Thread by @BLorraineSmith

1/10 The spore-based idea spreader in me is all stirred up after last couple weeks in London, Cambridge, multiple stops in Brazil, so here's a little (peaceful) mushroom cloud of ideas as I resettle in NYC and recover from extreme #saudades after exposure to such great people.

2/10 Heard sense of urgency + diverse commitment to action at @volansjohn's 10 yr anniversary eve - appreciated call to positive imagination by @paulbunje paired w @kavpm + @cloverhogan's signal to hear voices of our youth (thinking: maybe also heed those of our own inner kids?)

3/10 Also in London, convo's about need to embrace best tools (e.g. @FutureFitBiz) + close the loop WITH nature, include soils, forests, ag in all climate + industry strategy, per @JustinCMAdams @nature_org @ProjectDrawdown ++ #NaturalClimateSolutions naturalclimatesolutions.org

4/10 Time w @melphadtare in Cambridge sparked a journey into the future, care of @OsorioOlga's *Einstein Rosen Bridge* film - highly recommend you take these 8 minutes and think what you might like to through into your own future's wormhole. shortoftheweek.com/2018/01/11/ein…

5/10 Also learned of Global Chaos Map Project of GSI of @AngliaRuskin (watch this space!) which led me to read @NafeezAhmed 's "Failing Systems..." + double down on my contribution to reducing *whole systems knowledge deficit* - this book nails it tinyurl.com/y9fzltxf

6/10 Arriving in São Paulo's winter for time w @fibria_brasil's sustainability committee - deeply moved by commitment to communities, integrity, research + #SustainableAg (which I don't say lightly) tinyurl.com/yboda5cw

7/10 Enjoyed a chance to connect w @versoereverso @CDP @IPAM_Amazonia @PRI_News + more at @capital_aberto's #GDEconomiaFlorestal discussion; especially inspired to learn of Coalizão Brasil's detailed, practical 4-yr climate risk/opp recommendations tinyurl.com/y87awddo

8/10 Squeaked in time w @B3_Oficial's @soniafavaretto to top up inspiration/hope for markets to build solutions, + to be reminded by how much talent (that happens to be female...) abounds in Brazil tinyurl.com/y9b7xb5x

9/10 Sensed unease re upcoming Brazilian election, yet similar feelings in UK, US, even home and native land (Canada); bright spark messages came from friends in #Ethiopia @DestaMilha @Selam_Kebede where peace is being waged. Time to generate hope where we can. #VoteConciente

10/10 Anyone remember the kids' song, "Some of us are bumblebees, some of us are toadstools?" Can't find any record of it - we used to play a kind of musical chairs singing it. I enjoy working with bumblebees of the world (hi @volansjohn!) but am pretty sure I'm a toadstool :-)