Master Gardeners, February 6

On Sunday, February 6, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., swing by the Green Tent at Mar Vista Farmers Market when the UC/CE LA County Master Gardeners return with lots of lovely green gifts: free seedlings and free seeds!


This month they’ve lovingly grown the following plants and herbs (from seed) for you:

Cilantro — love it or hate it, it’s a unique plant whose leaves AND seeds can be used as herbs or spices! The seed pod becomes coriander, and you can use it whole or grind it to add a piquant flavor to whatever you’re cooking or eating. 

There’s a few parsley plants — the flat leaf Italian kind. 

Broccoli Raab — It looks like broccoli but it’s related to turnips!!  It is a cruciferous vegetable, alongside broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage. The long, slender stalk is light green and topped with large darker green leaves intermixed with small buds that look like broccoli florets. While it's more similar in appearance to broccoli or broccolini, it's botanically closer to turnips and the taste is more like mustard or turnip greens.

Shelling peas — these plants are SO TALL right now, they’re just BEGGING for a place in your garden! 

Also in the legume family, they’ll share some fabulous FAVA Beans with you! These versatile beans are not only delicious, but they help fix nitrogen in your soil.

Nasturtiums are both pretty AND edible — put a little goat cheese and balsamic together with them for a unique appetizer. Or top a salad with them! 

And it wouldn’t be spring without some salad greens — there are plenty of mixed lettuce varieties to share!

And on the menu: ARTICHOKES!!! You can eat them, of course, with a decadent butter or mayonnaise sauce, or use their gorgeous flowers as table decorations or in a vase!

Wondering what to do in the garden this month? Click here for a great, easy-to-follow guide for February in LA County gardens.

Protect Playa Now ! 2022

Protect Playa Now

Join us at the 

Green Tent

 this Sunday in imagining clean air! 

learn about actions you can take to help protect our community. 

Protect Playa Now

 will have a prototype of an air quality monitor currently in design to detect combustible gases. The monitor is a citizen science effort with plans to create a network throughout the Westside and help keep us safe.

Protect Playa Now is a collection of concerned citizens mobilizing to protect Playa del Rey and surrounding communities from the threat posed by the SoCal Gas Natural Gas Storage Facility. 

The facility, located south of Culver Blvd and west of Lincoln Blvd, has an unsafe track record and puts our community at risk. When pressure builds and the company needs to release gas, toxic substances such as formaldehyde, benzene, hydrogen sulfide, and n-hexane, (a neurotoxin) are released into the air...the air our community breathes! Cumulative exposures to these chemicals can pose serious risks to the health of those living nearby. 

We have the ability to transition to real clean energy and ensure a future of climate resiliency, good green jobs and healthy communities. Click 

here

 to learn more about Protect Playa Now and their work. 

Electric Soup Recipe - January 2022

 

Honeynut Squash and 

Sweet Potato Soup

THE RECIPE !


Squash and Sweet Potato Soup

My goal was to convert my favorite soup recipe so I could avoid the use of my gas cooktop, and get the same delicious results from clean electricity.  I decided to experiment with my Instant Pot.  


I am excited to report that my experiment yielded a rich yet subtle soup with much less time spent in the kitchen. Among other adjustments,  I switched from butternut squash to a combination of honeynut squash, jersey and japanese sweet potato,  and yukon gold potatoes. 






Honeynut Squash 

The following recipe will provide a basic soup that will soothe your soul and satisfy your taste buds.  You can spice it up, thin it with broth, add texture with vegetables or make it into a hearty meal with the addition of tofu or chicken.  Top it off with a dollop of sour cream or yogurt and some fresh chives and you have created a work of art.





Squash and Sweet Potato Soup Recipe


Weights shown in grams.


