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52. Wetiko
Wetiko is a contagious psycho-spiritual disease of the soul, a parasite of the mind, that is currently being acted out en masse via an insidious collective psychosis of titanic proportions. This mind-virus covertly operates through the unconscious blind spots in the human psyche, rendering people oblivious to their own madness.
51. What do radical feminists have to say on the matter of climate emergency and the topic of near-term extinction?
This article explores the relationship between radical feminism, patriarchy, and the destruction of the natural world. Reflecting on whether humanity as a whole is responsible for ecological devastation, the author considers the role of male-dominated systems in war, sexual exploitation, colonization, slavery, and the exploitation of the Earth. The piece questions whether women should share equal responsibility for harms perpetrated within patriarchal systems and examines the complex relationship between complicity, power, and resistance.
49. Videos Relating to the Problem and the Solution
A collection of videos exploring humanity’s relationship with the natural world and the importance of protecting the Earth. Featuring Jane Goodall and Conservation International’s Nature Is Speaking series, with voices including Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Reese Witherspoon, Edward Norton, Lupita Nyong’o, and Robert Redford, these videos give a voice to Mother Earth and the natural elements and ecosystems we depend on, including oceans, ice, soil, forests, coral reefs, and the sky.
48. New Republic of the Heart, Terry Patten
Between 2018 and the present time, The New Republic of the Heart has brought together people and communities to address our urgent global challenges by doing the inner work of personal transformation AND the outer work of civic engagement.
47. White Awake
Have you ever wondered just what it would take to end white supremacy? You are showing up as an ally in anti-racist struggle, you are doing your part to dismantle your socialization as a white person … but is it enough? What are our long-term goals, and are we taking the steps we need to get there?
45. Wisdom of Trauma, Gabor Maté, Thomas Hübl
Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. It is the root of our deepest wounds. Dr. Maté gives us a new vision: a trauma-informed society in which parents, teachers, physicians, policy-makers and legal personnel seek to understand the sources from which troubling behaviors and diseases spring in the wounded human soul, rather than focusing on fixing behaviors, suppressing symptoms and judging.
46. Science and Non-duality
At SAND we envision a humanity firmly rooted in the truth of our interconnectedness. We see Earth as a living being and we hold life, in all its shapes and forms, as intelligent, sacred and complete.
44. The Pocket Project
The Pocket Project is committed to restoring our collective ability to relate to the world, thus enabling a fuller expression of our unique contributions. Our relations are an essential part of who we are – I am because you are.
43. Trees Talk to One Another: Suzanne Simard and Other Authors
Trees communicate and cooperate through vast underground networks of fungi that connect their roots, allowing them to exchange nutrients and chemical signals. Drawing on the research of ecologist Suzanne Simard and Indigenous knowledge, this article explores how forests function as interconnected communities, where older trees nurture younger ones and biodiversity strengthens resilience.
42. Nurturing Our Humanity
Nurturing Our Humanity offers a new perspective on our personal and social options in today’s world, showing how we can build societies that support our great human capacities for consciousness, caring, and creativity. A more equitable and sustainable way of life is biologically possible and culturally attainable: we can change our course.
41. Return the National Parks to the Tribes
David Treuer explores the history of Indigenous land dispossession in the United States and argues that America’s national parks should be returned to Indigenous tribes. The article examines how parks were established through the removal of Native peoples from their homelands, the lasting effects of broken treaties and forced displacement, and the deep cultural and spiritual connections Indigenous communities maintain with the land. It calls for Indigenous stewardship of national parks as a form of restitution that could restore dignity, protect sacred landscapes, and preserve them for future generations.
39. The 13 Grandmothers Say That Systems That Are Not Cooperative Will Cave In on Themselves
Cheyenne Zarate reflects on the teachings of Grandmother Spider, a figure in the traditions of several Indigenous peoples who represents wisdom, creativity, protection, and the interconnectedness of life. The piece explores how cooperation, partnership, and compassion offer an alternative to systems built on greed, competition, and dominance. It calls for renewed respect for the wisdom of elders, the feminine creative force, and our responsibility to care for one another and the Earth.
