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Bright Green Future chronicles a renaissance at the edge of a crisis. As climate change shifts our planet towards an uncertain future, a movement of unlikely heroes are building a blueprint for a better world. Its a world where clean power grows wealth for local communities, resources regenerate themselves, city planning is driven by the people, and healthy soil is our greatest asset. These changemakers have opened a gateway for ordinary people to begin imagining and building the bright future we deserve.

Greg Schwartz holds a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Texas, Austin, and his work focuses on cultural and technological solutions to climate change. He has lived on four continents and traveled the world extensively. Greg also has a plant-based lifestyle and is a former pro athlete, both of which inform his approach to human and planetary health. Currently he lives in California with his wife and two sons. For more about Greg, visit http://www.theplanetdoctor.com

Trevor Decker Cohen is a writer who s passionate about a better future for the planet. Hes edited two books. Healthcare without Corruption provides a non-profit vision for the US healthcare system. Thermoinfocomplexity establishes a new theory on the way evolution works.

Sustainability, Innovation, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Regenerative Farming, Environmental Justice, Cities, Belief Systems, Urban Development

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BRIGHT GREENFUTURE Howeveryday heroes are re-imagining the way we feed - photo 1

BRIGHT

GREENFUTURE

Howeveryday heroes are re-imagining the way we feed, power, and build our world

GREGORYSCHWARTZ, PHD

TREVORDECKER COHEN

HarmonStreet Press BerkeleyCA FirstEdition Design Publishing - photo 2

HarmonStreet Press

Berkeley,CA

FirstEdition Design Publishing

Sarasota,Florida USA

Bright Green Future

Copyright 2021 Gregory Schwartz and Trevor DeckerCohen

ISBN 978-1506-910-34-5 PBK

ISBN 978-1506-900-18-6 EBK

LCCN 2021904537

April 2021

Published and Distributed by

First Edition DesignPublishing, Inc.

In conjunction with HarmonStreet Press

P.O. Box 17646, Sarasota, FL34276-3217

www.firsteditiondesignpublishing.com

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ALL R I G H T S R E S E R V E D. No p a r t o f t h i s b oo k pub li ca t i o n m a y b e r e p r o du ce d, s t o r e d i n a r e t r i e v a l s y s t e m , o r t r a n s mit t e d i n a ny f o r m o r by a ny m e a ns e l e c t r o n i c , m e c h a n i c a l , p h o t o c o p y , r ec o r d i n g, or a ny o t h e r e x ce pt b r i e f qu ot a t i o n i n r e v i e w s , w i t h o ut t h e p r i o r p e r mi ss i on o f t h e a u t h o r or publisher .

Harmon Street Press Berkeley CA Cover art by Oruevi Emir Interior - photo 4

Harmon Street Press

Berkeley, CA

Cover art by Oruevi Emir

Interior design by Olivier Darbonville

Greg

For my sons,

Zion and Xander

Trevor

For my grandmothers,

Nana Jean and Gramma Joy

Contents

Preface:Beyond COVID

Human beings are remarkablyadaptable. In a matter of weeks following the outbreak of COVID-19, the entireplanet was operating by a new set of rules. Societies around the world saw whatneeded to be done and we took massive, concerted action.

It hasnt been easy and the effectsof this crisis will be felt for years to come. But our response to the pandemicshows us how rapidly we can pivot when we simply decide to do so. Now thatweve been galvanized into action, theres another global crisis that needs ourimmediate attentionclimate change and the degradation of the natural world.

This crisis can feel overwhelming.Too often, climate change ends up on the back burner, dismissed as toocomplicated or too burdensome to address. But as an Earth scientist for thepast 30 years, I know its well within our grasp to halt and even reverse thecauses of climate change within the next few decades.

The solutions are already here. Andnow its clear how quickly we can implement change as a global community. Werein a crisis, but its also a huge opportunity to make long-overdue changes, andin many ways, emerge better than before.

