S.O.S.

S.O.S. Memos, formerly Bite-Size Blogs (BSBs)

Weekly updates regarding our most crucial task in the history of humanity: Saving Our Species. (S.O.S.)  Join Our Mailing List (easy to unsubscribe).

Leveraging the  most recognized distress signal in the world, these weekly SOS memos are aimed at continuously promoting globally coordinated, urgently executed “big picture” solutions that are necessary for completely reinventing our entire civilization. Trying to convert our incredibly wasteful and harmful way of life in the developed world into one that can coexist in harmony with nature is like trying to convert a donkey into a spaceship. (See SOS Memo #13 in the list below) Best regards, J. Morris Hicks

Most recent memos and blogs are listed first:

• SOS #18 (8-14-19) Too Little, Too Late from the UN Climate Panel

• SOS #17 (8-7-19) Greta brings the passion. How can we help her?

• SOS #16 (7-31-19) Tesla, recycling…and the sustainability myth

• SOS #15 (7-24-19) Widespread Complacency. Not Good.

• SOS #14 (7-17-19) Is it possible to be TOO kind to Mother Nature?

• SOS #13 (7-10-19) Donkeys, Spaceships and Survival (Vision & PLAN)

• SOS #12 (7-3-19) URGENT Appeal to my Engineering Alma Mater

• SOS #11 (6-26-19) Too Much Knowledge. Not Enough Thinking.

• SOS #10 (6-19-19) Chilling Consequences of Scientific Defamation

• SOS #9 (6-12-19) NINE profound sentences that changed my life

• SOS #8 (6-5-19) Scolded in public by the great Dr. Deming

• SOS #7 (5-30-19) Willy-Nilly Planet Stewardship

• SOS #6 (5-23-19) American Billionaire Dream Team for Survival

• SOS #5 (5-16-19) What is “comforting” about climate change?

• SOS #4 (5-9-19) Pondering the impact of an ice-free Arctic

• SOS #3 (5-2-19) Hitchhiking most of GRATOLA corridor in 1967

• SOS #2 (4-25-19) How can we stop a runaway luxury train?

• SOS #1 (4-18-19) Doing our “best” won’t get it done.

• BSB 196 (4-11-19) A Change of Heart on Biosphere 2

• BSB 195 (4-4-19) Learning from the Biosphere 2 Project

• BSB 194 (3-28-19) Back to GRATOLA and the old Drawing Board

• BSB 193 (3-21-19) Young Activists. Breaking Rules. Hooray!

• BSB 192 (3-14-19) Uninhabitable Earth? With David Wallace-Wells

• BSB 191 (3-7-19) Moral Compass: Doing what feels right to me. D. Jamail

• BSB 190 (2-28-19) Taboo! Talking about the Unimaginable Bendell

• BSB 189 (2-21-19) Frightening atmospheric CO2 ppm increases in 2019

• BSB 188 (2-14-19) Trump, the Press and the Future of Humanity

• BSB 187 (2-7-19) “I don’t want to talk about it!” (“Taboo” Factor)

• BSB 186 (1-31-19) And a Little Child Shall Lead Them…

• BSB 185 (1-24-19) “Successor” Civilization? (Dr. Rupert Read)

• BSB 184 (1-18-19) “Green New Deal” – Not Nearly Enough (Friedman)

• BSB 183 (1-11-19) The “Greenest” part of Gratola (the HyperLoop)

• BSB 182 (1-3-19) Greta Thunberg turns Sixteen Today

• BSB 181 (12-26-18) In the new age of Earthism, what about governance?

• BSB 180 (12-20-18) How “Green” is Green Enough?

• BSB 179 (12-13-18) World’s Largest Farmers Markets? GRATOLA

• BSB 178 (12-7-18) If Mama Ain’t Happy, Ain’t Nobody Happy! Deming

• BSB 177 (11-30-18) Survive & Thrive with “GRATOLA”

• BSB 176 (11-22-18) Thankful for a Green Pathway Forward

• BSB 175 (11-15-18) The Joy of Optimism over Fear (future of humanity)

• BSB 174 (11-9-18) A Prayer for All Faiths. Taking Responsibility!

• BSB 173 (11-2-18) Paradise? It’s by Invitation Only!

• BSB 172 (10-26-18) A “Better” Idea for Humanity. Paradise?

• BSB 171 (10-19-18) Our “Report Card” from Mother Nature

• BSB 170 (10-12-18) Futile Folly of Trillion Dollar Bandaids

• BSB 169 (10-5-18) Best Remedy for Complacency – An EMERGENCY!

