The Posionites and the Global Green Deal E-Book

George Hohbach

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 160

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Beschreibung

In this illustrated Young Adult Action Comedy, five young science freaks and an actress risk their lives to overcome a dangerous negative force and make a positive future happen based on an innovative European, eco-intelligent concept. In the 2nd part of the book, learn about the seminal report A System Change Compass, co-authored by The Club of Rome and SYSTEMIQ, that inspired the action comedy and accompanying pop songs. The concepts of the report converge with other holistic schemes, like the idea of the Positive Circular Economy, powered by the design concept Cradle to Cradle. This provides science-based inspiration on how to build an eco-intelligent, climate-smart and prosperous future for people and planet now.

Leseprobe

“Our actions now will define the future of our society (…) it is no

longer enough to simply act. We must act quickly, systematically

and together.”

Martin R. Stuchtey, Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Janez Potočnik, et al.

(A System Change Compass, October 2020, p.ii)

“Change is unavoidable (…) it has to do a lot with the hard laws of

physics. We need to change (…) The whole economy has to change

(…) You can simply not manage the 21st century with short-termism

anymore (…) If there is anything from which we can learn, it’s

absolutely nature; because nature, it’s the biggest and the best

circular economy (…) We belong to (…) nature. And that’s why we

have to behave like we are part of (…) nature (…) Environment and

economy are two sides of the same coin.”

Janez Potočnik

(New environmentalism and the circular economy: Janez Potočnik at

TEDxFlanders, 04.04.2014)

“... the process of (…) literally transforming mind into matter.

Emotions are the nexus between matter and mind, going back and

forth between the two and influencing both.”

Candance Pert

(Molecules of Emotion, 1997, p.189; note: bold Authors)

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is

the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a

stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe,

is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”

Albert Einstein

(What I believe; Forum and Century 84; October 1930, No.4, 194-

194; note: bold Authors)

Contents

PART 1 THE NOVEL

THE POSIONITES & THE GLOBAL GREEN DEAL

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

THE TWO POP SONGS TO THE NOVEL

PART 2

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON

A SYSTEM CHANGE COMPASS

& FURTHER HOLISTIC CONCEPTS

(Circular Economy powered by Cradle to Cradle, Regenerative Agriculture, etc.)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PART 1

THE POSIONITES & THE GLOBAL GREEN DEAL

CHAPTER 1

The universe, seriously, is vast. Like infinitely vast. You gotta give it to the universe, this is quite an achievement. Like, the universe for instance, has infinitely many event points in its so-called spacetime continuum. (Most event points consist of nothing visibly actually going on, so don’t expect to find too many nightclubs out there.) Thing is, the universe, which the Greeks called cosmos, and means “order” (yeah!), is full of galaxies, even more stars and lots of other cool, creativity-friendly stuff like nebulae, planets, rocks, stones, dust-like particles. Well, I think you get the picture. So, somewhere in all that, is our Milky Way Galaxy, and somewhere in that somewhere, sort of in a small spiral arm of our galaxy, is our solar system. The star of our solar system literally is a star, the sun. The sun, shining bright, happy and enormously confident, and around it, we have the planets, orbiting it as the central, radiating energy source. The blue round planet that we live on, is the third from the sun, right after Venus and Mercury (in case you wanna include that on your stationary to make your address stand out). Countless satellites are circling our home planet, like the satellites of news channels like, uh, that one: Super Global Broadcasting News Network, or in short SGBNN.

One of SGBNN’s mega-charged “Good Morning Planet Earth” news anchors, Harry Pearl, was just spreading exciting information around the globe. More than ever, he totally looked like he was performing at his very professional best.

“Good morning, everyone!” he said with a spectacularly uplifting smile. “We are approaching a historic moment here on planet Earth. World leaders are going to ratify a binding Global Green Deal in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, in 3 days.”