800 G    Honeynut squash, seeds and stems removed .  Peel it if you like.
600 G    Sweet potatoes (white or orange flesh) cut into 1.5 inch chunks
300 G     Yukon, Red Bliss or similar potato, cut into 2 inch chunks
250 G     Yellow onion, coarsely chopped
1-2 Tbsp    Oil, butter or ghee
1 Tbsp    Miso
6-8 Cups    Water or broth
Salt and pepper to taste
Set Instant Pot to medium Saute.  If you are new to using this feature, get some tips here. 
Add oil, butter, ghee or a combination.
Add onion and saute until translucent.  (Note: sometimes the saute mode becomes too hot and I hit the Cancel button, wait a minute or two, and then turn Saute back on.)
Add cubed squash and saute for 3 minutes.
Add sweet potato chunks and saute for 2 minutes.
Add potato chunks and saute for 2 minutes.
Add about 3 tsp. salt and several twists of the pepper grinder.  You will add more later on, according to your tastes.  
Add water or clear broth.
Switch the Instant Pot to the "Manual" setting and set to 22 minutes.  Make sure the valve is set to "Sealing" on the lid, so the pressure builds.
After the cooking time is finished, allow at least 20 minutes of additional time for the soup to continue sitting in the pot with the lid on.  You can leave it in the Instant Pot for longer,  if you wish, until the pressure releases and the metal button on top drops down.  It will, of course, continue to cook as long as it sits in the pot.
Add miso.  Using an immersion blender, puree the soup.  Keep it thick for now.  You can add more broth later if you choose.
Correct for seasoning and add more spices now if you wish.  Or put into jars and store in the refrigerator or freezer for later use.  I make a lot at once, so I can share it with friends and use it throughout the week.




  
 


Electric Soup - January 2022

Electrification Made Tasty


Squash and Sweet Potato Soup


Let's face it, Southern California is the home of the "winter wimp".  When the thermometer hits 50 degrees, it's time to wrap yourself in something warm and make some soup.  The sight of a big soup pot, simmering on top of the stove, has always been the essence of cozy.  But where there's a kitchen flame,  there is natural gas used as fuel.  And where there is natural gas, there is pollution, global warming and habitat destruction.  If you are reading this, you are probably aware of the effects of climate change and curious how you can help to reverse its devastating effects.  Luckily, Jane Goodall states repeatedly in her latest work, The Book of Hope, we humans are adaptable and creative.  So let's start with a simple soup...

I always thought that the rich yet subtle flavors of soup came from simmering it on the stove for an hour or two.  I am excited to report that using my Instant Pot and incorporating some unexpected ingredients produced a rich yet subtle soup with much less times spent in the kitchen...

Recipe and more details will be provided soon.  


Advance Praise for Electric Squash Soup

Jeanne, omg you are a soup maven. That is the best most delicious healing dish ever!
Marilyn G.  

OH MY GOODNESS!!! 😳I forgot to tell you

I LOVED ❤️the soup! Soo delicious ❤️thank you for sharing its goodness with me 🙏🥰

Birgitta K.





 

Bike Mar Vista and Beyond! January, 2022

 January 9, 2022

Bike Mar Vista and Beyond


Got a new bike over the winter holidays and don’t know quite where to ride it yet?  Maybe you recently pulled that bike that has been hiding in the back of the garage and need to get it road ready.  If you already ride, learn how to register your bike to minimize the risks of bike theft.  

Stop by the Green tent this Sunday, January 9 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and let’s talk.  Mar Vista's "Master of Cycling", Rob Kadota, with be there with his trusty bike stand and few tools to get your bike as road ready as possible. We will also have wide array of bike-related resources, including clubs and ride tips. 


Earth-Friendly Note:  When you do errands by bike, you will almost certainly end up shopping closer to home.  Great for the small businesses in your neighborhood.  It also fosters a sense of community, a stress-reducing bonus.  Lastly, if getting more exercise in the open air is one of your New Years goals, cycling ticks all the boxes!

See you on Sunday!

Master Gardeners, December 5

PEAS PORRIDGE HOT...
           PEAS PORRIDGE COLD


It’s a Pea Fest this month at the Green Tent as the LA County Master Gardeners return with FREE plants and seeds galore! Sunday, Dec. 5 from 9 am to 1 pm.

This month you can pick from a variety of garden peas:




Sugar Snap peas are crisp and delicious, eaten raw, steamed, blanched for your salads and side dishes…eat the entire pod as well as the peas. These are the chunky peas.







Snow peas make a wonderful addition to stir fries, but can also be eaten raw or cooked, pods and all. These are the FLAT, SKINNY peas.






And for those who like to do a little work in the spring, there will also be shelling peas! You won’t want to eat those pods, but don’t throw them away — use them in your compost 

Plus to help you make salads in the winter, they’re bringing mesclun mix lettuces, other mixed lettuces, Swiss Chard and mixed kales!