• BSB 168 (9-28-18) “Rapacious Consumption of Resources” – Fenner

• BSB 167 (9-21-18) Creative “Idea” for Saving our Civilization

• BSB 166 (9-14-18) Grave Concerns from 8 “Big Picture” Scientists

• BSB 165 (9-7-18) Wanted: Just ONE Courageous Journalist

• BSB 164 (8-31-18) No Ice-Free Arctic This Year, But…

• BSB 163 (8-24-18) RollingStone covers Climate “Tipping Point”

• BSB 162 (8-17-18) “Aliens” Lay Claim to Planet Earth

• BSB 161 (8-10-18) Chances of Climate Change Apocalypse (Chomsky)

• BSB 160 (8-3-18) Skating on Thin Ice — Summer of 2018

• BSB 159 (7-27-18) Crisis in the Arctic? Input from Dr. Wadhams

• BSB 158 (7-20-18) From Curiosity about Food Choices to OMG!

• BSB 157 (7-13-18) An Arctic Alert for your Friday the 13th

• BSB 156 (7-7-18) We need more than a “Greener” economy to save us

• BSB 155 (6-30-18) Beyond the Climate Precipice. Now what?

• BSB 154 (6-24-18) My TED Talk — Why I want to do one

• BSB 153 (6-21-18) One Lone Scientist Predicts Imminent Collapse

• BSB 152 (6-16-18) “Only Chance for Survival,” says top scientist

• BSB 151 (6-9-18) Stopping “Runaway Luxury Train” (Planet Mgt.)

• BSB 150 (6-2-18) “God gave you a brain. You must use it!” (My Mom)

• BSB 149 (5-26-18) Rare Omission in my last BSB (Locked Brains)

• BSB 148 (5-22-18) “Optimizing Earth as a System” — Deming

• BSB 147 (5-18-18) 4Leaf: Past, Present and Future

• BSB 146 (5-10-18) How “Valid” is the 4Leaf Survey?

• BSB 145 (5-9-18) 4Leaf Survey. Simple. Flexible. Powerful.

• BSB 144 (4-25-18) Health, Hope & Harmony–but the Greatest of these…

• BSB 143 (4-18-18) Can AI Show Us the Way to a Sustainable Future?

• BSB 142 (4-2-18) “Eating You Alive” Documentary Promotion

• BSB 141 (3-31-18) NOT an April Fool joke re Climate Change 

• BSB 140 (3-27-18) Diet & Breathing: More Info plus Video

• BSB 139 (3-22-18) The 3 most essential human must haves

• BSB 138 (3-20-18) 4Leaf Partners with Switch Healthcare

• BSB 137 (3-2-18) Can Our Youth Tackle Climate Change?

• BSB 136 (2-21-18) Good News/Bad News re Arctic Ice

• BSB 135 (2-12-18) Healthy Sandwich of Hope

• BSB 134 (2-5-18) 20 Compelling Reasons to Go Plant-Based

• BSB 133 (2-2-18) Scary News from the North Pole

• BSB 132 (1-25-18) Brand New Compelling Data re Climate Change

• BSB 131 (1-16-18) Cancer: 13 Minutes with J. Morris Hicks

• BSB 130 (1-8-18) Common Cold, WFPB Eating & MD Advice

• BSB 129 (1-3-18) Saving $$ and Ecosystem (with ARCH) in 2018

• BSB 128 (12-28-17) Guiding your Favorite Restaurants to 4Leaf

• BSB 127 (12-22-17) Wishing you a wonderful holiday season!

• BSB 126 (12-10-17) “ARGUING” about What the Health film

• BSB 125 (11-22-17) Could the Human Race Go Extinct?

• BSB 124 (11-18-17) Power Eating in the NBA

• BSB 123 (11-14-17) J. Morris Hicks “Live” from Tucson

• BSB 122 (11-11-17) An Idea for Saving Humanity

• BSB 121 (11-8-17) “444” Breakfast. 4Leaf. 4 Minutes. 4 Bucks.

• BSB 120 (11-5-17) 4-4-4 Rice Bowl: 4Leaf. 4 Minutes. 4 Bucks.

• BSB 119 (10-30-17) Is going Off the Grid right for you?

• BSB 118 (10-26-17) Not Dead Yet; Just Been Real Busy

• BSB 117 (10-2-17) Cancer Cure Nobel Prize. When?

• BSB 116 (9-18-17) FREE–4Leaf Tool Kit for Promoting Health

• BSB 115 (9-6-17) Harvey, Irma, Gaia and Beyond

• BSB 114 (9-1-17) Staying the Course after Fifteen Years of Failure

• BSB 113 (8-29-17) What Happens in the Arctic is a BIG DEAL!

