With gratitude, we give you this.
May all things “New,” bring fulfillment to you,
Especially now, in year 2022,
With all of who we are, with all that the things we do,
Loving aloud, with compassion dreams realized as true,
In action for nature, with solutions, much to do,
For the health of the sky, and the ocean ever blue,
May we set sail, float; outrig, Drua, kyack, and canoe,
Heart embodied more than image of ink on skin tattoo,
Health reigning for all people through, and through,
Transformed systems to assess- consider and review,
Adaptation world peace – nature’s growing coup,
All would wonder how, when? And especially who,
Can we together find resilience, common ground to renew?
Balance and equality might make a debut,
On islands, Global South, look to Fiji, Vanua Levu
Priorities shifting health to overcome pandemic and the flu,
The change starts with just one, but together we make two,
Imagine the possibilities of what we altogether just might do,
Deep gratitude, for friends, family, community too,
Remember, the blessings and love there is especially for YOU!
GLOW light installation at New York Botanical Gardens(NYBG) through January 22nd 2022. NYBG grounds pass is free for all NY State residents on Wednesdays. Photo by Suzanne Maxx.
Thank you! Yes, YOU! An ocean of thanks with your kind thoughts, willingness to listen and share over the years with our World Team project, especially with our 501 c3 nonprofit World Team Now. We appreciate all who volunteer as we embark on the ocean, atmosphere nexus and giving to islands. The 
Islands also include the “Heat island” phenomena that we are experiencing in large cities, like in New York City. As temperatures rise the quality of life, on the island of Manhattan related to nature; water, air and food, and the amount of pollution and waste to combat, is considerable. We are a long way from sustainable development, the SDGs and reaching global goals. ‘Islanding” can also be caused by power outages, fires, mudslides, floods like we experienced in California and this includes barrier islands too, where we have also been based. We feel obligated to give back especially knowing the history and the legacy of how land, and many forms of “ownership” has played out through “civil society” in his-story, and we all realize it is time for a new story, our story– each story, us all together.
Although back now in my native island of Manhattan, after living on a barrier island to complete the journey through writing the book series. The ocean educational materials seem like a drop of water in the ocean. We plan to share all that we are working to develop. Nature based solutions— the OCEAN Curricula grows with the work I continued to do with observation of wild dolphins, whales, sea turtles, blue herons, among many species with rich biodiversity. This has inspired a deeper educational path along the World Team© Journey.
A shout-out to the community in the social environment movement who continue the legacy for transformation since Rio 1992 Earth Summit/Global Forum where the emergency is declared within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). We are thankful and inspired by the rise of the youth movement and indigenous leaders now active in UK Glasgow at COP26 (conference of the parties) who are committed to see a renewed future.
Living on islands and coastal regions most of my life, I witnessed that the vulnerability and need for resiliency continues to increase at a rapid pace. We continue to offer consulting on water, alternative transportation, EV charging, and green hydrogen with community microgrids of renewable energy. It is becoming more valuable to have the back-up power generation needed for independence from utilities. We are consulting with solutions.