Top it all off with some edible flowers: Calendula! So many uses for this pretty plant: 









We hope you’ll bring your gardening questions and your empty six packs for the MGs to recycle and use to grow more plants for you!

 

Citizens Climate Lobby - November 28, 2021

Come to the Green Tent this Sunday, November 28, and learn about the work of Citizen's Climate Lobby and their audacious plan to make have CORPORATIONS use their resources on behalf of our precious planet Earth.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Citizens’ Climate Lobby(CCL) is a

nonpartisan, grassroots organization

focused on national policies to address climate change.

We work to create a broad foundation for climate action across all geographic regions and political inclinations.

CCL supports the inclusion of a carbon pricing and dividend  policy in  the 

Budget Reconciliation bill.

This policy is:

Effective

Economic  models indicate that this legislation would lead to 30 % less

carbon emissions in the next 5 years,  and to net zero  emissions by 2050  

Good for People

Will improve health and save lives.

The  carbon dividend puts money directly

into people’s pockets every month to spend as they

see fit, helping low and middle income Americans.

Good for the economy

W

ill create over 2  million new jobs,

thanks  to economic growth in local

communities across America.

Revenue Neutral

The fees collected on carbon emissions will be allocated

to all Americans to spend any way they choose. The

government will not keep any of the fees collected.

Master Gardeners, November 7

The UC/CE LA County Master Gardeners are bringing you plants, seeds and some sugar cane to give away FREE at The Green Tent on Sunday, November 7th, from 9 am to 1 pm.

They’ll share knowledge of how to grow your own sugarcane from a cutting. 

They’re also bringing seedlings they’ve been growing for you including: 

A whole mix of lettuces  


Broccoli Raab aka rapini. Wondering about the difference between broccoli, broccolini and broccoli raab? How about THIS for an explainer? Come get one for your garden.

Lovely, crisp, snappy snow peas, just right—cold or hot—for an autumn salad or a stir fry. Grow your own! Here’s a tasty side dish you can make as well: 

Swiss chard and kale are hearty, healthy, super-green favorites in the autumn and winter. Great in stews, soups or sautéed as a side. See how long these amazing plants can last in the ground or a container!

And don’t forget to decorate your holiday plates with the happy-faced and amazingly edible flower, that can also be the base for a healing ointment — Calendula. 

The LA County Master Gardener website offers a wealth of information and additional resources. Click here to view articles on multiple topics related to your backyard garden. 

Happy Gardening!

 

Cool Blocks October 10, 2021

 https://www.ncsa.la/cool_blocks_la


Stop by the Green Tent this Sunday, October 10 

 Learn About the Cool Blocks Program!  

9 a.m. - 2 p.m in the heart of the Mar Vista Farmer's Market  @ Grandview and Pacific


CALL FOR cool_blocks.png LEADERS 

  • Do you know your neighbors well enough to knock on their door and ask for the proverbial “cup of sugar”?
  • Do you wish there was more you could do to have an impact on climate change and conserve resources for the sake of your children or future generations?
  • In an emergency, would your neighbors know what to do to help you? Would you know how to help them?
  • Would you like to make your neighborhood safer and more livable?

Want to check out a Cool Block in Palms from our pilot? Watch this video:

 

The Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance is partnering with the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office to bring Cool Blocks to LA and to bring people together to create the neighborhoods we want to live in. 

Cool Blocks LA uses a proven neighbor-to-neighbor model that has helped thousands of people make their neighborhoods safer and healthier, prepare for disasters, save money, and lighten their environmental impact.

You can green your neighborhood, make it safer to walk in, or decide with your neighbors to do whatever is right for your area.

HOW IT WORKS

  • Cool Blocks LA is a free, five-month, nine-meeting, action-based program.
  • It is self-directed by a team of five to eight households on your block (defined as both sides of the street up to the corners, a cul-de-sac, or an apartment building).
  • A meeting is hosted by a different team member in his/her/their home (or via Zoom!!!) every two weeks with the support of a step-by-step guide.
  • Each 90-minute to two-hour meeting focuses on a distinct topic connected to reducing your block's carbon footprint, adopting water stewardship practices, preparing for disasters, and improving the quality of life in your neighborhood.
  • Every Cool Block Leader will receive full training, coaching, and support.
  • The time required is approximately two to three hours a week for five months. 

