Articles Filter CategoriesFilter - All "Collapse of Civilization is the Most Likely Outcome" Resilience June 2020 June 26, 2020 Collapse of Civilization is the most likely outcome JUNE 2020https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-06-08/collapse-of-civilisation-is-the-most-likely-outcome-top-climate-scientists/ ‘Collapse of Civilisation is the Most Likely Outcome’: Top Climate Scientists Asher Moses Australia’s top climate scientist says “we are already deep into the trajectory towards collapse” of civilisation, which may now be inevitable because 9 of the 15 known global climate tipping points that regulate the state of the planet have... What psychedelics told me about Coronavirus - Azrya Cohen Bequer April 5, 2020 What psychedelics told me about Coronavirus Azrya Cohen Bequerhttps://medium.com/@azrya/what-psychedelics-told-me-about-the-coronavirus-730a4a6b9714 What Psychedelics Told Me About The Coronavirus Azrya Cohen Bequer An Empowering Message to Humanity from Ayahuasca No matter how complex a question I may have, when I take it to psychedelics I always receive an answer. So when the Coronavirus pandemic kicked into high gear, I brought the subject to my trusted mentor... THE TERM RESILIENCE IS EVERYWHERE WHAT DOES IT MEAN - Kate Knuth / ENSIA February 29, 2020 THE TERM RESILIENCE IS EVERYWHERE WHAT DOES IT MEAN KATE KNUTH ENSIA. MAY 2019 https://ensia.com/articles/what-is-resilience/ May 7, 2019 — Editor’s note: This story is the first of two we’re reporting in response to a reader’s question — “What does community resilience look like and how can it be created and enhanced? Where are the most resilient communities in North America?” — that came to us through... History's Largest Mining Operation is About to Begin. January 3, 2020 History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin The Atlantic Magazine. Read this article in The Atlantic. It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable. Wil S. Hylton is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine. His most recent book is Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II. Listen to an audio version of this article. https://livingresilience.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Historys-Largest-Mining-Operation-is-About-to-Begin.mp3 Elicia Edijanto Unless you are... All the Bunnies in the Meadow Die...Sid Smith December 22, 2019 This essay, while a bit dated, is still spot-on as a layout of what got us into this predicament. I have also posted this essay on my Resources Page under the category, Manifestos. A very clear description of exponential growth and the limits to growth... and how we have powered ahead oblivious to both. DW. _______________________ Sid Smith All the Bunnies... The Conversation We Need to Have With Our Children About Climate Change December 14, 2019 Refiguring Finding humanity in an age of extinction Jeppe Dyrendom Graugaard ____________ Read the original posting here:https://refiguring.net/?fbclid=IwAR0SJluj5n4KoJ23i3fVivZP9csdygGc8xDiJ1ig96FHZ8ic40DYLsZhH68 Listen to an audio recording of the author reading this piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywFWeSuyUIY ___________ Refiguring – Finding humanity in an age of extinction “The conversation we need to have with our children about climate change” Once I had articulated this sentence, it kept coming back to me unexpectedly like an... What if We are all We've Got? Zhiwa Woodbury December 13, 2021 http://www.whatisemerging.com/opinions/what-if-we-are-all-we-ve-got What if We are all We've Got? We urgently need to move from a blame- and victimhood model towards one of shared responsibility for the climate catastrophe. What might happen if all of us became ‘climate influencers’ by acting every day as if our lives depended on minimizing our carbon footprints? "Any viable worldview must contain many worldviews, and it must arise... Pontoon Archipelago or: How I learned to stop worrying and love collapse December 6, 2021 Original essay in Medium... https://medium.com/@seamusohailin/pontoon-archipelago-e53f28fa6fae _________________ * This exceptional article / essay is now included in all of our Living Resilience / Deep Academy introductory offerings... and regularly reposted for use in our advanced study and research group, Deep Academy / Community