Anywhere: Support Jem Bendell's film on Deep Adaptation

----- Forwarded message ----
From: Ocean River Institute <rob@oceanriver.org>
Date: Sun, Mar 3, 2019, 12:07 PM
Subject: Support Jem Bendell's film on Deep Adaptation
To: 

As climate change wreaks havoc on our wildlife and agriculture, what do you tell a 13 year-old boy about his future?

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here

Oskar's Quest (A short film by Jem Bendell) As climate change wreaks havoc on our wildlife and agriculture, what do you tell a 13 year-old boy about his future? Oskar didn't need to be told. Answering his mum why he was crying, the 13 year-old said he wouldn't be able to live like her, because society would collapse from climate change. Dumbfounded, his parents found a paper on the topic, which they read with him. Nothing could be the same for Oskar and his family. They decided to take this topic and paper to their school. Suddenly classes of schoolchildren were discussing collapse with the author of that Deep Adaptation paper, Professor Jem Bendell. Now Oskar was demanding teachers let him focus his studies on readiness for collapse. The story of Oskar's quest and the conversations between his classmates may help parents and teachers consider whether and how to discuss our climate predicament with children and young adults. We have until March 21 to raise the funds needed to film and edit. Additional funds raised will go to educational outreach of Oskar's Quest. Please make a generous donation to tell the story of Oskar's Quest. Deep Adaptation After the despair of taking to heart the collapse of ecosystems from excessive carbon gas in the atmosphere, the devastation brought by extreme weather events, and more. . . I have hope more and more people will wake to what's important in life for themselves, and it will include things like curious, kind, and joyful connection with all life, people and nature. It's what do we value? Why are we here, and what do we want to stand for, even if we are going to sink?       Jem Bendell Deep Adaptation asks if it's too late, what now? If people really take this stuff to heart, in my experience, they do not return to denial, do not stay in despair, and they end up in a spirit of cherishing what they have . . . and cherishing the opportunity to be open and honest about your feelings and how you see the world and stop pretending.   Jem Bendell View Jem's video with Toni Spencer,  Starting conversations on creative responses to collapse and beyond. Produced by ScientistsWarning.org in partnership with the Ocean River Institute.  What's in your ocean?  Join Deep Sea Canyon Rangers. Voyage with the Ocean River Institute.   Get savvy, speak out, be heard, and inform decision-makers.   Click here to home page to sign up for EAlerts. Moir's Environmental Dialogues, Ocean River Shields of Achilles Choose from over a hundred radio broadcast episodes, also available free on  iTunes.  Listen to the forty second promo on what Homer and Rachel Carson meant by Ocean River. Like what you read?  Please add your words to what others are saying about us.  Discover why we are a five-star nonprofit at Great Nonprofits. Join ORI's Fan page on Facebook.  We've surpassed 6,000 likes.  When you and friends like us, it helps us get the word out and makes it easier for others to donate.  Shop at Amazon Smile and benefit the Ocean River Institute. Earn money for yourself by joining Opinions 4 Good (www.Op4G.com). Wear with pride ORI logo items.  Visit our "Ocean River duck-and-paddle-like-heck Store". Twitter @OceanRiverInst for wave breaking news and updates. Become a Blue Water Sustainer - Give as little as $2 monthly Stay connected with ORI

Ocean River Institute, 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Sent by rob@oceanriver.org in collaboration with Try it free today