Managing Director of CANOE FOUNDATION, an Environmental Peace Organization. canoefoundation.org Our basic tenet is to seek peace with nature and each other.Our mission is to financially support and advocate for Indigenous Peoples to be leaders in the movement for sustainable and effective solutions to climate change and for a peaceful, healthy and green future.I am a white man of privilege…a member of a settler society...a beneficiary of ancestral colonialism, imperialism, Indigenous betrayal and genocide and of course ecological exploitation…a product of the patriarchal and hierarchical reality of competitive exchange and materialism…the market economy...how do I reconcile all that? Probably can’t…just try to live right…treat people with respect and kindness and love…help where I can…smile more…Born when the Global CO2 level was at 310.70 ppm...as of May 13, 2024 it is 427.45 ppm which is a 37.6% increase.I think I fail more than I succeed…but I keep working at it.On the other hand, with privilege, comes responsibility...and I feel responsible...and I'm going to try and make a difference...onward.