37. Covid Has Traumatized America
In this interview with journalist David Marchese, palliative care physician Dr. Diane E. Meier reflects on the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the widespread nature of personal and collective trauma, and the importance of human connection in times of suffering. She discusses how unresolved trauma can shape responses to new crises, how racism and profit-driven healthcare affect trust and treatment, and why acknowledging painful experiences is essential to healing.
36. Politics of Power and Control
An exploration of the historical relationships between patriarchy, land ownership, wealth, and political power. Drawing on theories about the transition from hunter-gatherer societies to agricultural communities, the article examines how property, patrilineal kinship, competition between clans, and control over women may have contributed to the development of hierarchical social structures and patterns of violence.
34. The Goddess Report: When God Was a Woman, Parts I and II
A collection of resources exploring ancient Goddess cultures, the Divine Feminine, and the historical shift toward patriarchy. Featuring Merlin Stone’s When God Was a Woman, the film Goddess Remembered, presentations by Shannon Port and Sharon Moloney, and additional resources from Adrienne Maree Brown, this collection considers the sacredness of the female body, gender equality, and the importance of restoring balance and mutual respect.
34. The Fall of Atlantis: What We Can Learn From Our Ancient Past
Laura Jane reflects on the story of Atlantis and the lessons it may offer about the rise and decline of civilizations. Drawing on Plato’s account and interpretations of ancient societies, the article considers the relationship between spirituality, material wealth, greed, violence, and the pursuit of power, suggesting that reconnecting with spiritual growth and deeper values may help address humanity’s current challenges.
True Human: Reimagining Ourselves at the End of Our World
In this book, Samantha Sweetwater weaves philosophy, indigenous wisdom, ecological insight, psychedelic vision, and body-based practices to help you meet chaos and disruption as doorways to your deepest healing, fulfillment, and purpose.
30. “Beyond Trump: The failures that led to the Capitol riots”
An examination of the factors surrounding the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, looking beyond the actions of Donald Trump to consider the roles of political allies, news and social media, law enforcement, and longer-standing forms of extremism and racial division. The piece presents several perspectives on how these overlapping factors contributed to the events and what they might mean for American democracy.
28. “News” as propaganda
An examination of the close relationship between Fox News and the Trump White House, and the ways media, political power, and business interests can become deeply intertwined. Drawing on Jane Mayer’s reporting, the piece explores the movement of personnel between Fox and the administration, the influence of media narratives on political discourse, and the challenges this creates for the independence of journalism.
27a. Age of Aquarius, Summary
A summary of the astrological concept of the Age of Aquarius, tracing the symbolic themes associated with successive astrological ages from Leo through Pisces and into Aquarius. The piece explores ideas of individual consciousness, freedom, technology, collaboration, humanitarianism, and the movement from hierarchical systems toward networks and collective participation.
26. The Descent to Soul
A reflection on the relationship between human maturation, the natural world, and the deeper dimensions of the psyche. Bill Plotkin explores the “Descent to Soul” as a journey of inner transformation that can help people discover their unique place within the web of life, while also considering how individual development is connected to the ecological and cultural challenges facing humanity.
25. Tending the Wild, Charles Eisenstein
A reflection on Indigenous relationships with land and the ways California Native communities intentionally tended and shaped ecosystems over generations. Drawing on Kat Anderson’s Tending the Wild, Charles Eisenstein explores a different understanding of stewardship, one based not on leaving nature untouched, but on developing intimate, reciprocal relationships with the living world and learning how to participate in its regeneration.
24. Global Challenges Are Directing Us Toward a Unity of Purpose
An exploration of how global crises, social division, and collective uncertainty can become catalysts for greater cooperation and unity. The authors consider the movement from separation and hierarchy toward wholeness, ethical responsibility, deeper listening, and a shared sense of purpose across differences.
