USCG -- United States Coast Guard or...
United Saving Civilization Group?
How about both? A conversation starter!
SOS #220 -- J. Morris Hicks -- (7-25-23)
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After moving back to coastal Connecticut from Vermont a few months ago, I ordered new license plates for my car. Some may call them vanity plates.
I call them a novel “conversation starter” regarding the urgent need for taking the most efficient steps for saving our civilization and preventing the near-term demise of Homo sapiens. The USCG = United Saving Civilization Group "interpretation" is explained below.
My new license plates feature a view of Long Island Sound -- including a delightful image of the Saybrook Breakwater Light, which is just a short sail or drive away from my new writing studio & living quarters in New London.
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Naturally, most people will think it stands for the United States Coast Guard, and they will be right. But, there is more...
As for the “4ME” portion, It suggests that I may be a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard -- and that would also be true.
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I am indeed a former Coast Guard officer who served at Base Honolulu during the final years of the Vietnam War. (Pictured here as an ensign in 1969 at age 24)
It also signals that I am a big fan of the only branch of the United States armed forces that focuses primarily on saving lives.
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Now lets turn to the main focus of this SOS Memo:
United Saving Civilization Group
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I chose USCG4ME for my new plates primarily as a way to start conversations about the most important topic in the history of humanity: saving our civilization and ultimately our very species.
Now, when people ask me what's with your license plate? I can answer two ways in less than 30 seconds:
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One: I am a Coast Guard veteran now living near the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
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Two: USCG also means something new to me of late. It's an acronym that, once again, is all about saving lives:
United Saving Civilization Group
It is the second meaning that defines the major definite purpose for this former U. S. Coast Guard officer.
Now, when people ask me what's behind the USCG on those plates -- it provides me with a handy "conversation starter" regarding what I have concluded to be the most important goal in our history: Preventing the near-term demise of our civilization and ultimately, our species.
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The Bottom Line
The idea behind those new plates is to spark never-ending conversations regarding the most important topic in the history of humanity -- quickly learning to live in harmony with nature.
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Exactly how can we do that? During my elevator speech of less than thirty seconds, I simply encourage everyone to visit this five-letter website — hpjmh.com -- where, in less than ten minutes, they can grasp the “big picture” regarding the crucial challenge that all humans on Earth are facing.
So from now on, when people ask me what's with
those Coast Guard inspired plates?
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I can simply quote this new elevator speech: |
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Thank you for asking. Three connections::
1. I am a U.S. Coast Guard veteran.
2. More importantly, USCG means United Saving Civilization Group -- a steadily expanding group of people all over the world who are committed to annihilating the single largest driver of climate change ASAP -- by simply changing what we eat.
3. You can learn all about the details at hpjmh.com. I write about this same crucial topic every week in my SOS Memos. Please join my mailing list at either of those two links.
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One more thing. Just before putting the finishing touches on this SOS Memo, I thought of this slightly longer meaning -- one that uses all seven characters shown here...
With a nod to my own mother, Agnes Ware Stanfield Hicks who always told me; "God gave you a brain, Jim, and he expects you to use it." And that's what I am trying to do right now.
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United Saving Civilization Group
for Mother Earth
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As for the USCG in my life in 2023, I now live walking distance from three Coast Guard icons:
Now under construction, I walk by the site below several times a week. This is a rendering of what the museum will look like in two years. This beautiful image appears to have been a photo that was taken from the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, also known as America's tall ship.
The red brick building on the left is the New London train station which I visit often for routine trips to New York City.
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Links to the five most recent SOS Memos are provided here for your convenience:
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Finally, are you among the rare group of humans who are making the direct connection between our lifestyle choices and our future as a species on this planet? If so, I would love to collaborate with you. Contact me and tell me your story: jmorrishicks@me.com.
Do you want to do your part to help people get healthy...while simultaneously slowing, stopping or even reversing climate change? Then, share this SOS Memo and the free books below with everyone you know.
Please contact me about arranging a FREE "live" Zoom talk for your group. They will get a lot more out of my talk if they have read the FREE books below in advance of my talk
Sincerely, J. Morris (Jim) Hicks
PS: Scroll down to the Big Picture Documents and Video Section (following the FREE books) where you will find links to a plethora of references regarding the validity and the urgency of the information contained herein.
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FREE: Two "Big Picture" Books
Our health. Our planet. Our future as a species.
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Here is the first book we are now offering FREE to the world public: a quick and easy read that I published with Stuart Scott in 2020. Just click below for individual links to each chapter. |
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To our knowledge, OUTCRY is the only book ever published that features a summary of "outcries" from the natural world, along with consensus conclusions of nine big picture scientists regarding our dilemma — AND an envisioned, sustainable civilization of the future, using today’s technology.
"The most important info in all of humanity
is going undiscussed."
We're talking about the crucial information regarding how we can possibly slow or stop climate change within a few years.
Want to help relieve the desperate situation in which we find ourselves, read OUTCRY as soon as you can and send it to everyone you know. Just click on the book cover above.
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Here is the 2nd book that is now FREE: a quick and easy read that I wrote with Dr. Kerry Graff in 2015.
Using the Power of Food
to Heal Ourselves and Our Planet
This compact book is still highly relevant, focusing on helping people take charge of their health and reverse chronic disease by urgently shifting to a whole-food, plant-based way of eating.