Every viewer around the world could see, Harry Pearl’s level of commitment to the news was at a record high. Because the news was pretty darn good today. Harry turned to his colleague, Doris Pearl, who sat right next to him at the news desk. That’s the kinda random stuff that can happen in a universe with infinite possibilities. You get born as Harry Pearl and 30 years later, you sit next to another reporter whose last name was also Pearl. So, Harry and Doris with her perfectly styled hair, were known not as the dream team, but as the Pearl Team of morning television.

Anyhow, as the words GLOBAL GREEN DEAL whooshingly popped up above an image of planet Earth on TV screens around the globe, Doris fired off more of the good news.

“The historic Global Green Deal is largely based on an influential European report from 2020 on how to effectively implement Green Deals and is meant to do more than just treat the symptoms of the man-made environmental crisis. The ground-breaking deal will be announced by two young climate activists…”

With another swift, attention-stimulating woosh and green flash, the images of two young climate activists, a girl and a boy, both around the age of 13, appeared on TV screens worldwide.

Doris beamed with joy as she continued reporting: “The two brave and smart young thought leaders will convey to the world how this deal of a Nature-based balanced concept, will make our relationship with Nature positive again!”

As soon as Doris had uttered the word “positive”, the entire news room was filled with a bright shining light. It was a strong, empowering energy that, for a long second, suddenly emanated from the Pearl Team.

Up in space, the news satellites of SGBNN simultaneously began to radiate an intense bright light, and six of them, orbiting and spread around the planet, sent a powerful beam of light down to Earth. Into the middle of the USA, to Europe, the Middle East, China, India and Africa. Let’s see what happened down there.

CHAPTER 2

ISAAC AL

AGE: 14

COUNTRY: USA

MOTTO: I dare and love to be myself and sooo alive! WE have the right to feel amazing, dream wildly, laugh loudly, think with Nature & Thrive, Thrive, Thrive!

THE MIDWEST OF RURAL AMERICA

Fourteen-year-old Isaac Al, was chasing down a lonely road in the Midwest of rural America. With all his might, that is the total weight of his right foot on the gas pedal, Isaac made sure his car was “cornering like it’s on rails”. That’s what he thought of at this very moment especially after he had seen the classic romantic comedy Pretty Woman. While watching the movie Pretty Woman and eating popcorn with his family, Julia Roberts, driving in a sexy Lotus with Richard Gere through Beverly Hills, had made this cool comment about his even cooler car, “It corners like it’s on rails.” That brought the Lotus onto Isaac and his dad’s radar big time.

Isaac had a pretty cool astronaut as his dad. Once Isaac’s dad had come back down to earth after a space trip, he had everybody move away from the big city to the countryside. Because after Isaac’s dad had seen earth and its tiny, precious atmosphere from space, he knew he wanted his kids to experience the beauty of Nature as much as possible. But Isaac’s dad was also cool for another reason, as like Isaac, he, too, was into cars. So, soon after they had seen Pretty Woman, as his mom and sister had insisted on that film, father and son had bought an old Lotus on eBay to butch things up a bit. Since both Isaac and his dad loved Star Wars movies, and since its creator, George Lucas, in his youth had also loved fast cars, it was sorta logical for both of them to buy a fast, sexy car. On top of that, Mr. Universe and kick-ass, former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, owned a Humvee that ran on hydrogen in order to be eco-intelligent. So, adding all this up led to their Lotus displaying the green slogan “Physics is awesome!” on its doors, being driven by Isaac and running very fast on hydrogen, down this lonely road. George Lucas had once said that the force is “a way of seeing” and “being with life”. Right now, Isaac felt that he was one with the road, one with the beautiful landscape around him, one with the gorgeous sunrise and one with the fact that he was winning the car race with his buddies from school.

This oneness with all was interrupted by his cell phone’s ring tone. It was dad!???

“Hey, dad?!” Isaac said totally surprised.

“Hi, Isaac!”

“How come you can call me, I thought they didn’t let you call home from the space station?”

“Well, you know, I don’t like to accept `No´ as an answer. Say `Hi´ to mom and your sister. I couldn’t reach them this morning. They’re apparently already too busy. So, what’s up with you. On your way to school?”

“Sorta, yeah.”

“Great. So, since you’re moving mass through the countryside, what’s F=ma to do with it?”

