1.0Innovation Network for Communitieshttps://in4c.netPete Plastrikhttps://in4c.net/author/pete-plastrik/Awakening: Emergence of Climate Leadership from Silent Spring to Inconvenient Truth - Innovation Network for Communitiesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ko17EJx5O6"><a href="https://in4c.net/2018/11/awakening-emergence-of-climate-leadership-from-silent-spring-to-inconvenient-truth/">Awakening: Emergence of Climate Leadership from Silent Spring to Inconvenient Truth</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://in4c.net/2018/11/awakening-emergence-of-climate-leadership-from-silent-spring-to-inconvenient-truth/embed/#?secret=ko17EJx5O6" width="600" height="338" title="“Awakening: Emergence of Climate Leadership from Silent Spring to Inconvenient Truth” — Innovation Network for Communities" data-secret="ko17EJx5O6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://in4c.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Winner.jpg1254836Excerpt from Life After Carbon, chapter 2, “Urban Climate Innovation Laboratories”  Before climate change arrived in the headlines in the late 1980s, the groundwork for climate leadership had been laid. The creators of urban climate innovation labs span three overlapping generations, each of which experienced its own jolt of awakening and urgent call to action.  Those who are in their […]