By Otto Scharmer, Medium
If this is the decade when all the “streams” finally converge into a larger “river” of global movement building — if this is the decade of transformation — what can we learn from the Covid disruption about how to move forward?
By Brigit McCone, Grassroots Economic Organising
Elizabeth Heyrick teaches us that it is precisely the personal responsibility fostered by the exercise of consumer democracy which most effectively leads to political engagement and participation.
By Jodie Evans, Resilience.org
Jodie Evans is the co-founder of CODEPINK and the after-school writing program 826LA. She has been a visionary advocate for peace for several decades. Jodie addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?
By Elia Valentini, University of Essex
If we are serious about guaranteeing a decent future to our families and those who will come after us, we must change our societies at large.
By Jordan Flaherty, Waging Nonviolence
Mass protests that began in 2019 in Chile — and have deep roots in the country’s militant history of resistance to neoliberalism — are about to bring about a new constitution.
By Vicki Robin, Glacier Kwong, Resilience.org
Glacier Kwong is a political and digital rights activist born and raised in Hong Kong. She is founder of the NGO Keyboard Frontline and is a Research Fellow at Hong Kong Democracy Council in the US. She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
By Peter Newell, Freddie Daley, Michelle Twena, Rapid Transition Alliance
A major new report by the Cambridge Sustainability Commission on Scaling Behaviour Change calls on policy makers to target the UK’s polluter elite to trigger a shift to more sustainable behaviour, and provide affordable, available low-carbon alternatives to poorer households.
By Vicki Robin, Trae Crowder, Resilience.org
Hailing from Celina Tennessee, Trae Crowder is a standup comedian, writer, and self-proclaimed “Liberal Redneck.” Trae addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” through his socially aware comedic view...
By Marissa Mommaerts, Transition US
“Winds of Change,” the third part of the trilogy that began with The Dandelion Insurrection, is so rich that I simultaneously want to share it with every visionary changemaker I know...
By Adam Szymanski, Post-Growth Institute
Before we can set to work tearing down old systems and building up better ones, we first have to imagine where we want to go.
By Vicki Robin, Kumi Naidoo, Resilience.org
Kumi’s current roles include Professor of Practice, Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University; Global Ambassador, and Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity. Kumi shares his thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right?
By Richard Heinberg, Resilience.org
The world seems to be coming apart at the seams. It’s critical to understand why, so that we can avoid the worst and find the best responses so as to move toward the environmentally and socially healthy future we want. It turns out that there’s a relatively simple frame for gaining such understanding.