23. Dismantling the Patriarchy Within
Anne Baring and Faranak Mirjalili explore how patriarchal patterns can be carried not only through social structures but also within the individual psyche. Drawing on Jungian psychology, dreams, the feminine and masculine principles, and the recovery of instinct and creativity, they consider how inner transformation may contribute to changing wider patterns of domination and disconnection. The conversation also connects these themes with relationships to the natural world, animal life, and the ecological challenges of our time.
13. How and Why Did We First Lose “Right Balance” with Mother Earth?
A reflection on how humanity may have lost its intimate relationship with the Earth and with one another. Drawing on Indigenous teachings, Goddess cultures, and Marija Gimbutas’s interpretation of prehistoric Europe, the piece considers the relationship between connection, reciprocity, patriarchy, exploitation, and our growing separation from the natural world. It ultimately asks what we can learn from older ways of relating to Earth and each other as we face today’s climate crisis.
10a. Giving Better Back
A practical approach to responding differently when conflict arises in an intimate relationship. Drawing from Mona Barbera’s Bring Yourself to Love and Internal Family Systems, “Giving Better Back” encourages us to meet criticism, agitation, judgment, or distance with greater curiosity, calm, compassion, clarity, and connection. Rather than trying to change our partner, the practice invites us to take responsibility for our own responses and create new patterns of relating.
22l. Indigenous Ways of Working with Sacred Medicine
A panel discussion exploring Indigenous approaches to sacred medicine, healing, spirituality, and psychology. Leslie Gray, Kevon Simpson, Belinda Eriacho, and Kelly Yi discuss Indigenous worldviews, traditional healing practices, sacred plant medicines, cultural context, and the importance of bringing these perspectives into contemporary approaches to healing with respect and cultural awareness.
22k. Kat Anderson – Tending the Wild
A reflection on Indigenous relationships with land, community, and the living world, drawing on M. Kat Anderson’s Tending the Wild. The book documents how California Native communities actively tended landscapes through practices such as harvesting, sowing, pruning, and controlled burning, challenging the idea of untouched wilderness and offering a different understanding of stewardship and reciprocity.
22j. Chumash Story on “The People of the Heart”
A Chumash story about the “People of the Mind” and the “People of the Heart,” offering a powerful reflection on humanity’s relationship with the Earth. The story calls on us to awaken the wisdom, spirit, and compassion within our hearts so that we can help restore balance and protect the living world.
22i. Seeds of Life with Grandmother Jyoti Ma
A webinar exploring the wisdom of seeds, both the physical seeds that sustain future generations and the inner seeds of growth within each of us. Grandmother Jyoti Ma and other elders share teachings on heirloom seeds, Indigenous wisdom, reciprocity, sacred relationship with Earth, and nurturing the conditions for healing, unity, and a more collaborative way of living.
22h. Indigenous Teachings
A collection of books exploring Indigenous knowledge, community, ecological wisdom, and ways of living in reciprocal relationship with the natural world.
22g. Turtle Island: A Message from White Eagle During the Corona Crisis
This message from White Eagle, attributed to a Hopi Indigenous perspective, reflects on the COVID-19 crisis as a time of uncertainty, reflection, and transformation. It invites us to care for ourselves and others, reconnect with spiritual practice and community, and draw on Indigenous traditions of resilience, ritual, art, joy, and connection to move through difficult times with greater clarity and purpose.
22f. The Wisdom of Our Ancestors
David Korten draws on wisdom traditions from Africa, the Andes, Asia, and other cultures to explore a worldview grounded in interdependence, community, and care for the Earth. Through principles such as ubuntu and buen vivir, he examines how our ideas about purpose, power, economics, community, and education might shift toward greater wellbeing for people and the living world.
22d. An Interview with Francis Weller: Initiation, Trauma and Ritual
In this conversation, Francis Weller and Alnoor Ladha explore the relationship between trauma, initiation, ritual, and community. Weller reflects on how traditional and Indigenous cultures have used communal practices to hold grief and major life transitions, contrasting these with the isolation and individualism of modern culture. The dialogue considers belonging, soul, sacred relationship, and the need to restore community, ritual, and reciprocity in times of profound change.
