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<font size="+1"><i>January 12, 2018</i></font><br>
<br>
[Bloomberg Opinion]<br>
<b><a
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-11/america-s-no-1-enemy-climate-change">America's
Most Pressing Threat? Climate Change</a></b><br>
The Trump administration is ignoring a huge threat to national
security and global stability....<br>
What makes climate change so pernicious is that while the effects
will only become catastrophic far down the road, the only
opportunity to fix the problem rests in the present. In other words,
waiting "to be sure climate change is real" condemns us to a highly
insecure future if we make the wrong bet. We are in danger of
missing not only the vast forest of looming climate change, but the
ability to see some of the specific trees that will cause us the
most problems. Some of the most obvious and pressing concerns
include:<br>
<b>Water scarcity, droughts and resource struggles leading to wars
and terrorism... </b><b><br>
</b><b>Rising sea levels that swamp our ports and coastlines...</b><b><br>
</b><b>Arctic melting, rising geopolitical tension and
competition...</b><b><br>
</b><b>Economic impact that undermines our ability to spend on
defense... </b><b><br>
</b><b>Extreme weather... </b><br>
We must address these challenges - now - in three key ways.<br>
<b>First, we need to acknowledge the problem..</b><b><br>
</b><b>Second, the U.S. must re-take a leadership role..</b><b><br>
</b><b>And third, the U.S. needs to break out of its traditional
stove-piped structure and try to address climate change coherently
across all agencies and departments. </b>If the White House is
going to leave the issue out of the National Security Strategy for
domestic political reasons, the Departments of Defense, State and
Homeland Security must drive it back into their long-term plans. <br>
Both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations understood
the reality of climate change and that it poses a major national
security threat. If the Trump White House insists on ignoring the
inevitable, the professionals at the relevant departments and
agencies have to take it upon themselves to develop real strategies,
and put real resources, into keeping the U.S. and its global
interests secure far into an uncertain future.<br>
<i><font size="-1">This column does not necessarily reflect the
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</span></span><font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-11/america-s-no-1-enemy-climate-change">https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-11/america-s-no-1-enemy-climate-change</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Foreign Policy]<br>
<b><a
href="http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/01/09/the-only-force-that-can-beat-climate-change-is-the-u-s-army/">The
Only Force That Can Beat Climate Change Is the US Army</a></b><br>
America's military is the only institution that can break the
partisan deadlock on the worst threat the nation faces.<br>
By Anatol Lieven<br>
The precise extent of human-induced climate change is unclear, but
the basic science is unequivocal, as is the danger it poses to the
United States. This threat comes from the direct impact of climate
change on agricultural production and sea levels but equally
importantly from the huge waves of migration that climate change is
likely to cause, on a scale that even the world's richest states and
societies will be unable either to prevent or accommodate.<br>
Yet for two out of the past four U.S. administrations, action on
this issue has been frozen due to the refusal of a large section of
the political establishment and electorate to accept the clear
scientific evidence that this threat exists - and the Trump
administration has now decided to remove climate change from the
list of security threats to the United States under its new National
Security Strategy (NSS)...<br>
It may be a mistake in this context to emphasize the long-term
direct physical impacts of climate change and their apocalyptic
nature. While the appalling scale of these risks genuinely should
prompt radical action, these long-term predictions are by their
nature highly uncertain. Moreover, they fall so far outside the
bounds of normal thinking by militaries and security elites that
they produce an automatic aversion in such circles; talk of doom
switches people off from practical thinking...<br>
Far better therefore when seeking the attention and commitment of
national security elites to concentrate on threats that already fall
within the remit of security studies. These would be dangers that
are medium term rather than long term and predictable with very high
levels of certainty - indeed, in many cases they are already
occurring problems. The consensus among experts is that at least for
several decades to come, the effects of climate change will not
produce sudden and apocalyptic change but rather gradually will
worsen already existing and observable problems.<br>
Two wider issues are involved here. The first is that as an
