I participated in a four-week workshop through Project Drawdown New York City (USA). There were eighteen of us in the group. The book, Project Drawdown, edited by Paul Hawken, informed us about solutions for reversing global warming. We each created our own action plan based on one of the solutions. 


At our final class I announced an upcoming Sustaining All Life (SAL) workshop. Then a group member stood up and talked about what an amazing organization SAL is! Unknown to me, she had been to two SAL events in New York City during the United Nations Summit Climate Week in September 2019. She talked about how SAL creates space for all types of people, the listening and empathy we engage in, and our understanding of oppression. She pointed out SAL’s uniqueness compared to other climate organizations. She spoke enthusiastically and at length. It was a tribute to all that we collectively accomplished during the United Nations Summit Climate Week and the decades of work building up to it. In the end, four people from the Project Drawdown workshop came to the SAL workshop and had positive experiences there.


This moment was a much-needed reminder that as with all ecosystems, it is not always apparent and visible how one living organism or colony can and does impact another. But we are all interconnected, and the ripple effects of SAL’s human bonds and caring go far beyond what we know or can imagine. 


                                                                                       With hope,