22b. Indigenous to Life
Daniel Christian Wahl explores the wisdom held in Indigenous and Earth-based traditions and what it can teach us about living in reciprocal relationship with the living world. Drawing on Indigenous knowledge and contemporary science, he considers regeneration, interdependence, and the shift from seeing ourselves as masters of nature to understanding ourselves as participants in the wider community of life.
22a. Finding Wisdom in Science and Indigenous Knowledge
In this article, David Suzuki reflects on the strengths and limitations of scientific knowledge and the importance of placing scientific discoveries within a broader understanding of our relationship with the living world. He contrasts science’s emphasis on observation and objectivity with Indigenous knowledge, which draws on generations of experience, place-based understanding, reciprocity, gratitude, and responsibility. Suzuki argues that bringing these ways of knowing together can offer a fuller understanding of our place within nature.
22. Remembering and Honoring Indigenous Practices
Drawing from an interview with Francis Weller and Alnoor Ladha, this reflection explores what Indigenous and traditional cultures can teach us about restoring community, ritual, belonging, and connection with the natural world. It considers the wounds created by isolation, individualism, extraction, and separation, and asks what we might reclaim through communal healing, reciprocity, sacred relationship, and a deeper sense of our interconnected place within the living world.
In the Absence of the Ordinary – Francis Weller
In In the Absence of the Ordinary, Francis Weller reflects on living through a time of uncertainty, upheaval, and profound transition. Across 17 essays, he explores grief, soul, belonging, and our relationship with the natural world, inviting readers to cultivate new ways of being, relating, and caring for one another and the living Earth.
Learning to See in the Dark Amid Catastrophe: An Interview With Deep Ecologist Joanna Macy
In this interview with Dahr Jamail, Joanna Macy discusses how facing the reality of ecological and social crises can become a pathway toward deeper awareness, connection, and action. She reflects on the Work That Reconnects, the “Great Unraveling” and “Great Turning,” and the importance of moving through grief, fear, and uncertainty together rather than turning against one another.
One World in Dialogue
One World in Dialogue was created in 2015 by Elizabeth Debold with her partner Thomas Steininger as part of emerge bewusstseinskultur e.V., a German nonprofit educational association. The idea behind OWiD is simple: to develop a living global network of change-makers and activists committed to deep dialogue in order to create new approaches and collaborations that support change.
Resonance Path Institute – Spring Chen & Joe Shirley
Resonance Path Institute explores personal and collective transformation during a time of climate change, ecological disruption, and social upheaval. Its work focuses on developing new ways of seeing, being, and knowing while cultivating a deeper sense of wholeness and connection between body, mind, soul, and the wider Earth community.
Center for Humans and Nature
The Center for Humans and Nature seeks to dismantle cultural structures built on racism, White supremacy, and the exploitation of Black people, Indigenous people, and People of Color. Within the tangle of racism, inequality, violence, environmental degradation, toxic individualism, and unethical economics, we celebrate and affirm life-sustaining processes and relationships.
Memenomics – Spiral Dynamics
Memenomics explores Spiral Dynamics, systems thinking, integral theory, and models of social and institutional change. The site examines how developmental stages, governance, technology, geopolitics, and changing social systems interact, with a focus on understanding complex societal challenges and transformation.
Astrobutterfly – “Age of Aquarius: The Next Chapter”
As long as the ego is separate from the soul, we won’t have freedom and progress (Aquarius’ higher manifestation) but instead will have division and will continue to attempt to use machines (weapons, robots, or the internet) to justify one side of the story – either “the ego” or “the soul”.
However, sooner or later, at the end of this ‘cosmic battle’, when we’ll reconcile the YING and the YANG, and we will eventually find a “new Renaissance” – or the triumph of Aquarius’ highest values: humanitarianism, knowledge, reason, innovation, and people who work towards a greater goal.
Loraine Van Tuyl – The Sacred Healing Well
The Sacred Healing Well explores personal and collective transformation through spirituality, consciousness, and the integration of seemingly opposing aspects of the self. Loraine Van Tuyl’s work envisions a shift away from hierarchical, top-down systems toward more egalitarian and collaborative ways of relating and living.
