We know the global commons such as land and fish are being over used.  We know some of the world's people are polluting the commons, for instance, dumping CO2 emissions into the air. We "know this collectively" as shown by near universal acceptance of the 2016 Paris Accords. We are in collective, world-wide agreement regarding human goods. The U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been signed by nearly every country.

Even knowing this, our human-created systems are being defeated by "wicked" problems.

"Wicked problems are ill-defined, ambiguous, complicated, interconnected situations packed with potential conflict."* Thinking about "wicked" problems in a normal, "tame" problem frame leads to frustrations and forebodings. Different thinking, skills, and approaches are required before creating improvement.

Join Whidbey Climate ACTION on Jan. 9 and explore how changing our thinking about these harder problems can move us to mental and emotional clarity and inspire action.