Jim Merkel left a career designing and marketing top-secret military electronics after an ethical crisis in 1989. He escaped, and simplified his life, and for 30 years has lived close to the global average GDP of between $5,000 and $10,000 a year.

He will share strategies for radical downsizing, war tax resisting and engaging in societal solutions to the greatest challenge yet faced – the sixth great extinction and climate change. Can the transformation be enlivening and fun while delivering a recovering planet to future generations? What could be some first steps? Let’s combine our hearts and minds for this short time together.