Roots of Resilience | Action Tree
Energy, climate, collapse, resilience… Now what?
More than 200 ways to get moving.
Everyone can find a way to act, in their own way. What’s your next step?
Deep Times Journal
Deep Times is a journal offering articles, art, and poetry rooted in the Work That Reconnects, which emphasizes interdependence within ecosystems and societies. It aims to foster life-sustaining, equitable cultures through inspiration drawn from reconnecting with ancestors and future generations, a concept termed “Deep Time” by Joanna Macy.
A Century of suffrage
This New York Times article marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment and examines the long struggle for women’s voting rights in the United States. It highlights how Native American, Chinese American, and African American women continued to face barriers to voting after 1920, connecting the history of suffrage to the continuing struggle over voting access and political participation.
Full Transcript of Michelle Obama’s D.N.C. Speech
This New York Times article provides the full transcript of Michelle Obama’s keynote speech from the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. In the speech, Obama reflects on American democracy, presidential leadership, injustice, civic participation, and the responsibilities of voters and leaders.
Love Sense, Dr. Sue Johnson
In Love Sense, Dr. Sue Johnson reveals the groundbreaking science behind romantic love, showing that it is an attachment bond as vital as the one between parent and child.
Hold Me Tight, Dr. Sue Johnson
Dr. Sue Johnson’s bestselling book, Hold Me Tight, continues to offer a groundbreaking approach to building stronger, more secure relationships. Grounded in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), the book guides couples through seven pivotal conversations that foster emotional closeness, resolve conflicts, and create lasting bonds.
Anna Breytenbach: Interspecies Communication
Anna Breytenbach explores humanity’s relationship with the living world and the possibility of communicating with other species. Drawing on her work with wildlife and conservation, she shares stories and perspectives on deepening our connection with animals and natural environments, while reflecting on Indigenous approaches to nature awareness.
Ancestral legacy of nature’s connections | Teresa Ryan
Teresa Ryan draws on her Tsimshian heritage and her work in fisheries science and natural resource conservation to explore Indigenous approaches to living with natural systems. She shares how ancestral knowledge of cyclical resource production and environmental variability can inform more sustainable approaches to managing fisheries and natural resources today.
How trees talk to each other | Suzanne Simard (TEDSummit)
Suzanne Simard shares her research on the “Wood Wide Web,” revealing how underground fungal networks connect trees and facilitate the exchange of carbon, water, nutrients, and chemical signals. She explains the important role of older “Mother Trees” in supporting younger seedlings and sustaining the health and resilience of forest communities.
Why do Trees Talk to Each Other?
Walk into any forest, and beneath your feet is an elaborate social network that helps make life on Earth possible. It’s called the “Wood Wide Web”, a massive and intricate network of fungi that exchange water, nutrients, and chemical signals with the plants they’re living in a symbiotic relationship with. This network of fungi is essential to the health and function of forests and to controlling climate change itself. You’re about to look at fungi in a whole new way!
The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men by Robert Jensen
Does a socially just society require a radical feminist overhaul of dominant patriarchal structures? Dr. Robert Jensen is a professor of journalism at The University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of many books, and he writes opinions and analytics on foreign policy, politics, and race for popular media. His work has appeared in papers and magazines across the United States.
Once You Know – The Essential Climate Movie
An intimate journey across the abyss of a world at the edge of climate-induced collapse.
16b. How Do We Change Our Energies?
What does it take to change the way we experience ourselves, one another, and the world around us? Drawing from the work of Dr. Joe Dispenza, MaryCarol R. Hunter and colleagues, Humanity’s Team, and Indra Adnan, this reflection explores consciousness, nervous-system regulation, connection with nature, collaboration, and the possibility of personal and collective transformation.
14. Healing Our Rupture with Mother Earth
Drawing from Thich Nhat Hanh’s The World We Have and Love Letter to the Earth, this reflection explores the deep rupture between human beings and the Earth and how that separation has contributed to climate crisis, consumerism, alienation, and violence. It considers Thich Nhat Hanh’s invitation to restore our relationship with the Earth through mindfulness, love, collective awakening, and a renewed recognition that we are not separate from the living world – we are part of it.
