I knew you wanted to be a part of this. But left you to decide the moment! Welcome - I know you are already a member of many groups, so I will keep this short. I send out emails once a week at most. I don't want you to feel busy, but take a course or lesson at a time, and over time, you will know as much as I do. @Ruben Plasmeijer runs a Skool group called CLUES. It encourages people to explore the world with curiosity and use that medium to learn more about it and yourself.

Elena runs Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle and is based in Madrid, but with a focus on the Canary Islands. She has a skill that matches one of mine - the ability to transmute diverse data from multiple sources into readable and actionable advice. It can be hard to follow many sources, and so much easier if you have someone who can present the data into easy-to-digest bites - pun intended!

I have had people join to support me and expand their knowledge. Some are aware but want to know more, and some are full of activists. Two have joined as sceptics, and this is great. Ivan is one of the two. My aim is not to go all out to "convert" sceptics to the cause, but to present the data I have learnt over many years and from the research I am doing now. Some of what I write about impacts the climate, but climate aside, it also affects all of us. The way politics is carried out, the way the system rewards the few over the many, has an impact on the Climate Crisis, but it also affects how all of us cohabit on the planet. If we fix these things, we will all benefit, and we might also change the outcome of what I feel is coming our way regarding climate change. I would love to hear your views, Ivan, on why you feel this isn't real, and whether anything here resonates with you.

Thank you all for being here — and welcome to our 30th member. This space is still in its early days, and there’s a lot happening behind the scenes. Some of what I’m working on will start appearing in the Classroom soon. There’s already a substantial amount of material there to explore, and I genuinely welcome any feedback you’re willing to share. I’m actively learning what works and what doesn’t — both here and by being part of other communities — and I’m refining things as we go. Right now, the Classroom is unapologetically dense. It’s a wall of data. Valuable, but heavy. That’s intentional — at least at this stage. I wanted to properly understand how we got here: What was known, when it was known, and what happened after we found out. We all know that end-of-the-world messaging is a hard sell — and an even harder foundation for elections or collective action. But some of us (me included) prefer a cold dose of reality over comforting stories. I’d rather know the truth than be sold unrealistic dreams. For years, I watched documentary after documentary about nature and wildlife. They’d show collapsing ecosystems, vanishing species — and then end with a hopeful note about one valiant individual making a tiny difference. That always frustrated me. It felt… incomplete. Too small. As if the scale of the problem was being quietly minimised. Almost like being gently gaslit into optimism. So I kept asking: why is everything taking so long? What I’m finding is layer upon layer of inertia. Systems designed to preserve the status quo. Not through conspiracy — but through structure, incentives, and daily habits. I wanted to understand how that inertia actually works in practice. What slows things down. What bypasses it. What genuinely moves the needle. While working on this, global events have inevitably affected my own mood and optimism — the actions of the U.S. president, the ongoing slaughter in Gaza, the absence of meaningful leadership across much of Europe and the wider world.

Please welcome Drea, Her profile says: "Actively working to reduce our emissions, keeps us from recklessly creating them. Join Climate Action For Carbon Addicts & stop trashing the planet." I have been reading about permaculture in the excellent group Climate Resilient Permaculture, where I see you are a member as well. There, @Jayme Domejka is teaching all aspects of creating a food system that provides endless nutrition whilst enhancing the environment. Her new course on the origins of permaculture is fascinating. It is clear that we need climate-conscious people in all areas of life, and this network is still building. I sometimes feel that all of this is going too slow - but the more I read, the more I see that the tendrils of renewal are all around us. The pace of change is increasing. I am feeling more optimistic. Thanks for joining us here.