Session Four Guide

Checklist for CREW’s Prep for Session 4: (Remember: Share with CREW members):

• “10 minutes of talking for the Earth!”– 5 minutes on Climate Action Now app + 5 minutes talking with your contacts. (Don’t forget you can “talk” on social media, too!) Who did you tell or tweet?
• Read chapters, noting your favorite statistic, quote or idea (and page #) on Consumption and Getting to 2040 (pages 146-217).
• Make your 5-year PCAP for Drawdown and Sequester based on the chapters. Visit the punch list for ideas and inspiration!
• 24 hours before gathering, post your PCAP to group email. Read other CREW members’ PCAPs and note references to share.
• Brainstorm where you could give a talk about Carbon CREW to recruit members.
• Bonus: Watch Erica Chenoweth TED Talk “3.5% Rule” (17 minutes).
• Bonus: Watch “The Story of Plastic,” an animated short (4 minutes).

Session 4 Instructions

Consumption and Getting to 2040

1. Push the Record button.

2. Guide opens with a reading. Pick one from the Poems and Quotes and read aloud.

3. Begin all sessions sharing aloud our mission, vision, and motto:
— Our Mission: Empowering people to reverse global warming.
— Our Vision: To spark the exponential transformation needed for a flourishing planet now.
— Our Motto: “One Month for the Earth.”

4. Discussion of the assigned 2040 readings
— Ask what phrase (on what page) had special meaning.
— Guide may highlight aspects of the material that have not been talked about. Use book notes, Make special note of the concept of the 3.5% tipping point on pg. 193.
— Emphasize the importance of education and Empowerment of women and girls together as a DrawDown Solution.

5. Facilitate a discussion on what was important to you and your CREW members in your PCAP’s on the topic of Consumption and Getting to 2040
— Share points chosen from CREW members’ PCAPs
— Share punch list items not incorporated in any PCAP

7. Ask: Who have you identified for your CREW and what groups might you speak with about CREW?

8. Ask for one person who will bring a Poem & Quote for next week.

9. Close the session with a poem or quote. May pick one from the Poems & Quote.

10. Wrap-up of Session 4
— Give assignments (from the prep checklist below) and the time of the next session.
— Invite a volunteer to bring a quote or prayer for next week.
— Give schedule of emails they will receive from guides:

• Day 1 (the day following session) email
  • Thanks to everyone
  • Send audio recordings to absent members
  • Send the Checklist Prep for Session 3 below to everyone

• Day 5 email
  • Reminder about time of session, zoom link and PCAP posting 24 hours in advance.
  • Send Guides’ PCAPs and punch list.

12. Guide or volunteer closes with a reading.
— Pick one from the Poems, Quotes, Prayers.

Checklist for CREW’s Prep for Session 5: Wrapping up and starting your own CREW (Share with CREW)

— “10 minutes of talking for the Earth!” – 5 minutes on Climate Action Now app + 5 minutes talking with your contacts. (Don’t forget you can “talk” on social media, too!) Who did you tell?
— Review and edit entire 5-year PCAP (Use initials not name).
— Retake the Earth Overshoot Day quiz as though you had completed your latest projected PCAP. Compare with your initial score. Write both on your PCAP.
— Read the article/invitation by Jenny Noble, Want To Get Greener? Join The CREW – 27 East.
— Make a list of who will be in your new CREW. Choose a buddy to co-guide with you. Write up an invitation for this new CREW and share with your CREW.
— Watch the movie The True Cost (host watch party if possible) 92 minutes.
— Write a few sentences that we will use as testimonials on CREW’s strengths and suggestions for improvements.
— Bring your calendar! We will discuss our accountability support strategy during our next session, choosing dates and setting them up.
— Bonus: Read the article on banking from the Regeneration chapter; research Climate First Bank and ask whether your bank invests in fossil fuel projects.
— Bonus: Watch Erica Chenoweth’s TED talk “3.5% Rule”(17 minutes).
— Bonus: Watch The Story of Plastic, an animated short.