On this edition for Saturday, November 6, 2021 President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan finally makes its first steps forward after the House vote, people protest around the world demanding climate action while communities explore ways to develop climate resilience.

Nick Offerman

Marshall Burke, Noah Diffenbaugh/Stanford University

Behavioral Scientist, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi and Ortensia Lopez

Gabrielle Wong-Parodi is a Professor in the Department of Earth System Science and Center Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.

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Governments, locked in global competition, are disabled by the paradigm of economic growth, as they vie to entice corporations and industries with low taxes and subsidies. How can this fear of

Governments, locked in global competition, are disabled by the paradigm of economic growth, as they vie to entice corporations and industries with low taxes and subsidies. How can this fear of taking the right action, and being at a disadvantage, be overcome? John Bunzl offers The SIMPOL pledge to be signed by citizens who agree to vote for those politicians who have themselves signed the pledge to act simultaneously when enough nations are on board. Executives of corporations can also sign on, and commit to lowering their emissions. Together with NIck Duffell, he co authored The SIMPOL Solution, which explores the psychology, as well as the political and economic traps, that have prevented us from dealing with the #ClimateCrisis. To find out more and to take the pledge (citizens and politicians) https://simpol.org/ Businesses: https://www.theclimatepledge.com/us/en/join The book, #TheSimpolSolution is available at: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-simpol-solution-john-bunzl/1126997626 and on Amazon Host, Dale Walkonen Edited by Mike Coe For more information on the state of our planet, visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library.

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