What can I do to solve climate change?
and to help other Monster Problems like the maldistribution of wealth? ...prejudice & racism? ...the wave of misinformation? ... wars? ... the collapse of the biosphere?... the threat of AI?
and to help other Monster Problems like the maldistribution of wealth? ...prejudice & racism? ...the wave of misinformation? ... wars? ... the collapse of the biosphere?... the threat of AI?
#1 ... Stop listening to frequent messages of experts who deny your creative capacity.
When experts say "There are no easy answers." or "There are no silver bullets", or basically "there will never be a creative breakthrough" ... don't go there! Even the Serenity Prayer starts out, "God give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change ..." Who is inside you saying "I cannot change this"? ... OK maybe 95% of the time this attitude is helpful. But notice, everything around you right now was once an impossible-to-solve problem. It is natural to solve impossible-to-solve issues through some kind of breakthrough. Take that last 5% of your time to address some impossible problem that concerns you deeply. Oh! and you have to also shift your thinking to some kind of creativity. Choice-creating is recommended.
#2 ... Recognize that the big IMPOSSIBLE problems you care about are ultimately caused by "the System"
Our System structures a pursuit of self-interest, competition and exponential growth. Even if our young people care deeply about saving planet earth, they must earn a living. So they get a job, which structures our best efforts to join with others in placing the highest priority on profits. So even if everyone in the corporation or culture values the well-being of our biosphere as being most important, together we find ourselves stuck in a System created from a different set of values, where we will naturally trash the planet. So, look favorably on all the good things people are doing to address climate change. Yippie. But know that we can't really get there until we transform our System.
#3 ... Note: Ordinary solutions are not enough. Society's Breakthrough MUST HAPPEN!
It's as though all of us are on the deck of the Titanic addressing pressing problems like homelessness, prejudice, inequities, malware, etc. with love and compassion. Of course, this is good. But increasingly we see that the ship is heading inexorably toward an iceberg. We can no longer rely on the design and direction of our System to protect us from Monster Problems like climate change. We can no longer "pursue our happiness" and "help our neighbors," assuming that the ship we are standing on is safe. Society's Breakthrough offers a way to get off the ship, a way to get free of the old System which no longer fits our Situation. So, When someone seems depressed or hopeless about the direction of society, you can tell them that you know people who there is an "easy answer" to all of it! ... And they can learn about it at www.WiseDemocracy.org.
#4 ... Recognize that a natural reaction to a BREAKTHROUGH is to resist it.
Although this System-transforming strategy has no identifiable downside. And offers IMMENSE benefits. It's normal for people to resist or dismiss this approach. Over the past 30 plus years of bringing this strategy forward angry or dismissive responses are normal. Our System forms the ground of our being and often the basis of our identity, so just listening to a System-transforming strategy can FEEL like a death threat. ... Please, help us find philanthropists or funders who can consider a breakthrough strategy for addressing the climate crisis and the other Monster Problems!
#5 ... Investigate this "Holution" open-mindedly
Another common response to the ToBe Project is to meet it with critical thinking rather than curiosity, seeking to find the fatal flaw. Please go first to the place of "Hey, can this really work!!?" There must be a period of curiosity before critical thinking to be able to pick up on any breakthrough approach. Five elements are discussed in the free seminar "Essential Wisdom for solving society's biggest issues:"
#6 ... Check to find out if you are one of "Just Us"?
One big advantage of Society's Breakthrough (i.e. the ToBe Project), this whole-system transformation approach, is that it's a living-system approach.
We don't have to have the power to make the deep systemic changes. Even without official power or permission, given that we understand the nature of choice-creating and Dynamic Facilitation, we (just us) can convene the essential "We the People" conversation. We just need a few people who get it (i.e. just us), a few millions of dollars and probably that's enough to get started. Check out to see if you are one of "just us".
We don't have to have the power to make the deep systemic changes. Even without official power or permission, given that we understand the nature of choice-creating and Dynamic Facilitation, we (just us) can convene the essential "We the People" conversation. We just need a few people who get it (i.e. just us), a few millions of dollars and probably that's enough to get started. Check out to see if you are one of "just us".
#7 ... Help in your way
Please help in whatever way you can. ... OK we need money to start. So donate if you can. .. Or help in some other way. Maybe you can help us stay in contact with those who express interest, or rework this website, or write to media about this approach, or to philanthropists, or to climate experts, or to politicians, or to high schools ... or to your friends who are scared about the direction of our society.