13b. The Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis
Sally Weintrobe explores the psychological and cultural forces underlying the climate crisis, focusing on the tension between a caring and an uncaring imagination. She examines how exceptionalism, entitlement, neoliberalism, consumerism, denial, and “uncare” shape our relationship with one another and the living world. The book also asks what it would take to cultivate a more caring imagination capable of facing difficult truths and creating a sustainable future.
13a. Regarding Goddess Cultures
Archeologist Marija Gimbutas posits the idea of a Western society before patriarchy, a ‘Goddess Culture’ based on excavations of goddess sculptures unearthed in 1973-1974. As the aesthetic nature of these excavations differed from the works of the Bronze Age, she believed that this culture was distinct from the known Indo-European culture and called this subsect of Southeastern European Neolithic culture ‘Old Europe’ (Murdock 11).
Joanna Macy with the Bioneers, November 12, 2021
Joanna Macy in her usual stellar form as she navigates the realm of true inspiration and aliveness, between being hopeless, and hopeful.
Spiral Journey
Spiral Journey offers international programs and facilitator development in the Work That Reconnects, supporting people in responding to the interconnected crises of climate disruption, systemic racism, oppression, war, and species extinction.
The Great Turning By Joanna Macy
Joanna Macy describes the “Great Turning” as the transition from an Industrial Growth Society to a life-sustaining civilization. She identifies three interconnected pathways for change: slowing ecological destruction, understanding and transforming the economic and political structures causing it, and creating new life-sustaining social and economic alternatives. The article frames the ecological crisis not simply as an environmental problem, but as a systemic transformation already underway.
David and Greta in Conversation: The Planetary Crisis | Wildscreen Festival 2020
The world’s greatest wildlife naturalist, David Attenborough, who’s still going so strong with himself even at 94 years of age, and the 17-year-old, Greta Thunberg who’s inspired an entire generation to join her movement against the climate crisis.
Nature Is Speaking – Shailene Woodley is Forest
Joan Chen, Lee Pace, Reese Witherspoon, Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford, Ian Somerhalder and Lupita Nyong’o all join forces to give nature a voice.
Nature Is Speaking – Ian Somerhalder is Coral Reef
Reese Witherspoon, Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford, Ian Somerhalder and Lupita Nyong’o all join forces to give nature a voice.
Nature Is Speaking – Robert Redford is The Redwood
Reese Witherspoon, Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford, Ian Somerhalder and Lupita Nyong’o all join forces to give nature a voice.
Nature Is Speaking – Lupita Nyong’o is Flower
Joan Chen, Lee Pace, Reese Witherspoon, Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford, Ian Somerhalder and Lupita Nyong’o all join forces to give nature a voice.
Nature Is Speaking: Joan Chen is Sky
Joan Chen, Lee Pace, Reese Witherspoon, Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford, Ian Somerhalder and Lupita Nyong’o all join forces to give nature a voice.
Nature Is Speaking – Edward Norton is The Soil
Reese Witherspoon, Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford, Ian Somerhalder and Lupita Nyong’o all join forces to give nature a voice.
Nature Is Speaking – Penelope Cruz is Water
Reese Witherspoon, Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford, Ian Somerhalder and Lupita Nyong’o all join forces to give nature a voice.
Nature Is Speaking – Reese Witherspoon is Home
Reese Witherspoon, Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford, Ian Somerhalder and Lupita Nyong’o all join forces to give nature a voice.
Nature Is Speaking – Harrison Ford is The Ocean
Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford and Ian Somerhalder all join forces to give nature a voice.
Jane Goodall – Mother Earth, April 22, 2017
Jane Goodall reflects on humanity’s relationship with the natural world, inviting us to recognize Earth not as a resource to exploit but as a living community to which we belong. Blending scientific insight with compassion and hope, she calls for a renewed sense of responsibility, interconnectedness, and care for all life.
Joanna Macy at Bioneers, November 12, 2021
Joanna Macy in her usual stellar form as she navigates the realm of true inspiration and aliveness, between being hopeless, and hopeful.