institution that depends on science for its weapons and intelligence
systems, the U.S. defense establishment not only has a keen
understanding of its importance, but can remind the American public
of the vital urgency of reckoning with scientific fact.<br>
The second relates to the role of patriotism and nationalism in
America. At present, climate change has been turned - quite
unnecessarily - into an issue that divides Americans rather than
unites them. At present, climate change has been turned - quite
unnecessarily - into an issue that divides Americans rather than
unites them. Nationalism is the only force in the United States and
elsewhere that can motivate the masses to make sacrifices in the
struggle against climate change not on behalf of abstract ideas of
planetary responsibility but on behalf of a commitment to the future
of their countries. This involvement of patriotism is vital, both
because the economic sacrifices required will indeed be very
considerable and because they will have to be made by present
generations on behalf of future ones....<br>
The military can play a key part in mobilizing these feelings and
turning this struggle into one that unites Americans and reduces the
divisions and hatred that are beginning to pose a threat not only to
the working of the U.S. political system but even the long-term
survival of U.S. democracy. Without this engagement, successful
action against climate change will be impossible, and the
consequences for the United States and the world will be disastrous.<font
size="-1"><br>
Anatol Lieven is a professor at Georgetown University in Qatar and
a senior research fellow at New America in Washington. He is the
author, among other books, of America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy
of American Nationalism. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/01/09/the-only-force-that-can-beat-climate-change-is-the-u-s-army/">http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/01/09/the-only-force-that-can-beat-climate-change-is-the-u-s-army/</a></font><br>
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<br>
[No Coal in Oakland goes to court]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://nocoalinoakland.info/coal-lawsuit-goes-to-trial-on-january-16/">COAL
LAWSUIT GOES TO TRIAL ON JANUARY 16</a></b><br>
Before a packed courtroom of No Coal in Oakland supporters, Judge
Vince Chhabria today ordered a trial on whether the City breached
its agreements with the developer when it enacted a ban on coal
storage and handling in July 2016. The trial will start on Tuesday,
January 16, and then hop, skip, and jump from Wednesday, January 17
to Friday, January 19, and on to Tuesday, January 23.<br>
At today's hearing, the judge effectively denied summary judgment to
both sides on the developer's breach of contract claim and left
summary judgment motions on federal constitutional and preemption
claims hanging for later resolution after trial. Although the judge
acknowledged that this approach was "unusual," he noted that
"everything about this case has been unusual."<br>
The judge encouraged the parties to focus at trial on whether the
City had "substantial evidence of substantial danger" to health and
safety of West Oakland neighbors of the proposed coal terminal when
it adopted the ban on coal. The judge repeatedly underscored his
need to get a clearer understanding of the weight of the evidence in
the record before the City Council on air quality impacts of the
proposed coal export terminal.<br>
There will be no jury in the case so Judge Chhabria will decide
questions of fact as well as of law. He is particularly concerned
about whether the City's analysis of air quality impact of the
project was well-founded.... <br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://nocoalinoakland.info/coal-lawsuit-goes-to-trial-on-january-16/">https://nocoalinoakland.info/coal-lawsuit-goes-to-trial-on-january-16/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[video Peter Sinclair]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/Pe9SbC1D-sk">If
the Planet is Warming, Why am I Freezing?</a></b><br>
YaleClimateConnections Published on Jan 11, 2018<br>
The recent cold snap in eastern North America, predictably, brought
out questions from the usual suspects about climate change and
global warming. Here, an all-star team of Arctic scientists explain
how a warming Arctic can bring cold to temperate zones, even as
Alaska is balmy.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/Pe9SbC1D-sk">https://youtu.be/Pe9SbC1D-sk</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Migration]<br>
<b><a
href="http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/01/11/climate-change-driving-migration-vietnams-mekong-delta/">Climate
change is driving migration from Vietnam's Mekong delta</a></b><br>
Published on 11/01/2018<br>
Saltwater intrusion and drought are destroying crops in one of the
most fertile places on earth, prompting an exodus of farmers<br>
The Vietnamese Mekong Delta is one of Earth's most agriculturally
productive regions and is of global importance for its exports of
rice, shrimp, and fruit.<br>