A fringe benefit of their efforts is the steady downsizing of the leading driver of climate change: animal agriculture. Merely suggesting that the masses cut back on their meat, dairy, egg and fish consumption will accomplish very little.
We want everyone to completely eliminate all animal-based foods from their diet. Yes, that includes cheese, eggs and all forms of seafood.
For your children and grandchildren, just do it!
Click this image to watch my May 2022 presentation.
A 45-minute talk whose title says it all.
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Also, scroll on down for more "big picture" information that is mainly in the form of powerful videos, most of which are free.
For a concise summary of "big picture" information about our situation, take a look at the landing page of my primary website that I update regularly. Just click hpjmh.com
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What about the preservation of civilization? |
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To clarify, we're not trying to preserve civilization as we know it. Because what we have now is extremely wasteful, harmful and grossly unsustainable. It's an incredibly reckless way of living that is now threatening our very existence as a species.
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As for making our stand on the only planet in the universe capable of keeping us alive, our "Big Picture" section below will provide you with handy reference materials on this most crucial of all topics. |
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"Big Picture" Documents & Video Section
Chronological timeline of climate change research
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This section begins with a conversation with our creator after a 50,000 year absence.
And Mama ain't happy.
Nine more handy "big picture" documents and/or videos:
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Five World-Changing Films
That People Everywhere Must See
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Film #1 in 2014
In 2014, Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn produced their first documentary film Cowspiracy. Executive producer is Leonardo DiCaprio, it runs 90 minutes and has been on Netflix since 2015. In 2020, I met Kip and Keegan in Sedona where I was honored to be able to speak at the same conference with them and other great leaders in this movement like Dr. Sailesh Rao and Dr. Michael Greger.
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Film #3 in 2021
In 2021, Kip Anderson teamed up with British filmmaker Ali Tabrizi, to produce Seaspiracy, an 89-minute film that vividly and alarmingly reveals what is at stake when it comes to the crucial importance of our oceans to our future as a species. Most people have no idea regarding the environmental horrors of commercial fishing -- a disgusting industry that kills dolphins by the thousands and tosses them back into the ocean. It runs 90 minutes on Netflix. Click here to view the trailer.
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Film #4 in 2021
As our situation becomes more desperate, the documentary films become more terrifying. As alluded to earlier, we are literally Eating Our Way to Extinction, a process that is vividly covered in this 2021 film (81 minutes). Narrated and produced by Kate Winslet, you can watch this great film on Amazon Prime or on YouTube for $3.99. The great ocean scientist and former head of NOAA, Dr. Sylvia Earle lends powerful credibility to such a crucial topic.
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Film #5 in 2022
This new film (89 minutes) features a young activist who travels around his country, New Zealand in an effort to find out the truth about the horrors of the dairy industry in his native land.
The film uncovers alarming information about the environmental and health impacts of the industry -- leading up to the discovery that we are on the edge of the biggest global disruption of food and agriculture in history. This new film is now available for $2.99 on Vimeo.
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Grasping the "Big Picture"
These 2 films will help in understanding
our unprecedented dilemma.
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This 83-minute documentary is all about the findings that were documented in Dr. Stephen Emmott's 2013 book. TEN BILLION.
He brilliantly describes the grossly unsustainable way of living that has brought us to the emergency situation in which we find ourselves. Since I met him in London in 2013, he has become much more serious about the need to abolish the practice of eating meat, dairy, eggs and/or fish at almost every meal.
Just click on the hourglass image. Dr. Emmott delivers a very compelling message from the stage of a theater in London. This 2013 film is still relevant and will certainly help more people grasp that all-important "big picture."
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Finally, this half-hour video was published in November of 2021. It was produced by Michael Dowd, a non-scientific researcher like me who does a very fine job of explaining the many facets of the obstacles standing between us and our survival as a species.
As do practically all researchers, Dowd focuses entirely on the problem; not the solution. I prefer to focus on both.
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What else can you do?
Probably a lot more than you think
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Start with the new documentary (Film #4) mentioned earlier -- Eating our way to Extinction for $6 on Netflix. Watch it often with your friends and family.
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Share this SOS Memo widely: Certainties, Uncertainties & Priorities by J. Morris Hicks.
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Get an e-copy of OUTCRY. Visit Outcry page on Amazon and get a much bigger understanding of the situation in which all humans find ourselves.
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Inform all the young people in your world that you are deadly serious about this topic. Urge them to read these SOS Memos and our latest book, OUTCRY.
- Completely stop eating meat, dairy, eggs and fish today and tell everyone why you are taking such a "radical" step. You're doing it for the innocent children of the world.
- As noted above, do yourself a favor and make sure that your plant-based meals of the future consist of whole plants -- the kinds of foods that prevent or reverse most chronic diseases AND enable your body to effortlessly seek its optimal weight.
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I am confident that if a few million people carefully read and digested this book that there would be a more robust conversation around the world regarding our grossly unsustainable way of living in the developed world.
To my knowledge, OUTCRY remains the only book ever published that features an envisioned, totally-green, ultra-sustainable, super-desirable, future way of living for humans -- along with ideas for how we might get there as quickly as possible.
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The links below to earlier SOS Memos will help you understand how these ideas unfolded since 2018. |
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