WE ARE LOOKING FOR COOL BLOCK LEADERS in the city of Los Angeles to engage their neighborhood blocks in this effort. 

This is an opportunity to build a stronger community with your neighbors, expand or capitalize on your leadership skills, and improve the quality of life in your neighborhood.

More information is at coolcity.earth and CoolBlock.org. The first group will begin in January 2022, the second group in May, and the third group in September.


Ready to learn more? Attend one of our Cool Block Cafés. Visit ncsa.la/events to choose a time and sign up.

Can't attend a café, but want to sign up to be a Cool Block Leader anyway? You can do so here.

Want to help spread the word? Here are links to our social media posts:
facebook.com/events/380088267105791
twitter.com/LA_NCSA/status/1433811991924072451 (English)
twitter.com/LA_NCSA/status/1433814958806945794 (español)
instagram.com/p/CTXbcGupQFr/ (English)
instagram.com/p/CTXd3-aJYpc/ (español)

 

 Questions? Please contact us: lisahart@ncsa.la or 323.660.278

Master Gardeners, 10/3/21

The UC/CE LA County Master Gardeners return to the Green Tent on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, from 9 am to 1 pm. They’re bringing seedlings they’ve lovingly grown for the MV community, and packets of seeds to give away FREE! And they’re available to answer your gardening questions, so bring them all your challenges!

This month help your garden grow with:

A hardy mix of kales, including Tuscan (lacinato/dinosaur/black), red russian, curly and dwarf. Get out that famous Esalen Kale Salad recipe. You can improvise ingredients, but here's a recipe to start with: Esalen Kale Salad. 

A lovely lettuce mix, with oak leaf, black seeded Simpson, bibb, arugula, mizuna and tat soi. Make a salad! 

Swiss Chard: their stems are bright red and their cute little green heads are ready to stand up tall and leafy!


Two varieties of SNOW PEAS (really big now — need to be transplanted!!) These are the flat ones (eat them pods and all) that people love to use in stir fry.

And Italian red (Florence) bunching onions  Fun in the kitchen!!

Ask  the Master Gardeners about Grow LA Victory Garden classes and what to grow in October!

And don’t forget: If you’ve got lots of these “pony packs” aka plastic six-packs, please recycle them with the MGs so they can continue to grow seedlings for you next month, too!   









Protect Playa Now - September 12, 2021

 Protect Playa Now


Join us at the Green Tent this Sunday in imagining clean air! learn about actions you can take to help protect our community. Protect Playa Now will have a prototype of an air quality monitor currently in design to detect combustible gases. The monitor is a citizen science effort with plans to create a network throughout the Westside and help keep us safe.

Protect Playa Now is a collection of concerned citizens mobilizing to protect Playa del Rey and surrounding communities from the threat posed by the SoCal Gas Natural Gas Storage Facility. 

The facility, located south of Culver Blvd and west of Lincoln Blvd, has an unsafe track record and puts our community at risk. When pressure builds and the company needs to release gas, toxic substances such as formaldehyde, benzene, hydrogen sulfide, and n-hexane, (a neurotoxin) are released into the air...the air our community breathes! Cumulative exposures to these chemicals can pose serious risks to the health of those living nearby. 

We have the ability to transition to real clean energy and ensure a future of climate resiliency, good green jobs and healthy communities. Click here to learn more about Protect Playa Now and their work. 

LA County Master Gardeners, 09/05/212

 The UC/CE LA County Master Gardeners return to the Green Tent on Sunday, September 5, from 9am to 1pm

They’re bringing free seedlings, free seeds, important information and their enthusiasm all to help you grow your own food, flowers and veggies.

This month they'll have:

More succulents (Aloe vera pups) for your drought tolerant garden.


Nasturtium seedlings which are both edible (yummy with goat cheese) and attract white flies away from your other plants.


Three varieties of sunflowers, large and small, and Butterfly Tithonia.





Veggies include Bunching Onions plus yellow and green bush beans…and they don’t need to be trellised because they grow bush-like, rather than tall and sprawling.