“F=ma. That’s Newton’s second law of motion. Come on, dad! I can’t give you an A for asking such a simple question!” Isaac laughed while taking a corner at top speed.

“Is that tires screeching?”

“No, must be some problem with the connection,” Isaac replied quickly.

“Sure. So, one last physics question. What’s Einstein’s true legacy?”

“Obviously his groundbreaking views on symmetry!”

“What’s that?”

“That the laws of Nature are the same for all observers independent of their state of motion. Accordingly, the laws of Nature are the same everywhere at all times.”

“Awesome. So, this means you don’t have to speed through corners to appreciate the amazing elegance of Nature.”

“Dad, I’m a safe driver! You know me!”

“I know, but you’ve got your mother’s competitive spirit.”

“That’s why I love you both. Have fun, on the ISS dad! Do some great science up there so that our politicians fully wake up to reality.”

“I will. Love you, too.”

With a smile, Isaac, ended the connection. Instantly, he was one again with the road, the speed and the fact that he was way ahead of his buddies and winning this race for certain. At least that’s what Isaac thought, until he heard a loud bang come from his engine. His instant “Darn it!” was followed a split second later by a subsequent “Shit!”, as the car began to stutter.

His buddies in the car behind him weren’t shocked at all, when Isaac unexplainably slowed down in front of them. They were just so frigging excited that a window of opportunity had magically opened up. Five seconds later, they sped by Isaac’s car, windows rolled down, laughing and making faces at him.

“Hey, Isaac! You’re our hero of all things broken!” the driver shouted as the car raced past him.

“Come on!” Isaac cursed as his car stuttered even more. No wonder James Bond liked his Martini stirred and not shaken, or was it the other way around?! Gosh, this moment was so confusing that he couldn’t even remember the sexiest way of ordering a Martini.

Anyhow, the Lotus, winner of so many car races, even the ones Isaac’s dad didn’t really know about, had come to a complete halt. Now, you could argue—based on the findings of Albert Einstein—that being at rest and any kind of motion are the same thing to Nature, as the same laws can be observed by anybody, independent of how you move. That however, right now, did not change the annoying fact that Isaac was about to lose this goddam car race.

Just when Isaac thought his current situation couldn’t suck anymore, out of nowhere, from the early morning sky, that just an instant ago looked as serene as a yoga video, shot a bright flash of light. Sure, there was more than ample space around Isaac’s Lotus. But the flash of light had made up its mind and hit Isaac’s dear, holy car with all its might. This produced the second, very honest, “Shit!” to soundwave its way out of Isaac’s mouth.

But occasionally, just occasionally, things turn out far better than expected. Imagine a weather forecast predicting more rain after two solid weeks of rain, but instead the next day is sunny all the way. That’s exactly what happened to Isaac when he thought his car was wrecked. Instead of falling apart bit by bit, the Lotus started to shake heavily. Isaac could feel the car becoming airborne. Like literally! It sooo gained height, like as high as some of the trees around him.

“Wo-ho, ha, wha…,” was all Isaac could put into words.

Whilst he was sorta trying to make a sound, the car, with another bang of course, started shooting forward through the air like a rocket. Instantly, Isaac went from practically being speechless to screaming. He also switched to body language. In this case, holding onto the steering wheel in panic hoping not to shit his pants.

Isaac really had no time to start worrying about what to worry about most, because he thundered by his buddies in the other car. Zip. Just like that, faster than most people can think, he flew by them.

Now it was his buddies who, totally shocked, reflexically hit their breaks. With their mouths wide open, like garage doors, they stared in total disbelief at the freaking Lotus that had just sped by them.

“Since when do broken cars fly?!”

JESSY CLAYTON

AGE: 14

COUNTRY: UNITED KINGDOM

MOTTO: I dare and love to constantly think outside the box! Being happily alive with Nature and taking care of all is what rocks!

