CLIMATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FORUM 2

Join us in Santa Barbara for the second forum in our ongoing series.
Together, we can move the needle on the climate crisis.

The Climate Crisis is something that we desperately need to solve. What humanity has been doing to address it has not adequately worked. New collaborative and collective approaches are now required as we have less than two years to act decisively and on a global scale. Then we must continue acting for the next 30 years in order to fully succeed. No single organization, institution or government is going to move the needle on the climate crisis. It is time for humanity to foundationally change how we live in this world. Only all of us working together can achieve sustainability and renew the natural ecosystem.

We are gathering capable stakeholders from many different disciplines to collaborate for two days. In this workshop environment, we will engage this diverse group’s unique skill sets to creatively build new networks and solutions to effect catalytic changes that significantly move the needle on the climate crisis.

Part of the reason the needle hasn't moved significantly is that we haven't been able to collectively hold the various climate crisis dimensions in mind as individual humans or groups. Now with AI augmentation of cognitive processes, we have the ability to see the panorama of climate crisis dimensions, and to have direct effect on all of them in a way that is truly healing for our world. Results of this workshop will be used as a model of hyper-collaborative workshops and as a mechanism for accelerating global solutions development and deployment ahead of future symptoms of climate crisis disasters.

BUILDING MOMENTUM AND CONTINUITY

At CERF 1 in Greenville, SC, we designed and developed a system to accelerate the evolution of collective collaborative capacity in order for us to help save humanity and nature. Together, we initiated what can result in the shift in consciousness necessary to make global solutions possible. We proved a working model for ongoing transdisciplinary and diverse collaboration that includes ways to synchronize, synergize and catalyze global and local transformation and solutions efforts. We also developed a new workshop model for global capacity development to guide the world to move the needle on the climate crisis.

We also learned and designed foundational infrastructure needed for humanity to solve key components of the climate crisis and the larger poly-crisis. Each group came up with concrete tangible ideas, solutions, approaches, strategies and documented them, using conscious and intentional collaboration.

Join the Forum in June 3-4, 2024

Unity of Santa Barbara
227 E Arrellaga St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

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SPEAKERS, PARTICIPANTS AND ATTENDEES

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Ragan Thomson, Chairperson of the Board, WSS

Marc Bolick, Founder and
Managing Partner, ReShift

Amie Rafter, VP of Operations and Programs, WSS

Dr. Ramanathan Subramanian, Urban Planning Consultant

Michael Muyot, Founder, American Polling Exchange

Reverend Temple Hayes,
Global Spiritual Leader

Nathan White,
CoFounder & CEO, Agess, Inc.

John Jones, CEO, WSS

Dr. Nancy O'Reilly, Founder,
Women Connect4Good, Inc.

Sammi Berwick,
WSS Strategic Partnerships

Jeff Djordjevic,
Knowledge Synthesis Architect

Megan Werpy,
Community Empowerment and Communications Coordinator

Crispin Clarke,
GLOBAL PEACE YES Initiator

Vishal Gajjar, Business Development

Kerry Morrision, Climate Systems Developer & Strategy Consultant

Angel Adams,
Head of Ecosystem, Liberated Grounds

Farhana Hasan,
Founder and CEO, HerWILL

Audney DePaulo, SVP, Private Wealth Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Tahiya Islam, Country Manager,
HerWILL Bangladesh

Dr. Ginny Whitelaw, Founder,
The Institute for Zen Leadership

Keri Evjy, Founder and CEO, Regenerative Life Design, LLC

Anthony David Adams,
Founder, EarthPilot.org

Reverend Dr. David Alexander,
Spiritual Living Center of Atlanta

Taunya van der Steen-Mizel,
Women in Climate and California Leadership Board Member, The Nature Conservancy

Krys White, Senior Advisor, Sustainability Performance Office of Management, Department of Energy

