{"id":1704,"date":"2017-10-22T17:11:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T00:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2017-10-22T17:12:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T00:12:45","slug":"first-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/first-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"First Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the hardest part of anything worth doing: taking that first step.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1705 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/feet_grass_step_stand_sneakers_250x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/feet_grass_step_stand_sneakers_250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/feet_grass_step_stand_sneakers_250x250-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/feet_grass_step_stand_sneakers_250x250-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But for anyone who\u2019s paying attention to what\u2019s going on in the world\u2014the intensification of global poverty and food insecurity, deteriorating public health, species extinction, rising sea levels and extreme weather events, refugees fleeing drought and famine, escalating geopolitical tensions\u2014inaction isn\u2019t an option.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to step up. It\u2019s time to embrace hope. And our best hope is regeneration.<\/p>\n<p>The paradigm shift from degenerative food, farming and land-use practices toward regenerative practices\u2014those that regenerate soil, biodiversity, health, local economies and climate stability\u2014is arguably the most critical transformation occurring throughout the world today.<\/p>\n<p>But that transformation won\u2019t happen fast enough, unless we all step up. And the best place to take that first step is in our own communities.<\/p>\n<p>In &#8220;First Steps: Build a Regeneration Movement in Your Local Community,&#8221; OCA\u2019s Ronnie Cummins offers suggestions for how to build a local core group to advance the regeneration movement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa3.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=%2BlCr4zYQYXEkcchVbsb4JlCj68yv3XXs\">Read Ronnie\u2019s essay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y1kb0cWft_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the hardest part of anything worth doing: taking that first step. But for anyone who\u2019s paying attention to what\u2019s going on in the world\u2014the intensification of global poverty and food insecurity, deteriorating public health, species extinction, rising sea levels and extreme weather events, refugees fleeing drought and famine, escalating geopolitical tensions\u2014inaction isn\u2019t an option. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[456],"tags":[37,238,40,144,181,358,696,388,227],"class_list":["post-1704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-revolution","tag-agriculture","tag-chemicals","tag-crops","tag-food","tag-gmo","tag-health-stuff-you-need-to-know","tag-monsanto","tag-pesticides","tag-usda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1704"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1707,"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions\/1707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}