Citizen Empowerment Against Conspiracy Theories
In order for the wave of irrational and anti-scientific conspiracies to be tackled in any meaningful way, people en masse have to be empowered.
building resilient societies
A Universe of Stories
Amidst ecological and social disruption – compounded now by the rolling Covid-19 crisis – that uneasy stasis is over. In this new context, the term ‘Nowtopia’ is increasingly used by both activists and academics to describe a variety of interconnected tendencies.
‘Herd Immunity’ Is an Inviting Idea but Terrible Policy
There is no quick way out of this pandemic, but there is an assured way forward. It requires competent government, flexible economies and attentive citizens.
What Evil Lurks
The Shadow is everything about yourself you hate so much that you’re not willing to admit that it’s part of yourself.
“A Desire Rooted in Revolt”: Chileans Vote Overwhelmingly to Rewrite Pinochet-Era Constitution
We get an update from Chile, where an overwhelming majority have voted to rewrite the country’s Pinochet dictatorship-era constitution and tens of thousands poured into the streets to celebrate.
Is the “Great Unraveling” Upon Us?
What if we don’t look back on 2020 as the year from hell, a painful and surreal slip on the otherwise generally smooth path of progress? What if, instead, we look back in five or ten or twenty years to 2020 as the moment when everything started to really and truly unravel?
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 20 Tzeporah Berman
Tzeporah Berman has been designing environmental campaigns and working on environmental policy in Canada and beyond for over twenty years. Tzeporah shares her thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right?
Rescuing civilization: Does the conservative/progressive rift pose an existential threat to humanity?
Simultaneously husbanding and equitably sharing multiple global common resources is the ultimate social challenge to humanity’s survival. Today specifically, that means navigating the impending perfect storm of simultaneous climate change, soil destruction, and fossil fuel depletion.
The Alchemy of Heartbreak and Hope: A Spiritual Practice for Our Time
It’s in the cauldron of sharing our grief with our community, of gazing at it together and not looking away, that the heartbreak turns to hope.”
A Pandemic Pivot
If the current pandemic is a test of the global emergency response system, the international community is flunking big time.
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 19 Alnoor Ladha
Alnoor brings spirituality and big picture thinking to today’s conversation on What Could Possibly Go Right?
Can we predict collapses before they happen? What we learned from the pandemic
The overshoot of human activity is driving the planet from the stability of the Holocene to the instability of the Anthropocene.