• BSB 112 (8-24-17) CHOO$ING to Believe Science (Eclipse Lesson)

• BSB 111 (8-21-17) Future of Humanity (Key slides from my talks)

• BSB 110 (8-20-17) “STILL” a Matter of National Security

• BSB 109 (8-16-17) Jolting us into Action on Climate Change

• BSB 108 (8-10-17) Meet the Scientist who coined Global Warming

• BSB 107 (8-7-17) Urgently Needed! A Do-Over for Humanity

• BSB 106 (8-2-17) Gates. Musk. Bezos. Can They Save Humanity?

• BSB 105 (7-31-17) 1992 Warning from 1700 Scientists–Ignored

• BSB 104 (7-27-17) Promoting Urgency for Change in my Talks

• BSB 103 (7-25-17) We Need “REAL” Mainstream ALARM!

• BSB 102 (7-21-17) Sounding the ALARM re Climate Change

• BSB 101 (7-19-17) Dr. Lovelock on Long-term Human Survival

• BSB 100 (7-16-17) Crucial Importance of “Big Picture” Scientists

• BSB 99 (7-13-17) Climate Change Breakthrough Piece (NY Mag)

• BSB 98 (7-2-17) Sustainability or Extinction? Series of 8 BSBs

• BSB 97 (6-29-17) Are We Humans on the Verge of Extinction?

• BSB 96 (6-27-17) “Most Important Topic Ever” — Canada Presentation

• BSB 95 (6-20-17) My Recovery and a Dose of Reality

• BSB 94 (6-16-17) I almost died last week!

• BSB 93 (6-3-17) Iceberg Population Explodes!

• BSB 92 (5-10-17) Simple, Powerful Video re Sustainability

• BSB 91 (4-28-17) Leveraging Power of Capitalism for Sustainability

• BSB #90 (4-13-17) Some Scary Stuff Happening with Arctic Sea Ice

• BSB #89 (4-10-17) Is Our Civilization in Peril?

• BSB #88 (4-5-17) Improving Lives and Saving Money–with ARCH

• BSB #87 (4-3-17) Can We Stop Climate Change Before It’s Too Late?

• BSB #86 (3-24-17) Avoiding the Extinction of the Human Species

• BSB #85 (3-22-17) Is Donald Trump Obese? Plus other short videos

• BSB#84 (3-18-17) Free Videos–Real Truth About Health Conference

• BSB #83 (3-13-17) Tom Brady, Veggies and 5 Super Bowl Wins

• BSB #82 (3-9-17) Pathway to Sustainability Getting Tougher

• BSB #81 (3-3-17) A Brand New Market for Colonoscopies

• BSB #80 (2-28-17) My speech in El Paso re SUSTAINABILITY

• BSB #79 (2-15-17) Powerful Health DATA from Canada

• BSB #78 (2-9-17) Gathering More Data re Diet and Health

• BSB #77 (2-6-17) Obama asks, “What makes a good citizen?”

• BSB #76 (2-3-17) BBC Documentary Snubs Campbell & Esselstyn

• BSB #75 (2-1-17) JMH to speak on the Connecticut shoreline

• BSB #74 (1-30-17) Powerful weight-loss secrets from Chef AJ

• BSB #73 (1-27-17) We now have DATA linking diet to health

• BSB #72 (1-25-17) ARCH can lower the cost of healthcare

• BSB #71 (1-23-17) Request for DATA re diet-style and health

• BSB #70 (1-19-17) Why I am NOT a cancer screening customer

• BSB #69 (1-13-17) My Go To Lunch or Dinner in Minutes

• BSB #68 (1-4-17) A Few Weight-Loss Tools for Everyone

• BSB #67 (12-31-16) New 4Leaf Podcast for 2017

• BSB #66 (12-24-16) Our Fragile World at Christmas

• BSB #65 (12-21-16) Good News! Moonshot Cancer Project

• BSB #64 (12-16-16) Finding a new planet for Humans

• BSB #63 (12-13-16) Helping Trump fight Climate Change

• BSB #62 (12-9-16) Twelve Days of Climate Change

• BSB #61 (12-4-16) Happy Holidays “ARCH” and Books

• BSB #60 (12-1-16) Four Kinds of Vegans

• BSB #59 (11-29-16) Video: The “Big Picture” of Life on Earth

• BSB #58 (11-22-16) Truly worthy charities–environmentally

• BSB #57 (11-20-16) What is your number?