The 18m inhabitants of this low-lying river delta are also some of
the world's most vulnerable to climate change. Over the last ten
years around 1.7m people have migrated out of its vast expanse of
fields, rivers and canals while only 700,000 have arrived...<br>
There are a host of climate-linked drivers behind migration in the
Delta. Some homes have quite literally fallen into the sea as the
coast has eroded in the Southwestern portion of the delta - in some
places 100m of coastal belt has been lost in a year. Hundreds of
thousands of households are affected by the intrusion of salt water
as the sea rises and only some are able to switch their livelihoods
to salt-water tolerant commodities. Others have been affected by the
increased incidence of drought, a trend which can be attributed in
part to climate change, but also to upstream dam construction.<br>
Governments and communities in developing countries around the world
have already begun taking action to manage climate change impacts
through adaptation. Our recent research in Vietnam flags a warning
about how this is being done. We show that a further group of people
are being forced to migrate from the Mekong due to decisions
originally taken to protect them from the climate. Thousands of
kilometres of dykes, many over four metres high, now criss-cross the
delta. They were built principally to protect people and crops from
flooding, but those same dykes have fundamentally altered the
ecosystem. The poor and the landless can no longer find fish to eat
and sell, and the dykes prevent free nutrients being carried onto
paddies by the flood...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/01/11/climate-change-driving-migration-vietnams-mekong-delta/">http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/01/11/climate-change-driving-migration-vietnams-mekong-delta/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-triggering-a-migrant-crisis-in-vietnam-88791">https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-triggering-a-migrant-crisis-in-vietnam-88791</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180110141317.htm">Adaptation
now: River flood risks increase around the globe under future
warming</a></b><br>
Summary:<br>
Rainfall changes caused by global warming will increase river flood
risks across the globe. Already today, fluvial floods are among the
most common and devastating natural disasters. Scientists have now
calculated the required increase in flood protection until the 2040s
worldwide, breaking it down to single regions and cities. They find
that the need for adaptation is greatest in the US, parts of India
and Africa, Indonesia, and in Central Europe including Germany.
Inaction would expose many millions of people to severe flooding...<br>
"Our yardstick is that people want to keep the protection level they
have today - they don't want things to become worse. Consequently,
in countries with a fairly good level of protection, much has to be
done to keep the same level of protection and prevent that people
indeed have to leave their homes due to flooding."<br>
<b>If we do not limit climate change, risks will surpass our
abilities to adapt.</b><br>
"If they choose to ignore the issue, sadly enough disaster will
come. The time has come where mitigating future climate change must
be accompanied by adapting to the climate change that we already
caused. Doing nothing will be dangerous."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180110141317.htm">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180110141317.htm</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Court filings NYC]<br>
<div class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://blogs2.law.columbia.edu/climate-change-litigation/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/case-documents/2018/20180109_docket-118-cv-00182_complaint.pdf">Court
filing for the City of NYC suit against Exxon, Chevron, Shell
and Conoco.</a><br>
</div>
<div class=""><a
href="http://blogs2.law.columbia.edu/climate-change-litigation/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/case-documents/2018/20180109_docket-118-cv-00182_complaint.pdf"
class="">http://blogs2.law.columbia.edu/climate-change-litigation/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/case-documents/2018/20180109_docket-118-cv-00182_complaint.pdf</a></div>
<blockquote>UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT<br>
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
COMPLAINT<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://blogs2.law.columbia.edu/climate-change-litigation/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/case-documents/2018/20180109_docket-118-cv-00182_complaint.pdf">Case
No. 18 cv 182</a><br>
CITY OF NEW YORK,<br>
Plaintiff,<br>
-against-<br>
BP P.L.C.; CHEVRON CORPORATION; CONOCOPHILLIPS; EXXON MOBIL
CORPORATION; and ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC,<br>
Defendants.<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.thenation.com/article/new-york-city-vs-big-oil/">https://www.thenation.com/article/new-york-city-vs-big-oil/</a>.