of Practice. ________ Pontoon Archipelago or: How I learned to stop worrying and love collapse James Allen May 24, 2019 - 23 minute read We cannot... Extinction Capitalism, Part One: Our Imaginative Poverty - Dave Pollard July 16, 2021 ← CoVid-19: What Do We Owe the Unvaccinated? five tiny stories → Extinction Capitalism, Part One: Our Imaginative Poverty Posted on July 10, 2021 by Dave Pollard image by greentumble.com In his articles and books, Richard Manning describes high-maintenance monoculture, which has prevailed in much of the world since the early days of civilization, as “catastrophic agriculture”. He uses that term not because of... Extinction Capitalism Part Two: The Next Ten Years - Dave Pollard July 16, 2021 ← five tiny stories Extinction Capitalism Part Two: The Next Ten Years Posted on July 15, 2021 by Dave Pollard actual vs official rate of inflation (CPI), per ShadowStats In the first part of this article I attempted to explain how and why what I call Extinction Capitalism arose, and why it will inevitably lead to global economic collapse. In this second part,... A Culture of Dependence. Dave Pollard 2010. Our Deeply Fragile State. July 16, 2021 ((DW - Dave Pollard is a long-standing thought leader and innovator in the realm of collaboratively generating truly new systems for our Business as Usual human operating system. This article is more than ten years old but it still has much to offer in a conversation about the deep fragility that is built into all of our global systems. This kind... On Being a Doomist: Be Afraid But not that Afraid. by ZML - librarianshipwreck July 1, 2021 BE AFRAID BUT NOT THAT AFRAID On Climate Doom Short link to original piece... https://wp.me/p38S12-IX _____ https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2019/08/16/be-afraid-but-not-that-afraid-on-climate-doom/ Be Afraid! But not that afraid? – on Climate Doom. by ZML - librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com _____ People on social media would have really hated Cassandra. Her constant barrage of doleful warnings would just be dismissed of as hyperbolic and unhelpful. Those who did engage with her, would suggest that she... "International Scholars Warning" on Societal Disruption and Collapse - December 2020 December 7, 2020 https://iflas.blogspot.com/2020/12/international-scholars-warning-on.html International Scholars Warning on Societal Disruption and Collapse A public letter signed by over 250 scientists and scholars from 30 countries, calls on policy makers to engage more with the growing risk of societal disruption and collapse due to damage to the climate and environment. The letter invites focus on how to slow, prepare for, and help those already suffering... The Great Unraveling: Australian Climate Scientist, Joëlle Gergis October 20, 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/15/the-great-unravelling-i-never-thought-id-live-to-see-the-horror-of-planetary-collapse?mc_cid=9ffacc7f54&mc_eid=187d12fede The great unravelling: 'I never thought I’d live to see the horror of planetary collapse' | Joelle Gergis It breaks my heart to watch the country I love irrevocably wounded because of the Australian government’s refusal to act on climate change This is part of a series of essays by Australian writers responding to the challenges of 2020 Joëlle Gergis Wed... Chris Hedges: The Politics of Cultural Despair October 20, 2020 CHRIS HEDGES THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL DESPAIR https://consortiumnews.com/2020/10/20/chris-hedges-the-politics-of-cultural-despair/ Chris Hedges: The Politics of Cultural Despair October 20, 2020 As our empire implodes, and with it social cohesion, we must face what is happening — not only around us— but within us. (Art by Mr. Fish/Original to Scheerpost) By Chris Hedges ScheerPost.com The physical and moral decay of the United States and the malaise it has spawned have predictable results.... Why Activism Isn't Really the Cure for Eco-Anxiety and Eco-Grief. Britt Wray. Resilience. August 11, 2020 To read the original of this article:https://gendread.substack.com/p/why-activism-isnt-really-the-cure?mc_cid=753098d475&mc_eid=187d12fede Why activism isn’t *really* the cure for eco-anxiety and eco-grief It can certainly help tame difficult emotions but we need to go deeper than