In the image above Otto Scharmer distills the essence of systems change. Here is the video where the image comes from. He starts talking about systems thinking at about 17.40 (the wole video is a good watch). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPOVCSn9pdU A key point is to step into a future that wants to emerge, our institutions have to … Continue reading Systems Change for a cooler climate
There is a big hole in climate discourse. Mitigation policy is focussed almost entirely on greenhouse gases (GHGs) ignoring opportunities to cool the panet by increasing vegetation. A paper from the Earth's Future Journal, A Century of Reforestation Reduced AnthropogenicWarming in the Eastern United States identifies that increased levels of reforestation in the Eastern US … Continue reading MOre evidence for local cooling
There are a lot of people working in groups around Te Tai Tokerau to make the world a better place. At Climate Action Tai Tokerau our focus naturally is on climate change, but in reality, climate change is just one facet of a crisis that is much bigger. Some call it the poly-crisis. Others call … Continue reading Help Grow the climate action community
Climate Action Tai Tokerau has pencilled in Friday 21 and Saturday 22 March for the 2025 Climate Action Conference. The main theme (tentatively) is climate and economy. We want to articulate that healing the climate and building prosperity are synergystic. So we will be exploring what that economy looks like, and identifying where the green … Continue reading 2025 Climate Action Tai Tokerau Conference
Here is even more evidence for the value of ruminants for climate healing - this time it is European Bison. This article from the Guardian makes the staggering claim that a herd of 170 bison could help store the CO2 equivalence of almost two million cars! European bison in Romania. Image credit: Michel Doutemont, The … Continue reading Rewilding and cooling with ruminants
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