© Michael Thorne Kelly (makersloop@gmail.com)

Now is an Emergent Phenomenon

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We Decide What We Want

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We Create a Compelling Plan

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We Use the Plan to Mobilize Resources

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We Allocate Those Resources

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We Create a System That Dances with Context

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Macro-Context

What we have to live with

Micro-Context

What we can influence

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The Planet is Warming at an Alarming Rate

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It is Happening Much Faster

Than Predicted

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Positive Feedback

Loops Cause Abrupt

AtmosphericHeating

Methane boiling out of a Siberian Lake

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“Squealing” Weather

Signals an Imminent

Phase Shift

Weather Records Broken in 2011

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Human Activity is a Catalyst for Several Positive

Feedback Loops

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Every Day There are More

of Us

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Rising Resources

Costs

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RisingFoodCost

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Socially Destabilizing

EconomicInequality

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“Green” Energy

We Know How to Find Answers

Explosion of Scientific

Knowledge

We Know What Works

Social Policy Can Promote

Elitism or Equality

Following Through

We Can Know When It Isn’t Working

Science of Wisdom

We Know How to Make Wise

Decisions

Cooperation VS Competition

We Know How to Promote

Social Cooperation

Wisdom Trumps Power

We Know How to Make

Governance That Works for

Everyone

Micro- Context Starts With Making A Choice

Grow Or Die

We Have to Experiment

Because There is so Much

We Don’t Know

Continuously Strive for Less Wrong

We Can’t Wait for Certainty

Before We Act

Get Our Priorities Straight

Reduce Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere

We Know Where GHGs Come From

Be Responsible

Replace Consumerism

Have Fun Doing It

There’s More to Life Than

Consumption, Discover What

VitalizesYou

Paint Your Roof White, It Might Save Civilization

Even Little Things Can Buy

Us Critical Time to Set

Things Right

A Million Viruses in a Drop of Sea Water

Think Geo-restoration,

Geo-engineering is Like Trying to

Move a Balloon with a Sharp

Stick

Empower Each Other

Thrive Together

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So What Do We Want

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Let’s Answer that Question Wisely