Towards Planetarity
A new worldview is emerging, and it’s much richer, more meaningful, and more beautiful than the thinking that currently dominates our societies. I’m talking about planetarism, or what some also call planetarity.
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Humane Values, Human Scale
Humane values, if they are to find a field of exercise, must be broadcast over a terrain populated by institutions that operate at human scale.
Zak Stein: “Values, Education, AI and the Metacrisis”
On this episode, Nate is joined by philosopher and educator Zak Stein to discuss the current state of education and development for children during a time of converging crises and societal transformation.
Why Sociocracy Helps Organizations to Thrive
The serenity, inclusivity, and gratification experienced within sociocracy has to be encountered first-hand to be fully appreciated.
Making way for Justice in each community – Transition Alive 1
What is clear to me is that to be ‘just’ we need to be acting alongside people and with awareness of our connection to all others, human and otherwise. Justice is lost when we lose sight of the bigger picture.
Looking for hope
We need to believe in people if we, the people, are to have any hope for ourselves and for humanity.
A Review of ‘Navigating the Polycrisis’: A Map of Collapse, Utopia, and The Many Paths In Between
Through interlocking explorations of climate change, existential crisis, class conflict, mass extinction and granular insights into energy and resource availability, this book lives up to its name. It is not just an explication of potential futures, but a guide to how we might navigate them.
Lyla June Johnston: On Love and the Four Elements Guiding Her Path in Service
Dr. Lyla June Johnston (aka Lyla June) is an Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. Her multi-genre presentation style has engaged audiences across the globe towards personal, collective, and ecological healing. To get a glimpse into Lyla June’s story and what she will talk about in our May 14th event, watch this interview with Post Carbon Institute’s Asher Miller.
The Red May Day and the Green May Day
Our current forms of work, and the double exploitation they involve of planet and people, are at the heart of the climate crisis: ecological justice also requires social and economic justice.
Outside the Fishbowl
Things that seem permanent within the narrow confines of the fishbowl may look completely different (fleeting) in a broader perspective, once the fishbowl construct runs its course. Expecting otherwise seems crazy to me.
Invitation to a Journey
We are all on a journey, one that’s sure to be met with extreme weather, tough times, and untold obstacles. We hope you’ll share some of your journey with us, as together we’ll stand a better chance of arriving at the destination we aim for: a sustainable, equitable society that works for all.
Thinking about free will and responsibility
If all rewards are dependent on many actions and actors — as all things are — then nobody earns any larger slice of the reward than anyone else. And the more-than-human world receives most of any revenue — because the more-than-human world provides all the raw materials and most of the labor involved in doing everything to support every body.
