People will suffer more if professionals delude themselves about sustainable development – Letter to UN
By Jem Bendell, Initiative for Leadership and Sustainability
As we approach the 30th anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit, we publicly call on the UN to drop the redundant and unhelpful ideology of Sustainable Development.
Toward radical responses to polycrisis: a review of reviews of the Deep Adaptation book
By Jem Bendell, Jem Bendell blog
At some point, I hope that some of the current critics of Deep Adaptation, and anyone who has been misinformed by them, will help grow this emancipatory politics during societal disruption and breakdown.
Why Pundits ‘Don’t Look Up’ from Progress
By Jem Bendell, Jem Bendell blog
How can one celebrate heroic individualism in response to a film that shows how stupid that is (in the first comet deflection attempt) and how deadly it can be (in the abortion of that attempt to allow an entrepreneur’s greedy dream of risking the human race to mine the asteroid)?
Jem Bendell on Deep Adaptation to climate chaos
By Jem Bendell, Resilience.org
Everyone can and will find their own way of coping or even thriving within a new context. That context will include disruption to our lives, much less certainty about the future, and less acceptance of current societal norms.
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 33 Jem Bendell
By Vicki Robin, Jem Bendell, Resilience.org
Dr. Jem Bendell is the Founder of the Deep Adaptation Forum and a Professor of Sustainability Leadership with the University of Cumbria. Jem addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
Our power comes from acting without escape from our pain
By Gail Bradbrook, Jem Bendell, Resilience.org
As global heating speeds up, humanity can no longer assume to control our destiny. We can let that tough realisation sit heavily with us, but then breathe and redouble our commitment to life and love, no matter what the odds, opposition or outcomes
Don’t Police our Emotions – Climate Despair is Inviting People Back to Life
By Jem Bendell, Jem Bendell blog
I have become more certain that the way through despair involves experiencing oneself as part of a greater whole and surrendering to the mystery of creation. But now the climate crisis invites us to engage with the mystery of life with fresh eyes and open hearts.
Responding to Green Positivity Critiques of Deep Adaptation
By Jem Bendell, Jem Bendell blog
Since my paper on Deep Adaptation to climate chaos came out in July 2018 and “went viral,” there have been some criticisms of the concept and what people think it implies.