• BSB #56 (11-15-16) Free online viewing of “Food Choices”

• BSB #55 (11-13-16) Speaking at PlantPure event in New York

• BSB #54 (11-11-16) “Grab ’em by their parsnips”– One term president

• BSB #53 (11-9-16) “New deck” for the post election era

• BSB #52 (11-7-16) Saving weight and losing money?

• BSB #51 (11-5-16) Great new movie for the weekend

• BSB #50 (10-31-16) Getting a Life–My seven secrets

• BSB #49 (11-3-16) Five powerful one-pagers to share

• BSB #48 (10-28-16) Arctic sea ice is disappearing

• BSB #47 (10-25-16) Hillary, Donald and Climate Change

• BSB #46 (10-20-16) The “Hicks Fix” List of Six (Sustainability)

• BSB #45 (10-17-16) “Only way to save our planet” — E.O. Wilson

• BSB #44 (10-13-16) Increasing profitability where you work

• BSB #43 (10-10-16) Saving the planet in one page or less

• BSB #42 (10-5-16) Saving $$ one trillion on healthcare

• BSB #41 (10-3-16) Only pragmatic pathway to harmony on Earth

• BSB #40 (9-30-16) All breads are not equal

• BSB #39 (9-28-16) Ready to Speak Anywhere

• BSB #38 (9-20-16) How Important is Planet Earth?

• BSB #37 (9-16-16) Sustainability Presentation in Orlando

• BSB #36 (9-14-16) Hard Data for Climate Change Deniers

• BSB #35 (9-12-16) Cancer. Nobel Prize Update

• BSB #34 (9-9-16) Biden Moonshot HUGE Disappointment

• BSB #33 (9-8-16) FREE! Orlando Health Conference

• BSB #32 (9-7-16) Essential Harmony of Nature

• BSB #31 (9-3-16) Good News About Food Choices

• BSB #30 (8-29-16) War on Cancer turns 45

• BSB #29 (8-26-16) Cigarettes vs. the S.A.D.

• BSB #28 (8-23-16) Can we change our diets too quickly?

• SB #27 (8-20-16) Hicks and Graff to Speak in California

• BSB #26 (8-17-16) A Matter of National Security

• BSB #25 (8-14-16) Total Consumption & Sustainability

• BSB #24 (8-11-16)  J. Morris Hicks to Speak in Orlando

• BSB #23 (8-8-16) Planning for the 22nd Century

• BSB #22 (8-5-16) The only people who “need” to eat fish

• BSB #21 (8-2-16) Finding What You Love in Your Work

• BSB #20 (7-30-16) Yes, Virginia, there is protein in fruit

• BSB #19 (7-27-16) One Minute Sustainability Digest

• BSB #18 (7-24-16) Down-Sizing the Cancer Industry

• BSB #17 (7-21-16) Five Big Reasons to Eat Only Plants

• BSB #16 (7-18-16) T. Colin Campbell & the Nobel Prize

• BSB #15 (7-15-16) Proselytizing Not Recommended

• BSB #14 (7-12-15) What’s Wrong with Paleo Diet?

• BSB #13 (7-9-16) What do Hillary and Donald Eat?

• BSB #12 (7-6-16) Medicine’s Next Vital Sign

• BSB #11 (7-3-16) Easter Island–Paradise Lost

• BSB #10 (6-30-16) “Tiger Shrimp, Hold the Shrimp”

• BSB #9 (6-27-16) Do you like my Bite Size Blogs?

• BSB #8 (6-24-16) Saving Big Bucks in Restaurants

• BSB #7 (6-21-16) ONE SIMPLE WEIGHT-LOSS SECRET

• BSB #6 (6-18-16) 6 Things Most People DON’T Know About FOOD

• BSB #5 (6-15-16) “Green Light” for Our Health and Our Planet

• BSB #4 (6-13-16) Sustainability Is Most Important

• BSB #3 (6-11-16) Cancer, Climate Change & World Hunger

• BSB #2 (6-9-16) The Basics of Weight Loss

• BSB #1 (6-6-16) Bite-Size Blogs for Busy Folks

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1. Corporate Wellness One-Pager  Our flexible consulting approach for promoting health and slashing the cost of health care in all kinds of organizations.
2. One-Page 4Leaf Guide for Healthcare Providers Helping doctors and other medical professionals streamline the health-promoting capabilities of whole plant foods.
3. One-Page Guide for saving our ecosystem with engineering and business basics
4. One-Page Recipe for Saving our Ecosystem
5. “From Polo to Plant Food” — and a new career based on sustainability

Bonus: My three-page, 12-point paper on climate change (April 2016)

Food. Health. Planet. — Our Future as a Species. (my go-to presentation)

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