Now that the Governor has asked us to voluntarily reduce water use, and the federal government has issued a warning about shortages in the Colorado River Basin, we really need to learn about how to be WATER WISE. Did you know that the MOST EFFICIENT way to water is to use a hose and water your plants by hand? Check your sprinklers for overwatering/spillage, consider installing drip irrigation, and make sure you’re putting the water where it’s needed. Rebates are back too; click here to find out more.

Click here to learn what you should be doing in your garden this month as we begin preparing for LA’s version of fall.


If you have gardening questions, you can always reach out to the Master Gardener hot line by phone (626-586-1988) or email (mglosangeleshelpline@ucdavis.edu).

Free Yard Trees !

Mar Vista ARBOR GROUP + CITY PLANTS HAVE FREE TREES FOR YOUR YARD!

Come to the Green Tent on Sunday, November 16 9:00-2:00

COME TO THE GREEN TENT AND WE WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE TREE PICK UP AREA !!!

Trees

    - Save water

    - Combat the greenhouse effect

    - Clean the air

    - Provide oxygen

    - Cool the streets and the city

    - Conserve energy

    - Provide homes for local wildlife

JUST IN TIME FOR OUR COOLER WEATHER!

ADOPT RESPONSIBLY ! We'll have information about different watering options to make sure your tree will not just survive, but thrive!

Contact

Shelley Wiseman

to find out about all of free tree programs available from 

City Plants, a public-private partnership between the City of Los Angeles, local non-profit organizations, community groups, residents, and businesses.

Audubon Society - August 8, 2021


 

Sunday, August 8 at the Green Tent:

The Los Angeles Audubon Society


Join us on Sunday, August 8, at the Mar Vista Green Tent for our guest: Los Angeles Audubon Society.

The Los Angeles Audubon Society has taught local school children about the
Ballona Wetlands since 1991. Every year, 2500 students have the opportunity to visit this special place and see the plants and animals that make Ballona their home. As restrictions ease up, they hope to continue their monthly Open Wetlands Days.  

Destruction or Restoration?
Environmentalists don't always agree!  A plan that is favored by the State of California has been put forth that, if implemented, will see tremendous changes at Ballona.  Although the plan is touted as restoration, other members of the environmental community feel it could spell disaster for some of our local wildlife.  Learn more and make up your own mind!

 The Los Angeles Audubon would love to share more information about the future of the wetlands. Stop by the Green Tent this Sunday to learn more about programs that inspire our future conservationists and what you can do to keep Ballona thriving!



Coastal wetland ecosystems are one of the top 100 solutions for reversing Global Warming. Relative to their land area, they sequester huge amounts of carbon in plants aboveground and in roots and soils below. Coastal wetlands can store five times as much carbon as tropical forests over the long term, mostly in deep wetland soils!

LA County Master Gardeners, 08/05/21

 The UC/CE LA County Master Gardeners return to the Green Tent on Sunday, September 5, from 9am to 1pm

They’re bringing free seedlings, free seeds, important information and their enthusiasm all to help you grow your own food, flowers and veggies.

This month they'll have:

More succulents (Aloe vera pups) for your drought tolerant garden.


Nasturtium seedlings which are both edible (yummy with goat cheese) and attract white flies away from your other plants.


Three varieties of sunflowers, large and small, and Butterfly Tithonia.





Veggies include Bunching Onions plus yellow and green bush beans…and they don’t need to be trellised because they grow bush-like, rather than tall and sprawling.

Now that the Governor has asked us to voluntarily reduce water use, and the federal government has issued a warning about shortages in the Colorado River Basin, we really need to learn about how to be WATER WISE. Did you know that the MOST EFFICIENT way to water is to use a hose and water your plants by hand? Check your sprinklers for overwatering/spillage, consider installing drip irrigation, and make sure you’re putting the water where it’s needed. Rebates are back too; click here to find out more.

Click here to learn what you should be doing in your garden this month as we begin preparing for LA’s version of fall.


If you have gardening questions, you can always reach out to the Master Gardener hot line by phone (626-586-1988) or email (mglosangeleshelpline@ucdavis.edu).

Cardboard to Art - Repurpose your Imagination

Free Event :Cardboard City in Santa Monica


This summer, reDiscover Center is partnering with the City of Santa Monica, along with many prominent artists and designers to present “Cardboard City,” an innovative, Pop-Up Community Art Center, which will be located at 1231 Third St. Promenade. This fantastical event will be up and running until August 29.


