 Hi, this is David Solent, an arts organizer in the climate and environmental justice movement and today we're going to paint parachutes to take space, get our message and our story out there and win positive change in the world. First thing, you need a sketch of what's your message, what's your image, what are your colors. Work through your group about what you want to say to the world but keep it simple and bold. Second thing you need is to find a big open space, we're here in Syracuse rehearsal space. Any space that you can find for a large children's play parachute, that's 24 foot by 24 foot. Once you find a space, indoor or outdoor, get rolls of plastic enough to cover the area and then you'll need to tape it down. Indoor sometimes masking tape will hold otherwise duct tape. For outdoor duct tape and then you lay your parachute out, you tape along every one of the 24 sections of the parachutes. When you've got the parachutes stretched out, you can then get a piece of rope or string. Have one person tie a loop, have one person hold it in the middle and you're making a giant compass so you can draw circles. I prefer laying it out by hand using straight edges when I need to, measuring just eyeballing a little bit and then lay out your images so then you're ready to paint it. You've got it taped down, laid out and ready to go. So various paint brushes, big ones from big areas, small ones, you get it cutting straight lines and maybe even a few small ones for if you have any detail area. This is a latex house paint. This is acrylic paint from an art store, either one of them will work. And then lots of plastic yogurt or other plastic containers that you can pour the paint in. Super thick, you might thin it a little bit. Make sure that all your painting helpers know exactly what goes and what colors, often starting or edging can help that and then just fill your areas. I like to do a light coat or a thin coat that covers solidly but also that dry so it doesn't have to take that long to dry. And sometimes you need to let it dry overnight before it's ready to pull up. Try not to crumple it up until it's had a few days to dry, just fold it loosely. Once you're out on the street, you need a team of parachute carriers and there's a lot of games you can do to keep it visible, energized, stay up with the people, up with whatever you're for, lift up the parachutes, at that point people can run underneath, down with fossil fuels and bring the parachute all the way down to the ground and then you're ready to take it out to the streets to stop the fossil fuel industry and the system behind it.