This is a clip from the Bioneers conference, further edited and produced by the wonderful team at Facing Future.
Actualize OS
With the many problems that humanity is now facing, have you been asking yourself, how you can rise to the challenge and be of greater service, at this critical moment in history? There is a growing awareness that we as a species are not living our lives at the level you know in your heart we are capable of.
Deep Adaptation
Jem Bendell, co-editing with Rupert Read, brings together scholars, activists, and practitioners to explore how individuals and communities might respond to the realities of climate disruption and potential societal collapse. Grounded in the Deep Adaptation framework, the contributors examine grief, resilience, justice, and collective dialogue as foundations for navigating an uncertain future.
The Ascent of Humanity
The Ascent of Humanity is about the history and future of civilization from a unique perspective: the evolution of the human sense of self. This book describes how all the expressions of our civilization—its miraculous technology as well as the pillage of earth, culture, goodness, and beauty—arise from our identity, our way of being, “the discrete and separate self”. The gathering crises of our age demonstrate that this way of being is on the verge of collapse. And this collapse is setting the stage for a revolution in human beingness whose stirrings we already begin to feel.
The More Beautiful World Our Heart Know is Possible
By Charles Eisenstein.
In a time of social and ecological crisis, what can we as individuals do to make the world a better place? This inspirational and thought-provoking book serves as an empowering antidote to the cynicism, frustration, paralysis, and overwhelm so many of us are feeling, replacing it with a grounding reminder of what’s true: we are all connected, and our small, personal choices bear unsuspected transformational power.
Bring Yourself to Love: How Couples Can Turn Disconnection Into Intimacy and Connection
Mona Barbera explores how couples can transform patterns of conflict and emotional disconnection into deeper intimacy. Through the practice of what she calls “giving better back,” she demonstrates how responding from vulnerability rather than reactivity can interrupt cycles of defensiveness, foster trust, and invite more open-hearted connection.
How Can I Get Through to You?: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women
By Terrance Real
Taking a close-up look at gender roles and conditioning, the best-selling author of I Don’t Want to Talk About It explores the current status of intimate relations between men and women and introduces five Core Relationship Skills that couples can use to develop true intimacy. 100,000 first printing.
Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future
Edited by Robert Atkinson, Kurl Johnson and Deborah Moldow, this collection brings together forty-two thought leaders who explore humanity’s response to today’s intertwined ecological, social, and economic crises. United by a vision of conscious evolution, the contributors examine how inner transformation, collective purpose, and a growing awareness of our interconnectedness can help shape a more just, peaceful, and life-affirming future.
The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness
Robert Atkinson traces humanity’s evolving story from separation and duality toward interconnectedness and oneness, drawing on the shared wisdom of the world’s spiritual traditions. He presents conscious evolution as an unfolding process that invites both personal transformation and collective participation in creating a more compassionate, unified, and life-affirming future.
The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander argues that mass incarceration has become a new system of racial control in the United States, replacing overt segregation with policies that disproportionately target Black communities while maintaining the appearance of racial neutrality. Drawing on legal history and criminal justice research, she reveals how discrimination persists through institutions that deny millions full citizenship and equal rights.
The Strange Career of Jim Crow
C. Vann Woodward examines the origins of the Jim Crow system, showing that racial segregation in the American South was not an enduring historical tradition but a relatively recent legal and political invention. His influential account reveals how laws and institutions created and sustained racial inequality, reshaping understandings of race, democracy, and justice in the United States.
Birth of a White Nation
Jacqueline Battalora traces the historical invention of “white people” as a legal and social category, revealing how race was constructed to establish and preserve systems of power and privilege. Drawing on colonial law and history, she examines the enduring legacy of whiteness and offers a framework for understanding—and dismantling—the structures that continue to shape racial inequality today.
Being the Change: Discoveries from a Yearlong Living Laboratory
Terry Patten, Siobhan McClory, and Kristin Nauth document a year-long global experiment in collective transformation, sharing the practices, insights, and challenges of people learning to “be the change” together. Through action inquiry and intentional cultural evolution, they explore how inner development, authentic relationships, and collaborative action can help catalyze the profound societal changes our times demand.
