Our general meeting will be this Thursday at 6pm, via zoom:
AGENDA: GENERAL MEETING January 27
Facilitator: Diane Ryerson
Notes and Chat Monitor: Dan Chandler
1) Land Acknowledgement: Diane
“350 Humboldt would like to acknowledge that where we live and hold our meetings in Humboldt County is on unceded territory and the ancestral homeland of indigenous nations which include Tolowa, Hupa, Karuk, Mattole, Wailaki, Wiyot, and Yurok.
We thank indigenous nations who have been caretakers of the land. Additionally, we recognize that the well-being of all people is bound up with that of indigenous peoples, and we must all take action on the climate.”
Our action this month is to help create the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. Right now, the 156 miles of California’s central coast is the only unprotected piece of a delicate marine ecosystem spanning from Mendocino County in northern California to the Channel Islands off Santa Barbara. Securing protections for the Chumash sanctuary would be a huge win for the wildlife that depend on the ecosystem. It would prevent dirty oil and gas drilling projects from starting up in the middle of an essential wildlife migration route.
Please sign in support: http://us.e-activist.com/page/email/click/10012/1125128?
2) Poem: from Our Only Home by the Dalai Lama, read by Laura Simpson
3) Check in: How do you feel about: “Absorb yourself in actions that are beneficial to all?”
Main discussion: We are going to try an experiment that is taken from an actual experiment in Japan. In 2015 some citizens of Yahaba, Japan were randomly divided into two groups, one representing the current generation and the other representing the generation of 2060. Their assignment: discuss the administration of Yahaba’s water utility administration, specifically whether a one-time budget surplus should be returned to current rate-payers or invested in upgrading the water works. After we do our experiment, we’ll tell you how it worked out in Yahaba.
Our experiment concerns expenditure of funds to deal with sea level rise around the Humboldt Bay. Here is a map from Aldaran Laird showing the new coastline with 2 meters of sea level rise.
Graphic illustrates the area of Humboldt Bay that is vulnerable if shoreline barrier structures such as dikes are compromised by king tides (blue regions) versus potential tidal inundation area with two meters of sea level rise (red).
Graphic: Aldaron Laird.
Discussion question: Assume we are going to get 50 million dollars grant for climate resilience or mitigation for communities around Humboldt Bay. How would you spend it? DIVIDE INTO TWO GROUPS, ONE CURRENT GENERATION, ONE GENERATION 30 YEARS LATER.
5. Committee reports
· CAP/local – Deborah Dukes and Diane Ryerson
· Book club – Deborah Next month, on Monday, Feb. 28, we’ll discuss Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, by Suzanne Simard.
· Legislative – Dan
· Offshore wind – Mary
· Art committee – Katy
6. Announcements and general feedback
LOOKING FOR A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SIERRA CLUB SPONSORED CLIMATE FAIR.
MARTHA WALDEN WILL BE DOING OUR NEWSLETTER, THE 350 HUMBOLDT NEWS FLASH BUT SHE NEEDS A PHOTOGRAPHER TO WORK WITH ON GETTING PHOTOS OF LOCAL EVENTS/SITES.