Back to Life by Bike
With his bicycle repair shop, social worker Lee Hyeong-un teaches the homeless how it feels to be a part of society.
personal resilience
Learning to Steer
Resilience includes the various skills that allow us to weather the storm, the inner strength to carry on despite ongoing challenges; the drive and inspiration to bounce back again!
Scaling This Stuff Up: Resilience Reflections with Rob Hopkins
I see so much remarkable stuff happening in so many places, and meet so many focused, committed people, that I really believe that a new economy, a new culture, is possible, indeed it is already here.
Building Resilience Through Daily Actions: Talking Resilience with Trathen Heckman
Our thing is that right here—your self—is the most accessible whole system that you have. That’s the best way to effect change.
Staying Human in a Time of Climate Change: New Author on Science, Grief, and Hope
I think we can create the very best science out there about the problems of climate change, yet if we aren’t filtering that science through our hearts, there remains—as we see today—a disengagement.
In Defence of Wellbeing
William Davies’ new book The Happiness Industry is a fascinating and vivid journey through the history of economics, advertising, psychology, management and more.
The Woman Who Chose to Plant Corn
Not long ago, a Diné (Navajo) friend of mine, Lyla June Johnston, sent me a one-line email: “I am not going to Harvard… I am going to plant corn.”
Inner Transition in Japan
Hide Enomoto, co-founder of Transition Japan, speaks to Michelle Denton about Inner Transition in the Japanese context. We also introduce the next two new videos in our Inner Transition series.
Looking for Some Answers
Jason Heppenstall looks for some ways to deal with the psychological aspects of collapse.
Mastodon Hill
The TAZ is an ever changing place for wild spirits to congregate.
Could You Live Zero Waste for a Year? Jenny did…
The theory is, less stuff coming in means less stuff going out.
Why Is There So Little Action on Climate Change?
In effect, humanity is playing a game of Russian roulette. So what’s getting in the way of taking the necessary action?