Huh...we've hit the earth's limits to feed us?

2. Huh...we've hit the earth's limits to feed us?

3. “Scarcity is the new norm.” Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Foreign Policy May/June 2011

4. Scarcity …. Really? • For every person, every day the world produces: • 3-4pounds of food • 2,800 calories (For comparison: 2,100 meets the caloric need of average Americans.) • Since 1970, worldwide production of food has grown 40 percent per person, and the last decade has seen record harvests.

5. …and all that food? • It’s only what’s “leftover” after… • More than one half of all grain goes to produce feed, fuel, and for other industrial purposes. • One-third of the world’s fish catch is turned into livestock feed. • One-quarter of all caloriesare wasted. 

6. No one gets up in the morning asking, • “How can I make sure people go hungry?” • Yet… • 842 million people suffer severe hunger lasting more than one year. • 2 billion are missing essential nutrients — such as iron and Vitamin A. • 1 in 4 children is stunted, suffering irreparable harm. • A result? Poor nutrition is implicated • in ½ of all child deaths. (World Bank) • .

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9. BELIEVING IS SEEING

10. THE THREES’s SCARCITY-MIND OF A Separateness Stasis Scarcity

11. SCARCITY MIND Not enough goods or goodness Fear, blame & competition intensify Almost everything—from food to energy—is scarce Power inequities worsen & more people experience scarcity Humans are selfish & competitive SPIRAL OF POWERLESSNESS Concentrated wealth bends government to serve its ends So we’re incapable of coming together for the common good So wealth inexorably concentrates We must rely on the market, one bringing highest return to wealthy Therefore we can’t trust government

12. http://www.npr.org/2014/02/26/283066689/feeling-the-fiscal-squeeze-epa-seeks-to-slim-downhttp://www.npr.org/2014/02/26/283066689/feeling-the-fiscal-squeeze-epa-seeks-to-slim-down Source: Credit Suisse, 2013

13. Two dozen lobbyists, mostly pursuing corporate interest, for every official we elect to represent our interest.

14. 3 ESSENTIAL HUMAN NEEDS Denied in Scarcity Mind… CONNECTION MEANING POWER

16. 3 Environmental messages that can backfire “We’ve hit the limits of a finite planet!” “Consumerism is to blame.” “It’s too late!”

17. SCARCITY MIND ECOMIND TO Separateness Stasis Scarcity Connection Continuous change Co-creation TO TO TO

18. SCARCITY MIND ECOMIND TO Hitting the limits of nature Aligning with the laws of nature TO

21. ECO-MIND Aligning with nature, there’s plenty of goods & goodness Needs are met, fear recedes & trust grows Humans have the need & capacity for fairness, cooperation & efficacy “Living democracy” shapes rules aligned with nature, including our own So we’re capable of deliberative problem solving SPIRAL OF EMPOWERMENT Markets remain open, competitive & life-serving Democratically set rules ensure transparency & dispersion of power Freed from the grip of private wealth, government answers to citizens And we can remove the power of money from politics

22. Living Democracy… It’s not what we have but what we do.

23. Citizen Funded Elections! You can be a co-sponsor…. Go to ofby.us Photo: http://ofby.us/

25. U MASS, AMHERST Permaculture Garden -- view from dining hall

27. Sharing a solutions story is a revolutionary act!

29. WITH AN ECO-MIND… It’s not possible to know what’s possible. So we are free… free to go for the world we want.