Tom Bosschaert
Founder and Director, Except

Beni Oren, Youth Culture Architect and Systems Thinker

Jordan Daly,
Field Catalyst | Weaver | Advisor

Alex Rodriguez is the visionary Chief Executive Officer at Conduit Government Relations, where his strategic acumen and innovative approach have positioned the firm as a leader in strategic communications, government branding, and engagement with urban and Latino communities. With a career spanning over three decades, Rodriguez has cemented his status as an industry leader, offering unparalleled guidance to prominent organizations such as DirecTV, the Imperial Irrigation District, BHP Billiton, Oldsmobile, adidas, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Antioch University, and Sprint PCS, among others. His expertise encompasses government relations, environmental justice, and public affairs, making him a sought-after strategist for navigating complex landscapes.

Before founding Diversity Consulting Group, LLC in 1995, Rodriguez honed his skills at Hispanic Business Magazine, where as Senior Vice President of the Strategic Services Group he led the company's events division to exponential growth and profitability. His commitment to excellence and community engagement has been recognized at the highest levels. In March 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed him to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, with the State Senate confirming his appointment in February 2024. Alex was also appointed to the Board of directors of CalMutuals in April, 2024, and he contributes his insights and leadership to the Dean’s Council of the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently the president on the boards of the Santa Barbara County Finance Corporation and the La Cumbre Mutual Water Company. His national influence was further solidified by his appointment to the US EPA’s National Drinking Water Advisory Council by President Biden in December 2021.

Rodriguez's passion for community and economic development extends to his involvement with non-profit boards, including two two-year terms as Secretary of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, President of the Santa Barbara Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Treasurer of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers. His educational journey reflects his diverse interests and dedication to continuous learning, holding a BA in Business Management from Antioch University Santa Barbara. He further augmented his business acumen through the Minority Enterprise Development program at Dartmouth University's Tuck School of Business.

Beyond the boardroom, Rodriguez is a martial arts aficionado, achieving master status with a fifth degree black belt in Hapkido, a fourth degree black belt in Chung Do Kwon (Combat Tae Kwon Do), and an induction into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2020. A Southern California native, he enjoys life in Santa Barbara

Alex Rodriguez,
CEO, Conduit Government Relations

Linda Rodriguez,
Nonprofit Consultant

BY THE END OF THE FORUM, WE WILL HAVE COLLABORATIVELY AND CO-CREATIVELY MET THE FOLLOWING TANGIBLE OBJECTIVES:

1
Define a new quality of consciousness necessary to collaboratively generate optimal long-term solutions that will directly result in renewal, sustainability and reharmonization with the planet.
2
Utilize the latest AI technology to accelerate collaborative team processes and co-creative solutions development.
3
We will collaboratively arrive at understandings of the true nature of effectively scalable sustainable solutions and what is practically required to affect them.
4
Learn to differentiate between traditional and humanistic values in order to effectively map and align innovative approaches to global solutions generation.
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We will map and document the evolutionary path needed to transform currently non-sustainable world values into sustainable ones.

The output of this workshop, once synthesized via AI, will generate a method of transforming economic and organizational processes of local communities worldwide into global sustainability.

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— AGENDA —

Preparatory & Day One Agenda:

Solution Design and Development

Objective: Utilize insights and learnings from the previous CERF to inform a highly focused and practical approach to solving specific socio-environmental challenges. Based on a hypothetical future scenario, the first day is dedicated to developing concrete, grounded solutions that can be applied in the real world to mitigate climate change and promote sustainability in the shortest time possible.

Review and Reflection: Begin with a recap of key takeaways from the previous CERF, highlighting successful strategies and areas needing improvement. This sets the stage for a continuity of process and purpose.
Focused Workshops: Engage in targeted workshops aimed at tackling predefined environmental problems. These sessions are designed around specific tasks and goals identified prior to the forum, ensuring a streamlined and effective solution development process
Showcasing Continuity: Highlight the evolutionary process from CERF one to now, demonstrating how past insights have shaped the current approach to developing real-world solutions.
Collaborative Practical Solution Development: Utilize a mix of expert-led and sessions to design practical, scalable solutions. This involves integrating technology, policy, and community engagement in a holistic approach and collaboration evolution process to environmental problem-solving for the common good.
AI-Augmented Practical Solution Development: Conducted real time via transdisciplinary expert ai-support personas. AI- synthesized or produced outputs from this day will support and feed the solutions generated process of the second workshop day.