activism to build up resilience for the long haul Britt Wray “Action is the antidote to despair” the old saying goes, which was first spoken by folk music legend Joan Baez. It’s... Jung's Imagination for Evil. Paul Levy July 21, 2020 https://www.awakeninthedream.com/articles/carl-jung-imagination-evil?mc_cid=9b1221017f&mc_eid=187d12fede Developing Jung's "Imagination for Evil" is the Doorway to Our Light Paul Levy July 13, 2020 We live in a time of the emergence of great darkness in our world. The great doctor of the soul C. G. Jung, who came up with the idea of the existence of the shadow within the human psyche, had deeply valuable insights into the nature of the... What would the Buddha do? David Loy July 21, 2020 David Loy What would the Buddha do https://transnational.live/2020/05/27/what-would-the-buddha-do/ What would the Buddha do? JmjMay 27, 2020 May 26, 2020 By David Loy Maybe every modern generation feels confronted by some crisis that will affect the fate of the world, but unless your head is buried in the sand (or some Buddhist equivalent) it’s impossible to be ignorant of the extraordinary planetary emergency that confronts us... Gateways to Grief. Francis Weller and Sophy Banks July 15, 2020 Sources of Grief Gateways to Grief In his book “The Wild Edge of Sorrow”, Frances Weller helpfully named five “Gateways to Grief”. Rather than limiting or attempting to define what we might grieve for, the intention is to open us to recognise and honour a wide view of what brings grief. In no particular order, this is what he called them.... Grief as Deep Activism. Francis Weller July 8, 2020 Drinking The Tears Of The World: Grief As Deep Activism, By Francis Weller –by Francis Weller, syndicated from riteofpassagejourneys.org, Feb 03, 2019 I have written often of the value and importance of grief. In the context of this section on resistance, I would like to amplify the essential importance of this often-neglected emotion and situate It squarely in the heart of our capabilities to... Shadow as the Source for Transformation. Otto Scharmer July 8, 2020 Original article in Medium... https://medium.com/presencing-institute-blog/turning-toward-our-blind-spot-seeing-the-shadow-as-a-source-for-transformation-aff23d480a55 Turning Toward Our Blind Spot: Seeing the Shadow as a Source for Transformation Otto Scharmer Read the article in Spanish — in Japanese — in Traditional Chinese — in Italian We are living in a moment of tectonic shift in society. Something changed when we all watched the same images — 8 minutes and 46 seconds — the killing... Jem Bendell - The Collapse of Ideology and the End of Escape. Read by Michael Dowd. June 29, 2020 https://soundcloud.com/michael-dowd-grace-limits/jem-bendell-the-collapse-of-ideology-and-the-end-of-escape-6282020?fbclid=IwAR0kn5_yhByNW4oQftmI-aYdvzQwQriSrPKitJxMPEkaFn74k_yP5GgumBk Jem Bendell's most extensive addendum yet, to his original Deep Adaptation paper. In this audio version, Michael Dowd reads Bendell's article. You would be wise to check out the large number of collapse-aware articles and books that Michael Dowd has similarly committed to audio recording. He has many on this Soundcloud page, and even more on his own website, http://www.thegreatstory.org We are all being cooked in the soup together. Paul Levy June 26, 2020 https://www.awakeninthedream.com/articles/we-are-all-being-cooked-in-the-soup-together We Are All Being Cooked in the Soup Together Paul Levy May 17, 2020 One of the recurring thought-forms that I hear repeated everywhere during these apocalyptic times is, “We are all in this together.” It is ironic that “we are all in this together,” and yet, our world feels anything but together, as it is in an incredibly polarized and dissociated... In Shadow. An animated masterpiece about our hidden inner motivations. Lubomir Arsov. June 26, 2020 Embark on a visionary journey through the fragmented unconscious of our modern times, and with courage face the Shadow. Through Shadow into Light. “No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.” -C.G. Jung Written, Directed & Produced by Lubomir Arsov Original Soundtrack “Age of Wake” by Starward Projections Composited by Sheldon... Climate science and collapse - warnings lost in the wind. Jem Bendell June 2020 June 26, 2020 Climate science and collapse lost warnings