This is an essay written on June 4, 2018 when I was the director for the Center for Applied Cultural Evolution I am reposting it as part of the original 3-part series from that time. Find Part 1 here and Part 3 here. Last week I published a 10-page essay arguing that my own life’s work […]
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This is an essay written on June 1, 2018 when I was the director for the Center for Applied Cultural Evolution I am reposting it as part of the original 3-part series from that time. Find Part 2 here and Part 3 here. Let me start by saying that literally every social problem humanity now confronts
Why I No Longer Attempt to Build A Rigorous Science of Social Change Read More »
(trying not to forget that we are all creatures may be very important right now) Continue reading on Medium »
Still Moving, not a Still Frame Read More »
One year ago, almost to the day, I wrote the essay Restoring Trust Among Regenerative Leaders. It was seen by some as a public apology, yet in truth the purpose was much deeper. Back then I was already seeing the collapse of sense-making among regenerative efforts. There simply was not enough coherence among us to say
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Our friends at r3.0 are hosting a conference on “Collapse Resilience” this year. As part of the build-up to their event, they are holding dialogues about important topics that prepare the field for what is going to happen in September. I was asked if I could give a talk about Tipping Points of the Earth
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From Collapse to Regeneration: 5 Micro Stories of Transformation That Are Shaping Tomorrow Even though we live in a time of collapse (of ecological, social, and human systems), I feel profoundly hopeful about the years and decades to come. The reason is that time and again, I am blown away by the amazing power of communities
Listening the New Into Being Read More »
I want to share something special that is happening in Colombia right now. Penny Heiple and I have been in Cali this week to help cultivate deeper partnerships across the diverse territories of the Northern Andes. We came to meet with the director of TerritoriA (the support organization for territorial foundations in Colombia) and key leadership
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Now that we have completed the first three webinars of our learning journey to regenerate bioregions, we would like to share more information about where we go from here. From the beginning, Penny and I have envisioned the full six months of this learning journey as having two phases — each lasting for three months. The first phase
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Something magical happened in the last week as Penny Heiple and I traveled through Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. We found ourselves inside the dream of bioregional regeneration for the Northeast Forest of Turtle Island. Our journey began in Norway, Maine where Roberta Hill welcomed us at the office of the Center for an Ecology-based
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Last Thursday we had a very special work day in Bogota with members of Territoria, Paisano, Azai Consultores, and our new foundation Barichara Regenerativa to design a regeneration fund for the Northern Andes. This grew out of a powerful gathering that took place in Putumayo a few weeks ago for the Movement of Territorial Foundations
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