<br>
<br>
<br>
[Pew Global]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2018/01/11/publics-globally-want-unbiased-news-coverage-but-are-divided-on-whether-their-news-media-deliver/">Publics
globally want unbiased news coverage, but are divided on whether
their news media deliver</a></b><br>
People around the world overwhelmingly agree that news media should
be unbiased in coverage of political issues, yet many say news media
do a poor job of reporting political issues fairly. News media
receive higher marks in other areas, including news accuracy and
coverage of important stories. Use an interactive to explore how
often people in 38 countries use the internet and social networking
sites to get news...<br>
News media receive considerably higher marks in other performance
areas. Broad majorities say their news media do a good job of
covering the most important stories (median of 73%), reporting the
news accurately (62%), and reporting news about government leaders
and officials (59%). People in sub-Saharan Africa and the
Asia-Pacific are more satisfied with their news media, while Latin
Americans are the most critical. The U.S. public tends to fall
roughly in the middle across the different performance areas asked
about...<font size="-1"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2018/01/11/publics-globally-want-unbiased-news-coverage-but-are-divided-on-whether-their-news-media-deliver/">http://www.pewglobal.org/2018/01/11/publics-globally-want-unbiased-news-coverage-but-are-divided-on-whether-their-news-media-deliver/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Cuba]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/cuba-embarks-100-year-plan-protect-itself-climate-change">Cuba
embarks on a 100-year plan to protect itself from climate change</a></b><br>
By Richard Stone<br>
On its deadly run through the Caribbean last September, Hurricane
Irma lashed northern Cuba, inundating coastal settlements and
scouring away vegetation. The powerful storm dealt Havana only a
glancing blow; even so, 10-meter waves pummeled El Malecon, the
city's seaside promenade, and ravaged stately but decrepit buildings
in the capital's historic district. "There was great destruction,"
says Dalia Salabarria Fernandez, a marine biologist here at the
National Center for Protected Areas (CNAP).<br>
As the flood waters receded, she says, "Cuba learned a very
important lesson." With thousands of kilometers of low-lying coast
and a location right in the path of Caribbean hurricanes, which many
believe are intensifying because of climate change, the island
nation must act fast to gird against future disasters.<br>
Irma lent new urgency to a plan, called Tarea Vida, or Project Life,
adopted last spring by Cuba's Council of Ministers. A decade in the
making, the program bans construction of new homes in threatened
coastal areas, mandates relocating people from communities doomed by
rising sea levels, calls for an overhaul of the country's
agricultural system to shift crop production away from
saltwater-contaminated areas, and spells out the need to shore up
coastal defenses, including by restoring degraded habitat. "The
overarching idea," says Salabarría Fernandez, "is to increase the
resilience of vulnerable communities."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/cuba-embarks-100-year-plan-protect-itself-climate-change">http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/cuba-embarks-100-year-plan-protect-itself-climate-change</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[PBS <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/traumatized-puerto-ricans-see-uncertain-insecure-future#audio">audio</a>
+ text]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/traumatized-puerto-ricans-see-uncertain-insecure-future">Traumatized
Puerto Ricans see uncertain, insecure future</a></b><br>
It's been nearly four months since Puerto Rico was ravaged by
Hurricane Maria, and the return to normalcy has been hindered by a
painfully slow recovery. Jeffrey Brown talks to special
correspondent Monica Villamizar for an update on how residents are
coping amid rising crime rates, dwindling school enrollment and
devastated infrastructure and natural resources.<br>
(<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/traumatized-puerto-ricans-see-uncertain-insecure-future#audio">audio
