Why 2050? Well, we started asking ourselves “What will Pueblo look like in 2050 if 1) we keep on the same track as other environmental groups pushing renewables and trying to pass policy that could be erased with the next administration or 2) we break out of what we are supposed to do and start doing what needs to be done to prepare for the worst of climate catastrophe while practicing new ways of reciprocity and building structures based in care.
Two recent articles also reaffirmed the looming 2050 deadline:
1) Global GDP Faces 50% Loss Without Climate Change Action, Study Finds (https://www.forbes.com/.../global-gdp-faces-50-fall.../)
2) I'm a scientist and I think society will collapse by 2050. Here's how I'm preparing. (https://inews.co.uk/.../scientist-think-society-collapse...)

The Forbes article exemplifies the disconnect of priorities in our society starting with its title. The laser focus on GDP loss completely overshadows the doom inducing figure of 4 billion loss of human life by 2050 which is almost half of earth’s global population. “Half of the world’s population will be dead by 2050 without substantial climate action” should have been the title because that is what we should be trying to protect along with all other life. We see this as a blatant indicator of the media losing the plot, of our society telling us what it really holds dear and spoiler: it's not us. The second article, centering a climate scientist's direct and alarming warning that they think society will collapse by 2050, is much more straightforward in the horrifying realities of where we are headed and how we can prepare for that time. Our favorite part of the article is the reminder that a vital part of preparedness is community: “The bottom line is that nobody can survive on their own... If we are to have any chance of survival, we need to cooperate, I think that’s absolutely critical.”

What CAN Pueblo look like in 2050? What do you believe it takes to get there together?