Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Join us for the free, online event, “The Hidden Power of Forests” on March 26, 2026. Learn what forests can teach us about community resilience with National Geographic Explorer at Large, Nalini Nadkarni, and Tsimshian scientist Dr. Teresa Ryan.
Picture the future 100 years from now. What do you imagine? Flying cars? Space colonies? AI talking toasters? But if we can’t sustain an endlessly growing economy what does a realistic and positive future look like?
In this live online event, Donna Morton (cofounder of Salmon Returns) and Michael Shuman (community economist) share their knowledge of investing locally and building bioregional institutions.
If we unlocked unlimited green energy, what would we actually do with it? And are our dreams of a renewable-energy utopia sometimes just as delusional as the old fossil-fueled, drill-baby-drill mentality? Alex Leff of the Human Nature Odyssey podcast hosts this special Crazy Town highlights compilation.
Join us for the free, online event: Beyond the Brink on November 13. Considering the unsettling present we all find ourselves in, we’ll ask Rob Hopkins, and Jacqui Patterson to help us do what feels impossible: imagine a brighter future.
Join us for a live online conversation inspired by the Human Nature Odyssey podcast, tracing the long arc of the global battle between monarchy and revolution, authoritarianism and democracy, hierarchy and equality.
Can we meet the needs of humanity without undermining the life-support systems of the planet? Find out if bioregioning holds the key to a positive and systemic way forward. Lyla June Johnston, Samantha Power, and Brandon Letsinger will offer insight and inspiring leadership in “Bioregioning: How to Thrive where We Live.”
Microplastic pollution is poisoning nearly everything on the planet—from the deepest parts of the ocean to inside the cells of living beings. In “Troubled Waters: How Microplastics Are Impacting Our Oceans and Our Health,” we’ll dive into this growing global crisis.
Are you struggling to make sense of these chaotic, frightening times? You’re not alone. At Post Carbon Institute and resilience.org we’ve heard from thousands of people around the world with big questions and great ideas. That’s why we’re looking to provide our community with opportunities to connect with one another.
The Great Unraveling of environmental and social systems calls into question the very basis of modernity. In this online event, Vanessa Andreotti and Dougald Hine held a rich and honest discussion of the implications of modernity’s decline, and how we – individually and collectively – can hospice what is dying and give care to what may emerge.
Sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein’s World-Systems Analysis is our instruction manual to colonization and exploitation. We explore how dominant countries rise and fall, the dance between capitalism and the state, and the unexpected truth about what real power looks like.
This collection provides ideas (in the form of books, journals, podcasts, and other sources), organizations, and even entertaining media that can help you understand the economics of sustainability, the degrowth movement, and the transition away from capitalism and consumerism.
