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The climate crisis


The climate crisis has put human civilization on a path to self-destruction. And, according to many the science shows that there isn't anything we can do about it. We are in overshoot and the deadly changes are locked in place. ... It's an impossible-to-solve problem. (See the "Post Doom" website created by Michael Dowd, for example.)

At the Center for Wise Democracy we agree with the description of the situation. Yes, given our current system, the situation is hopeless. But we are also saying that "Impossible-to-solve" problems get solved all the time if we can introduce creative thinking. In fact that's how most all human progress happens. ... So our position is ... "As a society, 'We' haven't started thinking yet." 

To give an idea of what we mean by this statement consider what we mean by "We": 1) What if... "All" the people got involved in facing this problem, built shared understandings about what's going on (i.e. truth), co-determined a shared vision of what We want and a strategy for how to get there? ... Obviously, this new level of "We the People" global collaboration would be new on the planet. And just that would open the door to many new kinds of solution possibilities. ....And here's what we mean by "haven't started thinking": 2) What if the quality of this new global  thinking process was far different than what we've experienced so far, not a "power struggle between self-interested parties" or "influencing", "advocating", "deliberating", "decision-making" or even "problem-solving" but what we call "choice-creating"? Choice-creating is the kind of thinking that sometimes happens in a crisis when give and start listening to others respectfully, where they rise to the occasion and co-create a breakthrough. ... Obviously, this would also open the door to new kinds of solution possibilities. ... 3) And what if this new "We the People" thinking process became an ongoing part of the global System so that subsystems like capitalism, tyranny and democracy were transformed so they no longer created the Monster Problems in the first place? ... This too opens the door to new kinds of solution possibilities. 

Below are two short video trailers illustrating what's possible (Each with a link to the original videos). For more understanding about the viability of this out-of-the-box approach see the 5-part seminar "Essential Wisdom for solving society's biggest problems".

1) Climate scientist finds the solution

"I believe this is the solution that will save us."
         -- Robert Holden, climate scientist
Below is the 2.5 min trailer ... to the 1 hour 18 min video, "Climate Scientist finds the solution". Actually, we call it a "holution", because once "We" start thinking, 

2) How to solve the Climate Crisis ...

Below is a three minute trailer to a 45 min video "How to really solve climate change" .

"Society's Breakthrough" is a "Holution"(not a "Solution")

To solve the issue of climate change requires global cooperation on a scale that is difficult to imagine. ... "All" the people must get involved and build shared understandings about what's going on, a shared vision of what We want, a shared strategy going forward and a  whole-scale commitment to needed actions. If we are to achieve BREAKTHROUGH progress on this issue, we need this new conversation.

The Wisdom Council Process can facilitate the necessary "We the People" conversation where We (all of us) start facing our collective problems creatively and collaboratively in a way that transforms the existing System to a "Wise Democracy".  ... Good news: This process is safe and already proven to work at large scale!  ... More good news: Each step in setting up the global Wisdom Council Process is a benefit to society with no discernible downside. ... More good news: It's accessible and fast acting. Ordinary people can start this process. We don't need permission from the UN or national "leaders", just enough people who understand this new kind of facilitative, holistic change process. And enough resources. (To investigate further, see the free 5-part video seminar "Essential Wisdom for solving society's biggest problems") ... 

The global Wisdom Council Process will facilitate ...
  1. Removing the blocks to existing solutions ... Many solution strategies already exist — e.g. new technologies, new national policies, new education strategies, carbon taxes, etc. But these are largely blocked by our current System, where the competition of special interests dominates any expression of the public interest. 
  2. Generating shared understandings of this and other issues  ... The blocks start going away when "all the people" develop a shared understanding about the issue (i.e. truth); what we want (i.e. vision); what we need to do (i.e. strategy); and the collective will to make it happen..
  3. Overcoming the impact of money-in-politics and partisan gridlock ... This process overcomes the dominance of special interests by facilitating the people to create a shared sense of the "public interest". Once we all co-discover what we want, and a way to manage things toward achieving it, then the Public Interest can overrule the special interests.
  4. Elevating collective consciousness ... Many people think that increased consciousness is the answer to this and other monster problems. But educating and transforming individuals is not enough. Collective consciousness is not achieved through the consciousness of a "critical mass" of people. Collective consciousness is achieved through one whole-system conversation of high-quality, where we co-create unity. The magic sauce for achieving this is "choice-creating". Note: a global Wisdom Council Process also sparks a individual consciousness to rise.
  5. The emergence of a new paradigm of "inter-being", valuing all aspects of life ...  A holistic perspective (vs the reductive perspective that our System enforces)  arises naturally from the Wisdom Council Process. Diverse people co-create answers that work for all —people, species and generations. 
  6. Healing racism, inequity and the mal-distribution of wealth ... This process shifts the basis of our System from "decision-making" to "choice-creating". Our current System is built on "decision-making", which is a cutting away of minority people, minority viewpoints, and diversity.. But the Wisdom Council Process adds back the missing whole-system "choice-creating" conversation, so a legitimate "We the People" can come into being. Choice-creating is essential for all the people to come together as "We the People".
  7. Breakthrough progress ... Scientists are saying that it's too late for us to avoid many of the worst aspects of climate change. But we haven't started thinking yet. The nature of choice-creating is to face impossible-seeming issues creatively and collaboratively so that breakthroughs are natural. 
  8. The emergence of a new System ...  If all of us engage one another in an ongoing way, facing problems and seeking unity about what's going on, what we want and what to do, then we are living in a new System. It's "true" democracy with a new entity, "We the People", ultimately in charge. It's a new System of governance, economics and culture, affecting all problems.
  9. Providing a way to overhaul the Sub-systems ... Housing, food production, defense, education, healthcare, etc. are primarily aimed at making profits and only secondarily serving the pubic interest. So it's natural for aspects of these systems to work against the public interest. ... e.g. People will be encouraged to live in bigger houses than they need; People are encouraged to eat food that is sweet, fattening and generally unhealthy; etc.  .... To try and solve these problems within the system is impossible because the making profits is structured to be the highest priority.  ... But the Wisdom Council Process applied globally can establish a new hierarchy of values.  

More resources

To understand more deeply how this new-paradigm process works see:
  1. The free 5-part video Seminar on "Essential Wisdom for Solving Society's Biggest Issues" 
Also for more information see:
  1. Proposal to Together1st.org This describes our proposed step-by-step global project. More and more we are thinking "we should just start this project" and stop waiting for some established organization to "get it" and respond.
  2. ​Society's Breakthrough to Climate Change ...Handout (with audio notes) about solving climate change ... 
  3. Chart of Solutions to Climate Change ... There are many SOLUTION strategies for climate change. The global Wisdom Council Process is a "HOLUTION", which releases many blocks to these solutions