Yes, solving the climate catastrophe is not just systems thinking, it is systems nested within systems, within systems, and within systems, until one comes down to a meal. Whether it is better to eat the yummy ice cream or the nutritious soup. This consumption conundrum is the crux of the problem. Buyers and Voters cannot solve systemic problems because they are only transactional, buy or not buy, vote for candidate X or Y. The way out, as you correctly point out, is to be connected, to develop relationships with those groups and legislators who can forge robust inclusive solutions – have both soup and ice cream, perhaps with also a half sandwich. To avoid climate catastrophe, we need inclusive community-based and place-based actions. For planetary system change, we need many micro-system adaptations and adjustments that inform the actions of other communities and places.