report</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/traumatized-puerto-ricans-see-uncertain-insecure-future#audio">https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/traumatized-puerto-ricans-see-uncertain-insecure-future#audio</a>
)<br>
But there are still many things that need to be fixed. So, there are
snapped power lines. Eight out of 10 traffic lights are not working,
so you can imagine what that does to traffic. It is pretty chaotic
at times. And as soon as you leave the capital, then things are much
worse and there is a lot of devastation still.<br>
There is debris near the roads. There's collapsed trees, collapsed
buildings that have not been repaired and a lot of crops that will
simply not grow back. So, for instance, in supermarkets and
restaurants, there's no fruit. There is no plantains. There is a
scarcity of goods still here in the island.<br>
And, you know, Puerto Ricans are trying to rebuild. They have been
very resilient and dignified, but, frankly, they are a traumatized
population at this point. Many times, we are interviewing people and
they teared up, because it is kind of a secondary phase that they
are living now, which is when things are starting to sink in.<br>
Many of them lost everything they had, everything they had worked
for. And there is no clear, you know, horizon or future ahead of
them....<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/traumatized-puerto-ricans-see-uncertain-insecure-future">https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/traumatized-puerto-ricans-see-uncertain-insecure-future</a></font><br>
<br>
[opinion]<br>
<b><a
href="http://inthesetimes.com/article/20824/democrats-millennials-fossil-fuels-climate-change-blue-wave-vote">If
Democrats Want the Support of Millennials, They Should Cut Ties
with the Fossil Fuel Industry</a></b><br>
The Lawmakers elected in 2018 must lead one of the biggest
government projects in history - a rapid transition to a 100-percent
renewable energy economy.<br>
Following a slate of progressive wins in late 2017, all eyes are on
the 2018 elections. Many <a
href="https://www.salon.com/2017/12/13/a-blue-wave-in-2018-experts-say-doug-jones-win-is-a-very-bad-sign-for-the-gop/">across
</a>the political <a
href="https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/15/midterms-republican-incumbents-blue-wave-244952">spectrum</a>
now think the midterms could be a "Blue Wave" - with Democrats
sweeping into office up and down the ballot. But amid all the buzz,
a critical question remains: Which Democrats will ride the Blue Wave
into power? Will it be those who accept campaign contributions from
and act on behalf of wealthy oil and gas executives and lobbyists,
or will it be those willing to take a stand against that industry to
guarantee a safe and secure planet?<br>
From issues of land sovereignty to environmental racism, there are
myriad reasons why we need elected officials to reject the influence
of this dirty money. But the conversation becomes all the more
urgent when considering the existential threat of climate change,
caused in large part by the burning of fossil fuels. ...<br>
Over the past eight years, oil and gas magnates like the billionaire
Koch Brothers have used their massive wealth to change the direction
of major political parties. Republican politicians who support any
action to stop climate change <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/us/politics/republican-leaders-climate-change.html">immediately
face primary challengers</a> from climate deniers....<br>
Fossil fuel executives can also see the Blue Wave coming, so we can
expect they'll try to pour even more money into buying off Democrats
in 2018. If they succeed in co-opting the Blue Wave, it will be
nothing short of disastrous for the fight to secure a safe world for
our generation. <br>
Despite the projected 'Blue Wave,' Democrats face a difficult and
gerrymandered political map in 2018. To win, they will need an
energized volunteer army, and that will take the energy and time of
tens of thousands from the millennials and Generation Z to pull off.
If candidates want our support, refusing money from the people
destroying our future is a good place to start...<br>
<i><font size="-1">Varshini Prakash is from Boston and has organized
in the climate movement for more than 5 years, leading fossil
fuel divestment campaigns on the local and national levels. She
is currently the Communications Director for Sunrise.<br>
Stephen O'Hanlon is a proud Pennsylvanian living in Lancaster.
