Business Beyond Shared Value

By Eduardo Sasso, Resilience.org

After more than two centuries of applauding industrialization and the growthism that has gone with it, it’s no news that we’ve currently surpassed human and planetary boundaries. And these, in turn, are calling into question the well-established mind-maps that have enabled us to get where we are at today. Allegedly designed to overcome old harms, one of such mind-maps is found in the now-famous Creating Shared Value (CSV) paradigm and its different variants.

The Need for a Greater Vision: Finding a New Model

By Norton Smith, Resilience.org

The nature of the current crisis demands extreme action, not a watered down politically acceptable compromise.  It may seem impossible at present, but as the situation unfolds there will be opportunities to make fundamental changes to how we think, to how we live and govern ourselves.

A Climate of Desire: Excerpt

By Eduardo Sasso, Resilience.org

Just around a year ago, business sustainability consultant and climate organizer Eduardo Sasso published A Climate of Desire ー a book reconsidering the original roots of Christianity to more fully enable us to respond to the challenges of climate change.

Eat this Word: Mixing Faith and Food Justice

By Eduardo Sasso, Resilience.org

As farmer and Christian writer Wendell Berry made it clear in ‘The Pleasures of Eating’, most of us eat in great ignorance today. Faith and food have become, literally, like water and oil.

In the Face of Climate Collapse, We Need the Wisdom of Elders

By Barbara Cecil, TruthOut

I am steadily on the lookout for leveraging forces that can lift us out of heavy stuck loops, onto new ground. Often these are less obvious elements. One that has been underestimated is the presence of “elders,” whose presence calls us back to a bedrock sense of self and right relationship to the Earth.

Why does Ritual Matter for Social Change?

By Niki Seth-Smith, Open Democracy

In fact there’s a new wave of interest in creating ritual spaces and practices like these that are designed to meet the challenges of the 21st century. They’re not modelled on any particular faith but draw on an eclectic range of religious, magical and secular healing traditions.

Sovereign Sisters in Lakota Lands

By Tracy L. Barnett, Cheryl Angel, Esperanza Project

Now I understand that sustainable sovereign economies are needed to replace the system we support with our purchasing power, and our ancient teachings have all of those economies passed down in traditional families.

Extinction Rebellion and the New Visibility of Religious Protest

By Stefan Skrimshire, Open Democracy

As a parish priest and Christian Climate Action member put it to me, the ecological crisis is also a “spiritual crisis.” Certainly it seems to be a crisis that requires and justifies spiritual responses and resources - a coalition of religion, ritual and rebellion.

The Path To Liberating Humanity Is The Same As The Path To Liberating The Individual

By Caitlin Johnstone, Medium

The path to enlightenment is the process of becoming clearly aware of all the different aspects of the way you operate inside, which enables you to relate to life as it’s actually appearing

Churches as Key Actors on Climate Change?

By Eduardo Sasso, Resilience.org

In principle, churches and congregations are hubs where people gather organically. Being places where people gather organically, faith communities are existing hubs where folks can be more naturally inspired to collaborate toward bigger goals that escape the short reach of individuals.