Coline Serreau's 1996 film La Belle Verte begins with a community — planet — picnic that can serve as a model here. Potluck your Park is a perfect companion to stopping fossil fuels for a day. This is not so much about being "green" or about reacting to a climate crisis or reacting to anything for that matter. It's about initiating conversations about what we really care about. Here's the plan:
Empty your larder (refrigerator, whatever) the day before Zeday (so you can unplug it and clean it for the first time in a long time). Make food offerings that everyone will appreciate, then on Zero Emissions Day at noon head for your local park with a picnic basket and blanket and share. Celebrate and talk planet. If the weather is not quite right make your local picnic happen under a roof someplace close by (make a Plan B). First and foremost your gathering is all about the childen present. Plan ahead, make this happen somehow and get ready to join in the best gathering ever!
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