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and its use as a fiber, fuel, food, and much more is available to support this transition and both frees the plant and gets us off the carbon-economy.
Just this last decade, nations are finally stepping up the challenge in real ways. They are organizing to plant forests and create stronger local food webs. National policies are being implemented to eliminate food waste, single use plastics, and oil and nuclear power generation. Even with the USA’s abrupt exit from the Paris Accord three years ago, California, the fifth largest economy in the world, is still moving forward with climate protection efforts.
But most importantly, this is the decade that we bring compassion back as a central theme of what it means to be a human and wholeheartedly reject power-over behaviors that try to control all resources. This is the root of the problem, where the poison takes hold.
There is too much internetia behind a global solution to stop the change that must happen. We have hit a critical mass. If big government stalls, people are organizing local governments and groups of influence, influencing businesses and schools, and standing up for climate justice in public and in private. Students such as Greta Thunberg have led climate strikes, and more and more corporations are becoming B Corps and conducting business with public good in mind. When big government then acts correctly people are rising to the challenge and helping to push the envelope even farther. Consumers are voting with their dollar. It is a positive feedback loop.
The United States, as but one example, was founded on slavery, the oppression of women, and First Nation genocide. This is a story the world over. We were founded on immoral acts. Power-over is toxic and takes time to mitigate.
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This is the decade of hope. Hope that we will finally stop the war against people and a plant by legalizing cannabis in the USA and around the globe. Hope that globally we are increasingly focused on real-time solutions to help sink carbon and restore climate stability. Interestingly, Industrial Hemp,
So buckle up, get your mind focused and your heart clear, and let’s organize to make this decade the one where we turn the tide around. We face unparalleled global challenges, which thankfully come with unparalleled opportunities.
Globally, folks are rising up to the challenge to restore social and environmental justice. Increasingly, they are both seen as one and the same. One cannot exist without the other.
Are you ready?
A political consultant and cannabis activist since 1994. He is CEO of 421 Group, a cannabis and progressive-issues consultancy based out of Sebastopol.
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