Using a free and easily accessible material such as cardboard is a great way to teach children of all ages about sustainability when making and creating. 


This free public event takes place in "gigantic" (10,000 sq ft.) space and has an incredible amount to offer:


  • Museum-style exhibitions of large scale cardboard sculptures and architectural models, curated and constantly added to by artists-in-residence

  • Family art activities introducing youth and adults to cardboard crafting techniques and inspiring artmaking using sustainable materials

  • Schedule of fee-based, inexpensive summer classes for youth and adults

  • The “Cardboard City Shop,” selling tools and materials so families can make art at home


reDiscover Center is also sponsoring 8-25 artists’ residencies, supporting local and nationally prominent artists working in cardboard. They are partnering with the City of Santa Monica’s Dept. of Sustainability to ensure all unused materials are recycled.


This is a wonderful, family-friendly opportunity which is free, sustainable and creative (plus, you get to take home all of the cardboard creations you make!) Book a visit for a larger group here, or just walk in, check out the amazing Cardboard City Art Exhibit, and maybe make some cool creations, too!



Master Gardeners July 11 2021

 

Sunday, July 11 at the Mar Vista Farmers Market

Master Gardeners

Oregano


And — THEY’RE BACK!!! The UC/CE LA COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS are returning to the Mar Vista Farmers Market!! They’ll be there from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on SUNDAY, JULY 11.

Beginning next month, AUGUST 1st, they will be a regular guest at The Green Tent on the FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH !!!
Tomato Seedlings


As usual, they’ll have seeds (VERY LIMITED, only one packet per family) and SEEDLINGS to give away FREE!  This month they’re heavy on herbs (basil, spearmint, oregano) but there are some bell peppers and tomatoes and a couple of mystery plants they couldn’t identify. 

And they’re available to answer your garden questions! MGs offer help even when they’re not at the market; email mglosangeleshelpline@ucdavis.edu with a description of your concern or question. Attaching photos will help the Master Gardener diagnose the problem. OR, you can phone in your concern or question by leaving a detailed message at (626) 586-1988.

Sweet Basil


And for VERY helpful LA County gardening tips and articles, visit the website and look at the menu on left side of the page: http://celosangeles.ucanr.edu/UC_Master_Gardener_Program/


Environmental Justice Conversations November 16-December 14

 

Environmental Justice Conversations

Reversing Global Warming  and creating a

 Socially Equitable community 

can be addressed simultaneously.  

Get support and be part of the solution!


 




All Are Welcome!!!
Learn more and meet others of like mind.

 Mondays, 5:00-6:00 p.m. PT
November 16 - December 14


RSVP:  JEANNEKUNTZ@gmail.com


The focus of these conversations will be on solutions.  There are 100 proven solutions for reversing global warming (see drawdown.org) and we now understand the urgency of making sure that these solutions benefit everyone, not just those with power and privilege.  Our first meeting will give you a sense of whether or not this group is for you.  There will be an opportunity to continue for 4 more sessions, if you choose.  Looking forward to seeing you on the call.

Ensuring that laws and policies are enacted so that everyone gets to have  clean water, clean air, healthy food and a safe place to live.  

Drawdown: The point in time when greenhouse gas levels begin to decline on a yearly basis, resulting in the reversal of global warming and it's devastating effects. 

The relationship between these two critical issues is closer than most people realize.  Click here to learn more. 




We can Reverse Global Warming as we create an environmentally sustainable and socially equitable community and planet!


 Mondays, 5:00-6:00 p.m. PT
November 16 - December 14


Who is least likely to benefit from advances in clean energy sources?
Who is least likely to have access to organic food, clean water and plentiful green spaces in their neighborhoods? 
Who is most likely to need to work during a pandemic or work outside during a killer heatwave?
Who is most vulnerable to becoming homeless due to an illness or job loss?

These issues are much more likely to affect the poor.  In this country and this city, the poor are more likely to be people of color.  When we recognize the humanity and worth of every human being, we have the capacity to make things better. It will require each one of us to step up, look at ourselves honestly, and then take action.
                             
✓    If you are aware that this is the moment we have been waiting for
✓    If you know that we cannot return to the “old normal”
✓    If you are ready to fully embrace your role in creating a just and sustainable planet


Join in the conversation. 
We are all in this together