He has organized for the past 4 years helping build a powerful
progressive movement in Pennsylvania to fight for a government
that works for all people, not just a powerful few. He is
currently the Pennsylvania Director for Sunrise.</font></i><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://inthesetimes.com/article/20824/democrats-millennials-fossil-fuels-climate-change-blue-wave-vote">http://inthesetimes.com/article/20824/democrats-millennials-fossil-fuels-climate-change-blue-wave-vote</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Speaking Notes #4]<br>
OXFORD CHANGE AGENCY EVENT - REPORT<br>
<b><a
href="http://www.climatepsychologyalliance.org/explorations/papers/257-oxford-change-agency-event-report">Agency
in individual and collective change</a></b><br>
Climate Psychology Alliance with Living Witness<br>
Written by Laurie Michaelis<br>
A day for psychological and social practitioners to share our
experiences of enabling positive<br>
responses to climate change. We'll explore how our different
approaches connect and complement<br>
each other, hoping to form a stronger community of practitioners. <br>
<b>Carbon Conversations,</b> Tony Wragg<br>
(Speaking notes)<br>
Carbon Conversations is the brainchild of Rosemary Randall, a
psychotherapist and Andy Brown, a building<br>
engineer.<br>
If we imagine the space in which Carbon Reduction must take place as
a triangle with two corners representing<br>
Technological and Governmental action, Carbon Conversations falls at
the third angle representing Personal and<br>
Community action.<br>
Carbon Conversations recognises that the "information deficit" model
of encouraging change is rarely helpful<br>
because it remains in the cognitive domain. It does not make an
emotional connection between a person's<br>
actions and their lives. Like many successful change programmes, for
example AA, Carbon Conversations relies<br>
on group work. The strength of this approach is twofold.<br>
Firstly, telling stories within the group enables participants to
engage with their emotions. In a session about<br>
Carbon in food the facilitator would start by saying "tell us about
a memorable meal." The participant's<br>
memories will be diverse and triggered by a wide range of emotions.
Sharing the stories helps participants to<br>
connect with those emotions and then look at what food means to
them. For some, it will just be fuel, for<br>
another meal-time talk will be the glue that holds the family
together, another might be an Epicurean who<br>
derives great pleasure from eating. Enabling people to engage with
the meaning of food in their lives enables<br>
them to think about what they are and are not prepared to change.<br>
Secondly, in imagining a different future, participants are able to
recognise what they will lose and begin to<br>
grieve that loss. Again, the group process, the telling of stories
together - like in a wake, the playing of games,<br>
the reporting back of real-life episodes as they make small changes,
help that grief to unfold and the loss to be<br>
accepted.<br>
This in turn enables them think and, within the community of the
group plan change and make commitments to<br>
change. It's our experience that these changes are sustainable.<br>
The standard Conversation consists of six two-hour sessions for 6 to
12 people run by a pair of facilitators on a<br>
fortnightly cycle. The first one is an orientation to the problem:
"Why do we bother?" There follows one session<br>
each on the carbon implications of our home, food, transport and
stuff - general consumption. In between each<br>
session there is "homework" oriented around measuring and
understanding our use of Carbon in each of these<br>
categories and making plans for minor and major changes. The sixth
session is usually in the format of a<br>
celebratory shared meal where participants come together to share
their successes and their struggles.<br>
The programme is supported by the Handbook "In time for tomorrow", a
series of games (or simulations) and a<br>
facilitator's guide.<br>
Until earlier this year the programme was managed, the materials
distributed and training provided by The<br>
Surefoot Effect. Since then the authors decided to make the
materials available online as pdfs through a creative<br>
Commons Licence.<br>
Surefoot still provide training and have a stock of handbooks for
sale.<br>
To find out more about the Creative Commons materials go to:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.carbonconversations.co.uk">www.carbonconversations.co.uk</a><br>
To buy physical copies of the handbook, "In time for tomorrow" or
enquire about physical copies of the games<br>
and facilitator training, write to The Surefoot Effect at<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:info@surefoot-effect.com">info@surefoot-effect.com</a><br>
If you would like to talk things through more informally, don't
hesitate to contact me on 07771820619,<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:tonywragg.blacup@btinternet.com">tonywragg.blacup@btinternet.com</a><br>
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<font size="+1"><b>This Day in Climate History January 12, - from
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