September 11, 2014: Online Work Bee

== 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.