I don't think we're going to fix climate change. Sit with that for a minute. I think the evidence is all around us 2023 was 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels. As a species we decided that we wouldn't let it get that bad in 2015 and 8 years later here we are. We set that goal because at 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels it's essentially guaranteed that most low laying island nations will [sink below rising sea levels ](https://longnow.org/ideas/the-first-digital-nation/). I'm young, 22 years old at time of writing. My great-grandmother was born in 1918 and died in 2020. She was 102. I have 80 years before I can even claim to have seen an equal amount to her. In my short 22 years I have seen more than enough to know that I most likely will never see as much as she did. That real, it's maybe the realest thing I've ever wrote. Once you have grieved all the possible fantastical never will be, but could've been futures that we've been robbed of you can start to pick up the pieces of whatever plans you may have had. And with strength and grit you can grab hold of the opportunities that still exist and start to grab ahold of the new opportunities created. We should be grateful unlike biblical judgement we have very good predictive models telling us the time, type, intensity of disaster, and likelihood. [ProPublica US Map](https://projects.propublica.org/climate-migration/), [ImpactLab Map](https://impactlab.org/map/#usmeas=absolute&usyear=2080-2099&gmeas=absolute&gyear=1986-2005&usrcp=ssp245&usvar=tas_ann&usprob=0.5&tab=united-states&grcp=ssp585), [American Communities Map](https://www.americancommunities.org/mapping-climate-risks-by-county-and-community/), etc. Octavia butler thought that Canada, Russia, and Alaska would join into an Alliance due to climate change given how valuable the land the sit on will be and it's not that crazy of an idea. I hope that the future doesn't look that extreme but I do think it's undeniable that climate change is real, it's happening, and it's going to continue to happen. Given that simple fact there's an arbitrage opportunity of grand proportions. Land values across the world are not taking climate change into account yet which given the average length of a mortgage (~30 years) is the biggest example of social stupidity I have seen thus far in my life. For a direct example the hottest housing markets in the country right now are all in the southwest. Miles and miles of Arizona exurbs are being built, bought, and boastfully paraded as a sign of the economic miracle happening in the desert. These buildings are almost all being sold to low middle income families and come with a 30 mortgage. In 30 years Arizona is expected to be so hot that it'll be almost 100 for over half the year which is akin to Death Valley today. The stupidity required to build the 5th largest city in America in Death Valley is tremendous. Unfortunately for most people places like Arizona, Houston, Dallas, and Vegas, are the only places where they might be able to start climbing the economic ladder. I a Detroit native, and SF transplant definitely won't be able to make a sustainable living in either of the places that I call home (for exactly opposite reasons). And I don't think staying in cities where the pool of opportunities shrinking and the number of people is increasing a smart decision either. My beloved San Francisco is on it's way to hell of it's own making unfortunately. So what makes sense to do? I think this problem is one on the minds of a lot of people in my generation. All of us are all too aware of what the future has in store for us. But this problem in many ways represents a great opportunity. In my brain the world has already ended, which means that there's a true opportunity to make something better, something sustainable, something equitable. I first attempted to come up with what I considered a full solve for this when I was 19 and researched a whole new supply chain. The attempt taught me a lot but was fundamentally naive and idealistic. Since then I have changed and became more interested in what an individual solve would look like. So I during the pandemic I asked some friends if they were interested in doing a project together. I presented to them what I thought to be the state of the world and asked if they agreed. And thus the Land project as we called it was born. Everyone on the team has slightly different ideas of what the land project is but for me it's: Land back (a controlling share is given to the local anishaabeg peoples) solarpunk ([Moonstone inspired](https://themoonstoneproject.co.uk/)) sustainable (high biodiversity land management practices) Coop What this looks like in practice is an LLC in which 5 friends are equal owners that is being used as a vehicle to buy land(~50 - 100 acres) in a climate change resilient. Then on that land setting up a Permacultural food forest along with several dwellings, and purposeful buildings. Rolling the whole thing once done into a non profit with a novel board structure which systemically includes indigenous input. Running the thing as a coop where non native people can stay for up 3 years. Local indigenous people being allowed to stay permanently. If you'd like to get involved or learn more feel free to reach out