Resources
A new story and consciousness:
- Kosmos: An online journal exploring global transformation
- Perspectiva: a community of expert generalists working on an urgent one hundred year project to improve the relationships between systems, souls and society in theory and practice.
- Great Transition Stories: A virtual hub for illuminating often invisible, archetypal satires of transition.
- Pachamama Alliance: Changing the dream of the modern world. See their “game changer course.”
- Home for Humanity: Together, we strive to transform our divided world into a united, inclusive, regenerative, just, and peaceful home for humanity and the diversity of life on Earth.
- Service Space: Igniting a spirit of service to transform ourselves and the world
- The Work that Reconnects: Discovering our innate connections with each other and the self-healing powers of the web of life
- Science and Nonduality: Exploring a new paradigm of spirituality based on wisdom traditions and science
- A New Republic of the Heart: Become the spiritual friends and global citizens we are most deeply inspired to be.
- Rehumans: Rethinking what it means to be humans in our changing world.
- Peter Russell–Spirit of Now: Diverse and deep resources regarding our world in crisis and spiritual transformation.
Understanding the world in whole-systems crisis:
- Resilience: Blogs on building a more resilient world
- Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future: especially see their videos.
- The Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere: Reducing the threat of a shattering collapse of global civilization.
- Stockholm Resilience Centre: Research on resilience for global sustainability
- Centre for the Study of Existential Risk: Explores risks that could lead to civilization’s extinction or collapse
- Omega: incubates new initiatives for living in and through the global polycrisis.
- Post-doom: regenerative conversations exploring overshoot grief, grounding, and gratitude.
- Deep Adaptation: a paper by Jem Bendell. Also see: Deep Adaptation Forum: Fostering mutual support, collaboration,
and professional development in the process of facing societal collapse. - The Fan Initiative: Building knowledge and capacities to prevent global collapse
- Connecting the Dots: A Roadmap for Critical Systemic Change: How We Got Here/ What We Can Do/ How We Can Do It. A whole systems framework, guidebook and toolkit to shift awareness and build multi-issue coalitions.
- Scientist Warning to Humanity: A network of researchers, scientists, and global citizen scientists warning about humanity’s future.
Regeneration and Tools for Transformation
- Ecovillage Map of Regeneration: A holistic approach to sustainability, integrating the Social, Cultural, Ecological and Economic areas of existence. Also see Ecovillage Programmes.
- Post Carbon Institute: Working for a transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world. See their course “Think Resilience”
- Extinction Rebellion: Creating a world that is fit for generations to come.
- Bioneers: Breakthrough Solutions for People and the Planet; yearly conference.
- Project Inside Out: A set of robust, flexible and powerful Guiding Principles for change agents that can be applied, as well as lots of useful tools.
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One Earth Sangha: see their Eco Sattva Training – an online course to develop authentically helpful response.
- Choosing Earth book – see pages 155 – 157 “What We Can Do Once We Know.” A free download of the PDF version is here: https://choosingearth.org/book/
- Transition Network: Inspiration, encouragement, networking and training for transition initiative.
- Thriving Resilient Communities: US network of regional and national leaders using collaborative approaches to help communities become more thriving and resilient.
- Kiss the Ground Film: Find Your Path in the Movement
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Racial Equity Tools: tools, books, articles, curricula and more for working for racial justice
- Daily Acts: inspires individuals to reclaim the power of their every daily action to create a regenerative, resilient and just world.
- Project Drawdown Solutions: conducts an ongoing review and analysis of climate solutions. Also see Drawdown Ecochallenge
- Donut Economics Action Lab: turning doughnut economics from a radical idea into transformative action.
CONTRIBUTING AND RESPONSES:
- Article: Contributing Effectively in Times of Crisis by Roger Walsh
- Monterey Bay Meditation Studio: Cultivating conscious response and relationship in a changing world.
- Center for Healing and Liberation: a home for transformative work, committed to the thriving of Black, Indigenous and People of Color.
- We Heal for All: a space to connect and commune about the changes going on in our world.
- Wisdom Weavers: A multicultural council of elders and earth activists sharing indigenous wisdom and sacred teachings.
grief, PSYCHOLOGY, and/or the threat of human extinction:
- Drinking Tears of the World: Grief as Deep Activism by Francis Weller
- 5 Buddhist Practices to Help Tackle Climate Change by Lama Willa Miller
- Good Grief Network – ten steps to personal resilience and empowerment in a chaotic climate. Also see the article: Tools for Awakening
- Climate Anxiety is an Overwhelmingly White Phenomenon by Sarah Jaquette Ray
- Extinction Illness: Grave Affliction and Possibility by Deena Metzner
- Rethink Activism in the Face of Catastrophic Biological Collapse by Dahr Jamail
Also see: Brace for Impact, as the Climate “End Game” Has Arrived - If Your House is on Fire by Kathleen Dean Moore on the moral urgency of climate change.
- Climate Psychology Alliance North America: Facing climate change and ecological crisis.