Hello Kos Community!
I’m posting here to introduce the work we’re doing to tackle the super wicked climate dilemma, in the hopes that I will find people who are ready to jump in and help us get this done. This is a call to action — genuine, candid, all the way to the endgame action. I hope you will join us. Also share, like, comment and get the word out on social media. We are amassing our dream team now.
About the movement:
Footprint to Wings is a new 501c3 impact organization that is turning the Race to Zero Carbon into a national pastime and coaching each state to win.
Zero carbon coaching clinics
The coaching is organized around “Zero Carbon Coaching Clinics” — turbo charged eco fairs that take people through a systematic process to figure out how they really want to win this game. Our coaching begins with the endgame in mind. We take an unflinching, candid look at the options — here’s a 36 minute video that explains the process.
Transpartisan
Another key difference with our approach is that we are trans partisan — as you see at minute 6:55. Our goal is to leverage tribalism and the tendency toward polarization. We invite all players to put all solutions on the table. Red State solutions ❤️, Blue State solutions 💙, wild card solutions 🃏 are all possible.
Player, Play and Field Oriented
As zero carbon coaches, we meet the player where they are and help them work through their initial mindset, their (usually vague) initial set of plays. We help them flesh out those plays, figure out how far they can (or want to) go with them, what’s actually involved. We help players and their teams/communities think things through. This accelerates decision making. You get clear on your next steps; or you discover more quickly that you want to pivot and can get started on exploring the rest of your options.
Action
If this is work you support, jump in and join our merry band of zero carbon players:
- Take The Player’s Pledge;
- Advanced player with skills and strategy to impart? Take the Coaches Pledge and help others! Earn your coaching cap.
- Face your own objections and mindset. You may say you want to take action on climate change — but there is a lot holding you back. We touch on a few of them in the video. There are more! Many ways that even the good guys are blocked/in denial/avoiding action. Face those issues.
- Rally your local community. First step: Show the coaching clinic video to your community to start the conversation. Invite us along for a Q&A at the screening, either in person or via conference call.
- Second step: start a local chapter to set up a Zero Carbon Coaching Clinic in your school or community, or get your present green team to adopt this as a goal. And reach out to us for support. There’s a lot involved in putting on a fully fielded clinic. The good news is, it’s a great way to coordinate the local zero carbon coaching talent in your community. It makes everyone more effective.
- Formalize the race. Start with the Proclamation Challenge: Invite the Mayor to read the Zero Carbon Proclamation — Ideally, they will read this at your first clinic.
- Tech assist: We need help developing the scoreboard/playbook app. Also the “Switch” app. Contact us!
- Bonus fun thing to do to get inspired and invigorated, also great for outreach at fairs: the #TableclothChallenge.
- And of course, 💚 Contribute to Footprint to Wings.💚 Your investment makes it happen. Did I mention we are a 501c3.
And I’ll turn this around to you now. What do you think is at the end of the race? Do you think we have a chance of winning, or are you planning your bunker? Are you hoping for deus ex machina?
FYI, here’s our pixar pitch that looks at the end, and all the heroic steps we’ll have to take to get there. And here’s my favorite take on “Year Zero”.
What are you waiting for? Team Doom is dancing in civilization and the ecosystem’s end zone. Team Earth needs you. I hope to hear from you soon.
To zero carbon and beyond,
Rezwan