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OCO Resources

OCO Background

• Description of the Our Climate, Ourselves program- 5 pages (2 MB pdf).
• Our Climate, Ourselves 2-fold booklet.pdf.

OCO Resources for Climate Change Leaders and Educators

• Climate Change Conversation Guide (download pdf)
• Download Our Climate Ourselves .ppt slides (2.1 Mb)
• Download Four Capacities for Response .ppt slides (1.7 Mb)
• Download Capacities for Response to Peak Oil.ppt slides (4.1 Mb)
• View climate description slides:
  • Climate Basics
• View Climate "Surprises" slides:
  • #1— Exponential growth of CO2 production
  • #2— Time delays
  • #3— Thresholds– Tipping elements, tipping points and why they matter
  • #4— How much CO2 would be OK to produce?
  • #5— Much of what is needed already exists

Other Climate Work and Tools From SI

• Climate Bathtub Animated Sim - Explores the relationship between emissions and atmospheric CO2.  Facilitator's Guide for users engaging others in the Sim.
• Two page flier on the Climate Change Simulations being constructed by SI, the Society for Organizational Learning, MIT and Schlumberger/SEED.

• "Systems Thinking for Sustainability: A Decision-Support Approach for Electrical Utility Executives Addressing Climate Change" (416KB pdf), by Andrew Jones (2005)
• "We Can't Afford to Wait and See on Climate Change" (67KB pdf) by Drew Jones and Don Seville
• Supporting Effective Participation in the Climate Change Debate: The Role of System Dynamics Simulation Modeling (62KB pdf) by Drew Jones and Don Seville

Climate Change Resources We Rely Upon

• Research by MIT's John Sterman and Harvard's Linda Booth Sweeney about mental models of climate.
• Excellent resources for turning despair about the state of the world into empowerment from Joanna Macy and John Seed.