By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 22 Jan 23
We are prototyping new ways to collaborate with Barichara that can be applied to other bioregions in the future…A few months ago Penny Heiple and I hosted the first call for Barichara Projects where we are organizing to help with fundraising and other supports that can collaborate with those who participate virtually from around the world.The focus was on how to create structures and processes for collaboration. You can watch the recording here:https://medium.com/media/a558c19198d51881ed696a190dc10e1d/hrefWatch this video to see how we are learning to collaborate.In this article, we would like to share some of the structures that are emerging for how to “activate” and
We are prototyping new ways to collaborate with Barichara that can be applied to other bioregions in the future…A few months ago Penny Heiple and I hosted the first call for Barichara Projects where we are organizing to help with fundraising and other supports that can collaborate with those who participate virtually from around the world.The focus was on how to create
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 21 Jan 23
In the last three years, a tremendous amount of progress has been made to create shared culture and identity around what it means to be an Earth Regenerator. Together we have hosted learning journeys, social gatherings, project incubators, fundraising, on-the-ground efforts and more — all with the deep purpose to safeguard humanity in the midst of planetary crisis.Many of you know the vision laid out in The Design Pathway for Regenerating Earth that was published in October 2021. In brief, we must cultivate the ability to grow into a planetary network of regenerative bioregional economies. Each will need to organize itself at
In the last three years, a tremendous amount of progress has been made to create shared culture and identity around what it means to be an Earth Regenerator. Together we have hosted learning journeys, social gatherings, project incubators, fundraising, on-the-ground efforts and more — all with the deep purpose to safeguard humanity in the midst of planetary crisis.Many of you know the
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 12 Jan 23
My early years at high school were marked by a protracted disagreement with my art teacher. Given the evidence of several years of atrocious drawings, I had concluded that I… View Post The post Dall∙E and the Creation of Art appeared first on Areo.
My early years at high school were marked by a protracted disagreement with my art teacher. Given the evidence of several years of atrocious drawings, I had concluded that I… View Post The post Dall∙E and the Creation of Art appeared first on Areo.

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
INAUGURATION SPEECH FOR THE COCREATION FOUNDATION10 OCTOBER, 2020 BY JASCHA ROHRNASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron EvansNo one knows if it was Willy Brandt or Abraham Lincoln who said:“THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT.”I would say:“THE BEST WAY TO LOSE FEAR OF THE FUTURE IS TO COCREATE IT.”To cocreate the future, we need to have an understanding of process: of patterns of process and of scale of process.We use to talk about climate change as if it is something we can work on, in the same time frame, as if we, for example, change an institution’s organization or
INAUGURATION SPEECH FOR THE COCREATION FOUNDATION10 OCTOBER, 2020 BY JASCHA ROHRNASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron EvansNo one knows if it was Willy Brandt or Abraham Lincoln who said:“THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT.”I would say:“THE BEST WAY TO LOSE FEAR OF THE FUTURE IS TO COCREATE IT.”To cocreate the future, we need to have an understanding

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
INAUGURATION SPEECH FOR THE COCREATION FOUNDATION10 OCTOBER, 2020 BY JASCHA ROHRNASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron EvansNo one knows if it was Willy Brandt or Abraham Lincoln who said:“THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT.”I would say:“THE BEST WAY TO LOSE FEAR OF THE FUTURE IS TO COCREATE IT.”To cocreate the future, we need to have an understanding of process: of patterns of process and of scale of process.We use to talk about climate change as if it is something we can work on, in the same time frame, as if we, for example, change an institution’s organization or
INAUGURATION SPEECH FOR THE COCREATION FOUNDATION10 OCTOBER, 2020 BY JASCHA ROHRNASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron EvansNo one knows if it was Willy Brandt or Abraham Lincoln who said:“THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT.”I would say:“THE BEST WAY TO LOSE FEAR OF THE FUTURE IS TO COCREATE IT.”To cocreate the future, we need to have an understanding

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 10 May 20
Smart Cities, Systems Change, and MetamodernismTo be sure, I’m not advocating building some elitist utopian ringworld nonsense… This is just a cool image to illustrate a continuum.“…the guided convergence of technology with natural and social systems to form self-regulating governance platforms will potentially be the solution to what humanity has constructed as our current demise…— Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence (preview first 30 pages here)Smart Cities and Artificial IntelligenceThe convergence is happening all around us, funnelling us through a planetary paradigm shift. In these dour times — Scientific American described four “converging crises”; the pandemic, the US political crisis, climate change, economic depression — convergence
Smart Cities, Systems Change, and MetamodernismTo be sure, I’m not advocating building some elitist utopian ringworld nonsense… This is just a cool image to illustrate a continuum.“…the guided convergence of technology with natural and social systems to form self-regulating governance platforms will potentially be the solution to what humanity has constructed as our current demise…— Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 19 Mar 20
It is starting to feel like a specific kind of cascading collapse may be upon us.As the Coronavirus spreads virally, the gutted social supports left in the 40 year wake of Neoliberal Capitalism are causing many people to lose their jobs; need to find ways to take care of their kids while continuing to work; and generally be on their own to fight for survival.The population overshoot enabled by the Green Revolution and fossil fuels has created a globalized consumer market economy that degraded many landscapes and polluted nearly everything.The nation states of the world are proving to be ill-equipped to
It is starting to feel like a specific kind of cascading collapse may be upon us.As the Coronavirus spreads virally, the gutted social supports left in the 40 year wake of Neoliberal Capitalism are causing many people to lose their jobs; need to find ways to take care of their kids while continuing to work; and generally be on their own