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So far, Climate Week has been a completely engaging and fascinating experience. Panels, speakers, videos, webinars, vegan lunch, cocktails, meetings and interactions with so many wonderful people have all been enriching and informative. Some have been inspiring. Some have been maddening. But I think my favorite moment was being 10 feet away from Dr. Jane Goodall in conversation with Catrin Einhorn at the New York Times Climate Forward event. There are few people on this planet like this astounding 90-year-old woman, still traveling 300 days a year to speak on behalf of our planet and all its life and beauty.

Who's going to Climate Week in NYC next week? I'll be there for at least 3 days. I'd love to meet you there! Just send me a message and we'll set something up.

No sooner did I post some hopeful news from last weeks visit with Coral Restoration Foundation™ and Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, two Florida Keys based organizations leading the coral restoration effort, than I get amply reminded of just how dire the situation is.

The short story is plain and simple: we have to reduce our fossil fuel consumption. That means use less energy, eat less meat, lower our AC and our heat, drive less, buy less, have less kids, smaller houses, scrap bitcoin, reuse and recycle, skip that new iPhone this year...I think we're all familiar with the list.

Just because I post this I do not claim to innocent of behaviors with negative impacts on our climate. I'm doing what I can but realize I have to do more.

Read the excellent and unvarnished truth right here: https://bit.ly/3X8oTfD

They're Desperately Trying To Save This Animal — And It Isn’t Working Rebuilding degraded coral reefs started as a noble endeavor, but now some coral scientists are confronting a dark reality.

I'm attending 2024 NYC Solar + Storage Summit, tomorrow, June 27 in NYC. Let me know if you will be there. I'd love to meet and chat for a bit.

2024 NYC Solar+Storage Summit Join Sustainable CUNY, New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA), and hundreds of clean energy professionals from the public and private sectors for a full day conference focusing on the policies, programs and solutions needed for NYC’s rapid and equitable decarbonization.

Supercommunicators is a very insightful book by Charles Duhigg. Just bought it and I'm about halfway through.

Duhigg uses the quite appropriate device of storytelling to reveal hidden layers of communication and he zeroes in on the importance of connection. (Yes, I know, I never stop talking about that!) He has a helpful framework for understanding communication, positing that whenever we speak, we’re actually participating in one of three possible conversations: the practical, the emotional, or the social. To truly connect with our audience, we must understand which conversation we are having.

Good stuff and highly recommended.

In order to have a meaningful connection with others, we have to have trust. It's a prerequisite for creating postive change.