“Clearly we cannot rely on rationality among national or international politicians. Neither can we wait for them to take the drastic measures necessary to avert the catastrophic convergence of climate disruption, poverty, and violence around the world. Unfortunately, political incentives and lobbyists point politicians in exactly the wrong direction. We have far better chances to initiate economic, political and social climate action[on a local level] to maximize resilience of local communities as climate disturbances continue…..The megacorporations and financial elites control the global economy, transcending location and nation. We need just the opposite. The only power we have left is what they cannot take away: the people’s power to organize ourselves where we live by resisting, replacing and becoming resilient.”