A New Republic of the Heart: An Ethos for Revolutionaries
Recasting current problems as emergent opportunities, Terry Patten offers creative responses, practices, and conscious conversations for tackling the profound inner and outer work we must do to build an integral future. In practical and personal terms, he discusses how we can all become active agents of a transformation of human civilization and why that is necessary to our continued survival. Patten’s narrative focuses on two aspects of existence–our dynamic but fractured and threatened world, and our underlying wholeness and unity. Only by honoring both of these realities simultaneously can we make sustainable changes in ourselves, our communities, our body politic, and our planetary life-support system.
Beyond unsustainable leadership: critical social theory for sustainable leadership
Bendell, J., Sutherland, N. and Little, R. (2017)
Drawing on critical social theory, this paper challenges conventional ideas of leadership and argues that meaningful responses to sustainability require a broader understanding of power, collective action, and social change. It lays the conceptual foundations for rethinking leadership as a shared and systemic practice rather than the work of exceptional individuals.
Democracy Demands a Richer Britain
Drawing on research into political participation and income inequality, Jem Bendell and Matthew Lopatin argue that economic disparity is eroding democratic life. They call for a broader public conversation about reshaping the economy so that prosperity, participation, and political stability are shared more equitably across society.
The Collapse of Ideology and the End of Escape
Reflecting on the deeper implications of climate-driven societal collapse, Jem Bendell examines the beliefs that shape modern culture—from certainty and control to progress and exceptionalism. He argues that meeting an uncertain future requires not only systemic change, but an inner willingness to question the assumptions that have long governed how we live, hope, and make meaning.
The study on collapse they thought you should not read – yet
Jem Bendell introduces the concept of Deep Adaptation, arguing that the prospect of climate-driven societal disruption calls not only for practical responses but for profound emotional and cultural reflection. Rather than encouraging despair, he invites an honest engagement with uncertainty, loss, and the possibilities for compassion, resilience, and meaningful action.
Ten ways to confront the climate crisis without losing hope
Rebecca Solnit argues that despair is neither inevitable nor useful in the face of the climate crisis. Drawing on examples of social movements, political change, and collective action, she reframes hope as an active practice—one that recognizes the power of ordinary people to challenge entrenched interests and help shape a more just and sustainable future.
The World We Have
Thich Nhat Hanh reflects on the environmental crisis as a consequence of collective unconsciousness, urging a way of living rooted in mindfulness, compassion, and reverence for the Earth. Rather than seeking endless consumption, he invites us to awaken to our interdependence and embrace a vision of well-being grounded in simplicity, love, and shared responsibility.
Why a California oil workers union is getting behind clean energy
Challenging the assumption that organized labor and climate action are inherently at odds, this article examines a proposal for creating hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs while supporting workers through the transition away from fossil fuels. It highlights the importance of pairing ambitious climate policy with economic security and a just transition for affected communities.
Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge as a Framework
Article reviewed and suggested by Tulika Monhan
This overview introduces Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) as an evolving body of wisdom developed through generations of close relationship with the natural world. It explores how Indigenous knowledge has informed modern biology while offering enduring insights into biodiversity, conservation, and the interconnectedness of life.
Finding wisdom in science and Indigenous knowledge
Reflecting on a lifetime in scientific research, David Suzuki explores both the strengths and limitations of science as a way of understanding the world. He argues that scientific inquiry is most meaningful when held alongside Indigenous knowledge, humility, and a deeper appreciation of the interconnectedness of life.
Urban Nature Experiences Reduce Stress in the Context of Daily Life Based on Salivary Biomarkers
Mary Carol R. Hunter, Brenda W. Gillespie, Sophie Yu-Pu Chen.
This study investigates how time spent in natural settings affects physiological markers of stress in everyday life. Measuring changes in salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase, the research provides evidence that even brief, regular experiences of nature can promote restoration and support physical and emotional well-being.
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