Agenda
- Check in
- Review WWWs
- Weekly event logistics
- Review Agenda
- Fall Equinox
- Write some questions for the presentation
- Have Ben indicate he’s coming on the Meetup
- Register the event with 350.org
- Work out logistics
- Discuss daily practice checkmarks (tdp.me perhaps?)
- Project work
- Evaluation
Check-in (gratinews)
- Brandon … grateful that I get to be working on Serene and SolSeed
- Ben … I’m grateful that I have a cat in my lap. She usually doesn’t sit in my lap at this time of day. And I am grateful to have an external motivation to work on an interesting project, namely the presentation for the 20th
- Eric … grateful that John Halstead invited me to work on an environmental statement with 40 others from various Pagan groups
WW(W)s from last time
- <s>Ben … put together a Meetup description for the sign-making/climate education event … by tomorrow
- Ben … start working on the educational presentation
- Ben … think about some small daily practice aimed at being more proactive … by next call</s>
- Brandon … get metric numbers together for last week so that we understand what the number looks like … Sunday after next
- Brandon … start a dashboard for us to collect and visualize our metrics on … by Thursday
- Brandon … kindred 2015 proposal … by Sunday after next
- Brandon … write a “stewards circle outside of glassfrog” policy proposal … by Thursday
- <s>Brandon … ask Shelley about a ‘make the sign’ meetup on Saturday before the triathlon … by Today</s>
- <s>Brandon … post the equinox meetup … by Thursday</s>
- <s>Eric … Take part in John Halstead’s pagan statement on the environment</s>
WWWs
- Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
- Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
- Eric ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
- Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
- Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
- Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
- Brandon … get metric numbers together for last week so that we understand what the number looks like … Sunday after next
- Brandon … start a dashboard for us to collect and visualize our metrics on … by Thursday
- Brandon … kindred 2015 proposal … by Sunday after next
- Brandon … write a “stewards circle outside of glassfrog” policy proposal … by Thursday
- Brandon … materials for the signs … by Saturday the 20th
- Brandon … supplies for the climate presentation … by Thursday the 18th.
Weekly Events Logistics
Weekend Service rotation: Eric, Shelley, Brandon, Ben
- September 13 Service: 9 AM PDT, 12:00 EDT (Eric)
- September 14 Work-Bee: 5:30 PM PDT, 20:30 EDT
Midweek
- September 18 Work-Bee: 6:30 PM PDT, 21:30 EDT (Ben possibly out)
Fall Equinox
Ben proposed attending one or more People’s Climate March events
- The one in New York City includes a conference before the march, which we could cosponsor: http://convergeforclimate.org/sponsor-convergence (but it might be too left-wing for us)
- Eric is definitely not going to this
- The one in Portland, http://act.350.org/event/peoples_climate/7762, would be the easiest for the Sanders
- Start with a sign-making event on Saturday
- Also include educational stuff about the climate crisis (see below)
- Should we bike or walk to Waterfront Park for the march (which starts at 3 PM)?
- Perhaps we could bike to a restaurant afterward
The sign-making/educational event
http://www.meetup.com/SolSeed/events/206743302/
Name: Make “Smart” Climate Signs for the PDX People's Climate March
Facebook cover photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/takver/4178689572
What would Ben want people to know?
- Current ppm of carbon in the atmosphere, trajectory, and where it ought to be
- Parsing out the difference between amount of temperature increase, ppm, and the amount of carbon we are emitting
- Arctic is warming faster, fluctuations in the jet stream leading to some extreme weather
- What is it going to take to stabilize the climate even at its current level of disruption.
What does Brandon want to know?
- Current state of the world … what we know for sure (even if there are some different interpretations).
- What does the community of “working scientists” agree on?
- What are the main talking points for various advocates.
- Who predicts what scenarios.
- e.g., severe storms that kill 2 million people on average per year
- e.g., sudden stoppage of the ocean currents (gulf stream, etc) causing massive cooling across Europe
Useful websites
- http://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/profile/mote/
- http://www.pdx.edu/esm/profile/forests-climate-change-and-future
- http://skepticalscience.com
- http://www.katu.com/amnw/segments/The-Cartoon-Introduction-to-Climate-Change-266626241.html
- http://whatweknow.aaas.org/get-the-facts/
Evaluation
- Eric … I really enjoy being like we’re all in neighboring cubicles working for the same company … one that I’m excited about
- Ben … I guess when we all go off to do our own thing it makes me wonder whether people are getting enough out of the meeting.
- Brandon … Fascinated by the EarthShip Stuff. Looking forward to the Meetup.