IN THE MIDDLE OF GREAT BRITAIN

Around midday, somewhere in the middle of Great Britain, located on the edge of the North Atlantic Ocean, fourteen-year-old Jessy Clayton was jogging through the beautiful forest right behind her parents’ house. School had been canceled this week due to renovation work. Jessy’s school was about to become more eco-intelligent and climate-smart. All students were proud of this development, as they had pressed consistently for it for well over a year.

Jessy wore her green sweatshirt and a knitted, yellow bobble hat, as the air was brisk this morning. It was the beginning of spring, and the scent from the great pine trees was refreshing. She spotted squirrels, small and large birds, deer, rabbits, and foxes, beautiful butterflies and other numerous insects. Most of the wildlife along her jogging trail was unafraid of her, because not only did she regularly jog through the forest, but she also waved and said “Hello” to them. After constantly doing that for a few years, the animals in the forest considered her a friendly soul and returned her greetings by looking at her with curiosity from a distance instead of instantly taking flight, as if some super destructive maniac had disturbed life in the forest. From her maternal grandparents, who had run a pioneering organic farm, she had learned that all life, plants and wildlife, enjoyed communicating with humans, provided they behaved like reasonable members of the natural network of life.

Often, she thought of revolutionary filmmaker Walt Disney when she saw all the funny, adorable creatures of the forest. As a young boy, even though only for a short period of time, Walt Disney, the famous film producer, had lived with his parents on a farm in the countryside. Later, in his adult life, he always tried to recreate the joyous, wonderful magical feelings, that he had experienced during his interactions with animals and Nature, in his films. This also reminded Jessy of what George Lucas, the legendary creator of Star Wars had said about The Force. That it was “a way of seeing” and “being with life”.

For a moment, Jessy stopped running and just inhaled the wonderful cold air with three deep breaths. Then she continued her jogging on the circular route through the countryside. As always, she tried to enjoy what she did, making sure there was a smile on her face. She had read that in the 1990s, neuroscientist Candace Pert had shown that all the cells in the body were continually aware of its overall emotional state, and in addition, in the field of epigenetics, experiments were presented showing that the environment, to a large extent, determined which genes were turned on, and what kind of proteins our body produced. Jessy was totally fascinated by these findings, because scientifically it meant that the ancient insight, that micro- and macrocosm are one, had been confirmed. She always wondered what science-superstar Albert Einstein would have said to that, since he had—using the simple mathematical concept of symmetry as his beautiful guiding star of Nature—unveiled that in the cosmos as a whole everything is one breathtaking harmonious, amazingly balanced and elegant unity. Or what would genius polymath Leonardo da Vinci have said to that had he known? It was said that he had painted his many masterpieces with that unity of all in mind, especially the Mona Lisa with her famous smile. Jessy tried to be aware of that mesmerizing, balanced unity of Nature at all times. But it wasn’t always easy with everything that was going on in the world. She was proud to live in a country where there was someone like the Prince of Wales who continuously pointed out the all-interlinking harmony and great unity of Nature, and what humans did to Nature automatically meant that they were doing it to themselves. Naturally, Jessy had joined the Fridays for Future movement. It made her feel empowered knowing there were millions and millions of young people of her age also pressing for a lifestyle in harmony with Nature.

Humans, Jessy thought, were a strange species sometimes. Birds, for instance, took the time to enjoy the morning and evening sun as the sunlight was good for their eyes. Why, if birds knew what was good for them, did humans think that running around to constantly set new world records of being stressed out was clever?! There was no first place for having experienced the most fatal heart attack! It’s wasn’t even an Olympic discipline, or a recognized positive “thing”. Yet, it seemed, getting stressed out was the next best thing to proving that one was not yet dead or whatever. And then, there was what she called “Cat Wisdom”, or the “Holy Shit Rule”. Once Jessy had observed how a hungry, little stray cat, first relieved herself before rushing over to a bowl with food that Jessy had placed under a tree. This seemed remarkable to Jessy, as there was another, larger cat already feasting on the food, and the possibility that the little cat might not get any at all was real. But to the little cat, it was more important to first relieve herself, before eating. In more abstract terms: the little cat prioritized first detoxifying herself over filling herself up with new proteins (cat food).