Gardens of Environment

Reflections on the Wisdom of the Ages

Earthman talks to Texas

Earthman Lanny Smith’s interview was broadcast on 30 NPR Stations in Texas. Way to reach out, Earthman! LISTEN to the recording here. NOTE to Roving Reporters: This was a 15-minute interview, edited down to 4 minutes.

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Rethinking the Climate Conversation

“[W]hat is needed is a change in the discourse on climate action that acknowledges and integrates more meaningfully the interconnectedness of our lives, nature, and the effects of the economic activities that we undertake.” – Ashwini Hingne, of the World Resources…

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Letters to Loved Ones in 2050

Prompt:  Think of a young person for whom you care deeply– your child, grandchild, niece, nephew, a future child not yet born or maybe even your future self. Now imagine it is the year 2050. That child is grown up and raising a family of their own. They open their…

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Forum Dance Initiative presents “Cycle” in the Garden of Unity at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, Gainesville Florida. Choreographed by Whitney Wilson, Dancer in Residence at UFHealth’s Arts in Medicine.

An Urgent Message from Your Children

PEACE FIRST SCHOLARSHIPS Funds available to take a course and complete a project.

Earth Charter International’s ONLINE YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING, ages 18-30, October 7 – December 13.

Global Unity Games – Missions of Compassion from the 11 Gardens of Global Unity.

SCENE:  Gardens of Environment

SYNOPSIS: Sage, Pacha and the Climate Collaborators establish the CLIMATE COLLABORATORY in Florida

WHO will help us sow and grow Climate Action for Peace?

  • Climate Collaborators
  • Sponsors
  • Donors
  • Volunteers

WHAT – Sustainable World Games

  • Expressions through the Arts
  • Sing for the Climate
  • Youth / Elder Climate Conversation
  • 4-H Curriculum / Sustainable Floridians
  • 100 Day Countdown for the International Day of Peace

WHY

  • “Make the world work, for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone.”   – Buckminster Fuller

HOW

  • Collaborative Storytelling Adventure on the Road to 2050 and Beyond
  • Climate Collaboratory – creative solutions for a livable Earth
    • Available Resources, such as
      • An Urgent Message from Your Children
      • Generation Waking Up
      • Awakening the Dreamer
      • Elders Climate Action
    • Grants Central Station
      • Hackathons
      • MightyCause Collaborative Crowdfunding
    • Global Gifting

WHEN

  • 2020
    • Earth Day +50
    • UN +75
    • Earth Charter +20
  • 2030
    • Global Goals
  • 2050
    • Drawdown
    • Earth Charter +50

WHERE

  • PILOT Phase 1 – Selected Florida counties
  • PILOT Phase 2 – Selected US states and countries
  • PILOT Phase 3 – Spaceship Earth