A flyfishing ecology
By Frederic Jennings, Resilience.org
One of the greatest and most overwhelming conceptual breakthroughs of my life was the realization that everything in our universe is connected and interacting in networks of interdependent cause and effect through time.
Academy, society, and personal growth: Some thoughts on our modern malaise
By Frederic Jennings, Resilience.org
What is the aim of a university, and is it being achieved? My goal is constructive critique: to open a broader perspective on some patterns in which we reside.
Imagine Earth Day in ten years
By Frederic Jennings, Resilience.org
It’s a bit of a challenge, to imagine what Earth Day will look like in ten years. Part of that challenge arises from the fact that it depends on what we do throughout that decade to deal with and try to correct the ravages of incipient climate change effects.
Thoughts on Activism
By Frederic Jennings, Resilience.org
Having spent a good deal of my life on projects intended to “save the world” (which decidedly does NOT want to be saved!), being confronted with the idea of sharing some of my thoughts about “activism” has provoked a flood of ideas about what to say on such an intriguing subject.
Ruminations on Resilience
By Frederic Jennings, Resilience
This is the main notion, and the importance, of resilience. The whole life process is one of ongoing disequilibrium movement to which we must adapt to survive.
The Joust and The Potlatch as Social Alternatives
By Frederic Jennings, Resilience.org
The Joust, founded on substitution and economic conflict of interest, stresses material gain. The Potlatch thrives on nonphysical values, seeking complementarities in learning and social designs.
A horizonal look at social entropy
By Frederic Jennings, Resilience.org
Competition is failing us: a horizonal index of entropy indicates how. We must transform social relations toward cooperation. The symptoms of organizational stress alone would justify this, as an ethical route to ecological health and peaceful lives.
Scarcity or Abundance: The Horizonal Nature of Social Relations
By Frederic Jennings, Resilience.org
Let us start by encouraging cooperation in ourselves and each other, and nurturing greater trust. When truth – too fragile, left untold – triumphs, so we move forward.