Day Two Agenda:

Values Evaluation and Implementation

Objective: With practical solutions in hand, day two shifts focus to the underlying values necessary to support the funding, coordination, distribution, and expansion of these solutions. This involves a deep dive into the ethical, social, and economic values that must underpin our actions to address the new circumstances presented by the climate crisis.

Values Assessment Workshop: Conduct sessions aimed at identifying and aligning on the core values that will drive and guide the implementation of the solutions developed on day one. This includes sustainability, equity, resilience, innovation and socio-ergonomic and political willingness to adopt solutions.
Implementation Strategies: Explore how to operationalize these values in the real-world application of our solutions, and to transform our current values into those that will support sustainability, reharmonization and renewal. This covers funding mechanisms, partnership models, distribution channels, and communication strategies.
Value-Driven Coordination: Discuss and design collaborative frameworks, transformational educational frameworks and strategies for coordinating efforts across different sectors and communities, ensuring that the deployment of solutions is inclusive and equitable.
Articulating the Narrative: Craft compelling narratives and supportive educational materials and approaches around the solutions and the values they embody, preparing participants to effectively communicate and advocate for these initiatives while taking personal and collective ownership and accountability for their ongoing transformational process, and to support community building participation.

INSIGHTS WE HOPE PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE AND BUILD UPON:

We have the collaborative opportunity to reimagine the values systems necessary to enable sustainable life processes.

AI augmented collaboration is the antidote to the climate crisis.

Our current way of life and technology base and way of developing solutions is creating the climate crisis.

Our current non-collaborative and unscalable approaches, however well intended, will not solve the climate crisis in the time available. A new paradigm is required!

We must collaboratively and collectively define and enact new approaches and paradigms.

Participants realize we must build the collective global capacity in order to affect necessary transformational change into sustainability, now!

There is no higher or superordinate goal or priority. Sustainability and reharmonization with the planet is the goal and priority, all others are secondary.

There must be scalable, dedicated centralized global commons systems and technology to affect this new paradigm.

Accept and understand that we must now act to foundationally restructure our ways of life, ways of developing and using all technology and our collective economic processes to generate full sustainability.

It is vital that the ecosystem and all other species be represented as equal to human populations in all systems of global governance and solutions developments from now on.

We must create a highly organized global collaborative community effort to transform the world into sustainability now!

We must all learn to do more with less and to live and have less moving forward.

We must learn and accept that there is NO option for limitless growth of any organization, nation or economy within a finite planetary and ecosystem resources space.

Growth must be transcended as a standard of success by all nations, economies, organizations and peoples.

There is no potential for a future nation winner, in any military, combative or economic competitive process that does not bring about global economic collapse.

We can only now collaborate and work together in hope, trust and faith for the common good if we as national entities want to continue in a viable way.

As the various pressures of the climate crisis increase, there is no future for global or national humanity that is viable that is not based on love, trust, faith, collaboration, inclusiveness, fairness, equality, ethics and morals.

Our current systems are not designed to, nor are they ready to solve the climate crisis. We need a new system, approach and paradigm.

CO-CREATING THE PHOENIX WORLD TRANSFORMATION PLATFORM™

A collaboration and education technology infrastructure is being designed by World Systems Solutions to bring individuals, organizations and nations into a functionally aligned union to give people, organizations and government institutions a way to collaborate quickly and proactively to solve the most pressing environmental issues.

The output from the participants in these workshops will be substantive solutions and abilities to change in all necessary ways for humanity to solve the climate crisis.

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The output from the participants in these workshops will be substantive solutions and abilities to change in all necessary ways for humanity to solve the climate crisis.