The Catalan Integral Cooperative – The Simpler Way Revolution is Well Underway!

By Ted Trainer, Resilience.org

This is a remarkable and inspiring movement in Spain, now involving hundreds of people in what I regard as an example of The Simpler Way transition strategy … which is primarily about going underneath the conventional economy to build our own new collective economy to meet community needs, turning our backs on and deliberately undermining and eventually replacing both the capitalist system and control by the state.

Alex Schlegel on Imagination, the Brain and ‘the Mental Workspace’

By Rob Hopkins, Rob Hopkins blog

What happens in the brain when we’re being imaginative?  Neuroscientists are moving away from the idea of what’s called ‘localisationism’ (the idea that each capacity of the brain is linked to a particular ‘area’ of the brain) towards the idea that what’s more important is to identify the networks that fire in order to enable particular activities or insights.  

What Will It Really Take to Avoid Collapse?

By Jeremy Lent, Patterns of Meaning

Fifteen thousand scientists have issued a dire warning to humanity about impending collapse but virtually no-one takes notice. Ultimately, our global systems, which are designed for perpetual growth, need to be fundamentally restructured to avoid the worst-case outcome.