This book is about the bright greenfuture ahead and the people who are already making it a reality. We as theauthors hope their stories inspire you, include you, and show you that werealready well on our way.

Greg Schwartz

February 14, 2021

Doorway to aBright Green Future

Id just walked into the last dayof a sold-out soil conference. I had come to glimpse a quiet revolution offarmers and ranchers who were quite literally growing fertile ground out ofthin air.

But before the talks began, andwith a few minutes to spare, I made my way to the concessions table. It washere, as I helped myself to a cup of artisanal breakfast broth, that someoneapproached me from behind.

Paper cups! she said. And wecall ourselves eco-conscious here, but were using paper cups. I dont seeanyone with a reusable mug. She brandished a blue-rimmed glass.

In an attempt at sarcasm, I said,Give me convenience, or give me death.

She turned to me and frowned. Youknow, Ive toured paper factories. They are horrible places. Chemicals andacids, streams that get ruined forever. Think about that as you use your papercup, or any time you use paper. I always carry this glass. Its been in myfamily for 40 years and it serves me well. You need to think about what youredoing to the planet.

Ouch. I wanted to explain that Idforgotten to pack a travel mug on my flight from California to Colorado, butthought I might be called out for not taking a horse-drawn carriage over thepass. I felt something familiarshame. It was the shame that my everydayactions were destroying the planet. It was the shame that paper (not evenplastic) cups werent good enough.

The encounter reminded me why I waswriting this book. Its an example of how ordinary people are often made out tobe guilty for the destruction of the planet. Weve somehow shifted the blamefrom polluters onto individuals. Meanwhile, the solutions were given to remedythe massive problems in front of us are small actions, like remembering tobring our own personal cups to every event. These lifestyle changes arehelpful. But theres a huge disconnect between the scale of small cups and thechallenges of global waste and climate change.

Nick Tilsen, a Lakota activist andcommunity builder, put it well. The solutions to our problems have to be atleast as big as the challenges that were facing. As individuals, were stuckwith small actions, while shaming ourselves for massive, seemingly unrelatedglobal challenges that are largely out of our control.

Into our cocktail of shame, we mixin a healthy dose of fear. Many of the messages we hear about the planet obsessover everything thats wrong. They project a nightmare futureall thehypothetical worlds we dont want for our children. Theyre very good atkeeping us up at night, but not so good at moving us towards a solution. Fearmay motivate us to respond to immediate danger, like the threat of a pandemic.But in the face of a slow-moving disaster like climate change, this emotionbackfires. When everything may seem relatively fine on the surface, even ifconditions are slowly getting worse, most of us learn to tune out or deny theconstant cries of crisis.

For many years, before this projectbegan, Id sunk deeply into a combination of guilt and dread that could only berelieved by straight-up ignoring the problem. Id been largely on thesidelines, trying to distract myself from the impending doom that kept poppinginto my news feed. At the time, I was working for a vacation rental company,writing descriptions of seaside resorts, trying not to think that one day theymay be under the sea. Maybe if I ignored it hard enough, climate change mightsomehow not happen.

But then, something else happened.Through the magic dice of a Craigslist post, my partner, Lila, and I moved intoan apartment with professor Gregory Schwartz. Though he was a generation aheadof me, he had more wide-eyed optimism than I ever did. It was a fearless andinfectious optimism that mixed with a lifelong love for the planet.

One day, about a year into our timeas roommates, I sat down on the couch. I was preparing to watch TV, but as Ireached for the remote, I saw a manuscript on the coffee table. It was for abook Greg was writing about how to live more sustainably. I leafed through it,intrigued, not knowing what to expect. It wasnt the eco-friendly recommendations,but the shift in mindset that moved me. Id been so caught up in the media offear and shame that even a glimmer of hope had the force of a lightning strike.It blasted to pieces my doubt and doom, clearing a path for something new. WhenGreg walked in two hours later, I was still on the couch. I put the papersdown. I want to help you write this book.

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