’s also important to 
understand why some wildland firefighters develop post-traumatic stress, 
while some don’t. People who experienced developmental trauma as a 
child, or adverse childhood experiences, are 20 times more likely to 
develop post-traumatic stress or complex post-traumatic stress.

My wish is that this information helps you begin to understand the 
complexities of traumatic stress, including grief while helping you to 
begin to connect the dots in your own wildland world. I would have given 
anything to have had this kind of knowledge and wisdom going into my 
Jenga blocks crumbling. And, please know, despite the chaos that 
accompanies post-traumatic stress, there is always a healing path 
forward; it’s called posttraumatic growth. More on that in future articles.

Bequi Livingston was the first woman recruited by the New Mexico-based 
Smokey Bear Hotshots for its elite wildland firefighting crew. She was 
the Regional Fire Operations Health and Safety Specialist for the U.S. 
Forest Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Contact her at bequilivingstonfirefit at msn.com.

https://www.iawfonline.org/article/the-jenga-blocks-of-traumatic-stress/

/[  gardening advice -- more CO2 means everything grows faster, 
especially poison ivy - some text and audio ]/
*Why poison ivy loves climate change*
August 30, 2023
Heard on Morning Edition FROM WBUR
By  Gabrielle Emanuel
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2023/08/20230830_me_why_poison_ivy_loves_climate_change.mp3?d=251&size=4024574&e=1196712560&t=progseg&seg=7&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer

Climate change appears to be making poison ivy thrive, with the plant 
growing faster, larger and more potent
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/30/1196712560/why-poison-ivy-loves-climate-change

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/[ Practical help ]/
*How to Kill Poison Ivy in 5 Steps*
Last Updated June 12th, 2023 by Amy

*Poison Ivy’s Niche in the Ecosystem*
This native plant fills two important ecological roles: (1) It provides 
food for wildlife, and (2) It helps protect the edges of forest.

*#1: Poison Ivy Berries are for the Birds*
We might see the poisonous berries of the poison ivy plant and think, 
“Danger!”. But to songbirds — most notably bluebirds, goldfinches, 
warblers and woodpeckers — these grayish-white berries are an important 
food source.

*#2: Poison Ivy Protects the Forest*
The edge of forest is an especially vulnerable place. It’s where wind 
can drift in with seeds of potentially dubious plants that could alter 
the makeup of the forest. The hot sun can threaten to “bake” the soil 
and change its soil composition to make it less viable for forest.

As such, a healthy forest relies on having a healthy thicket at its edge 
to capture and buffer threats from the outside.

A healthy forest edge can also make way for forest expansion, which 
doesn’t happen very often in modern times where humans see forests as 
commodities with development potential.

In general, poison ivy thrives on the edge of the forest: It loves the 
full sun in front of it, yet it also loves the moist ground from the 
forest shade behind it.

Thickets, i.e. the edges of the forest, are usually full of brambles and 
their thorns, too. So brambles and poison ivy are the protectors of the 
forest — they form a thick wall as if to say, ‘This is a healing forest 
area: Keep out’.

Poison ivy deters entrance to an area and as a ground cover, it protects 
the soil to retain nutrients and minimize erosion.

When we eradicate poison ivy, we are both removing a wildlife food 
source and removing one of nature’s solutions for forest conservation.

The Poison Ivy 5-Step Eradication Plan
*Step 1: **Define the area afflicted by poison ivy and decide if 
eradication is necessary.*
Look at where the poison ivy is growing and determine if eradication is 
actually necessary and worthwhile. Since eradicating it takes quite a 
bit of effort, trying to remove it from a large area is not realistic. 
If it’s in a forested area, can it be left there?

Stick to the areas that humans frequently use.

Is it getting in your way? Only seek to eradicate that which is directly 
encroaching on a walking path or other well-used area.

*Step 2: Eradicating Poison Ivy*
Although I literally do not use chemical herbicide for any other 
purpose, I do encourage using it on poison ivy that is posing a human 
threat. That’s because other poison ivy removal strategies aren’t very 
effective. They require frequent exposure to the plant to keep it at 
bay. More exposure = greater chance of developing the miserable rash!

Apply the chemical herbicide (such as glyphosate) directly to the 
foliage at the highest ‘safe concentration’ directed on the container. 
This maximizes its effectiveness while minimizing repeat applications.

*Step 3: Sheet Mulch*
Sheet mulching after step 2 is a fail-proof way to ensure that the 
poison ivy doesn’t return. It also improves the soil and prepares it to 
be planted with something of your choosing.

Sheet mulching consists of covering an area with a couple layers of 
cardboard, then topping it with one to two feet of wood chips. Let it 
sit for a season. This method uses the sun to smother and solarize any 
remaining live poison ivy roots.

The deep layer of wood chips serves a dual purpose:

It helps to smother the poison ivy, as well as to rejuvenate the soil 
after the application of herbicide (chemical or natural) in preparation 
for planting something desirable.

*Step 4: Place Physical Barriers*
If poison ivy creeps into your living spaces from a forest edge, 
installing a physical barrier between the two ensures that the poison 
ivy doesn’t creep back in.

In Edible Forest Gardens, Dave Jacke lists some barrier ideas: Try a 
pond, section of pavement, or a constant mowed area between the 
encroaching poison ivy and your yard/garden. Or consider burying a 
rhizome weed barrier.

Jacke prefers solutions that permanently or semi-permanently get the job 
done without the need for constant management. After all, the goal in 
permaculture is to be smart about the work you create for yourself.

*Step 5: Replace Poison Ivy with other plants*
Once you’re sure that the poison ivy is dead and that you won’t have to 
treat the area again, it’s time to replace the poison ivy with more 
desirable plants.

Remember that poison ivy fills two ecological niches that we know of: 
Feeding songbirds with fall berries and protecting the soil as a ground 
cover.

Seek out plants that fill these niches...
https://www.tenthacrefarm.com/how-to-kill-poison-ivy/

/[The news archive - looking back]/
/*September 5, 2009*/
September 5, 2009: White House advisor Van Jones decides to resign after 
a series of vicious rhetorical attacks on him by Fox News Channel host 
Glenn Beck and other conservative pundits.

    *The Back Story of How Right-Wing Groups Got Van Jones Fired*
    The Young Turks
    Sep 8, 2009
    Watch the complete show at http://www.theyoungturks.com

http://youtu.be/_RuAFg0haCk

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