Jem Bendell June 2020 https://jembendell.com/2020/06/15/climate-science-and-collapse-warnings-lost-in-the-wind/?fbclid=IwAR1aJR-ELf528PXDENQHN54PwgnrbS6kpCX6GvNYlwwoyuxLNVr4-IzEnnY Climate science and collapse – warnings lost in the wind Over the past year more scientists have spoken candidly about the implications for humanity of recent climate observations and research. They have begun to warn more clearly of the potential and even likelihood of societal collapse due to the direct and indirect... As the World Burns. Chris Martenson June 26, 2020 https://www.peakprosperity.com/as-the-world-burns/?mc_cid=9d796374f7&mc_eid=187d12fede As The World Burns Decades of unfairness are now boiling over in the United States in the form of protests, riots, burning buildings and violence. Minneapolis is on fire – literally – and the unrest has spread to numerous other major cities. Last year (2019) The Yellow Vest protesters in France dealt with enormous amount of police violence and intimidation as they... Dementia is not a joke But it should be a Democratic Deal Breaker - Kristine Mattis April 22, 2020 Kristine Mattis On Dementia Dear friends, I put together this recent piece during a few moments I could steal away because I thought it was an important topic that needs to be seriously addressed, even, or especially, during this global pandemic. On second thought, I realized that there could be legal issues with the content, which might explain why it was... Chris Martenson on Coronavirus Causing the Next Great Depression April 5, 2020 (Click here to view this video.) This is but one of Martenson's dozens of reports regarding the Coronavirus and its many impacts on human systems around the world. This report just happens to focus on the likely economic impacts (Depression) and, a look back at a piece from his long-famous, Crash Course. He reminds of his solid explanation of The Exponential... The Coronation - Charles Eisenstein April 5, 2020 DW - Easily the finest writing I've read from Charles Eisenstein. I've made this required reading in many of the Living Resilience / Deep Academy Learning Series... Here is a link to an audio version of this essay:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTISp3I2r5g Here is the link to the essay on Charles' site:https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/the-coronation/ The Coronation March 2020 Audio Version | PDF | French | Slovak For years, normality has been stretched nearly to its breaking point,... Climate scientist: our profession is letting down humanity – we must change the way we approach the climate crisis - Wolfgang Knorr February 29, 2020 DW - This article was mentioned in my recent podcast (The Poetry of Predicament - YouTube channel) interview with Wolfgang Knorr. This interview was also posted in our special-focus interview and content series... Take My Hand: Conscious Parenting in a Time of Stolen Dreams. Click on either of the above links to subscribe to the podcast or to subscribe to... End-of-life anxiety and finding meaning in a collapsing climate. Leonie Joubert December 19, 2019 Anxiety and finding meaning in a collapsing climate Leonie Joubert https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-11-20-end-of-life-anxiety-and-finding-meaning-in-a-collapsing-climate/ Leonie Joubert End-of-life anxiety and finding meaning in a collapsing climate A link to an audio recording of this article: https://livingresilience.net/end-of-life-anxiety-in-collapsing-climate/ Staring the reality of climate collapse square in the eye means confronting the shattering truth that many of us might not die of old age or natural causes – and will witness untold suffering... Ronald Wright: Can We Still Dodge the Progress Trap? November 19, 2019 To read in original form, in The Type: Ronald Wright: Can We Still Dodge the Progress Trap? Author of 2004’s ‘A Short History of Progress’ issues a progress report. [Editor’s note: Ronald Wright’s 2004 Massey Lectures, A Short History of Progress, are being re-issued in a special 15th anniversary edition this month by Anansi. With permission, this is adapted from his new introduction to the... Climate Change from the Inside Out: Shock. Grief. Respond. Relief. Repeat - Vicki Robin November 4, 2019 Civilization headed for collapse. Systemic problems are multiplying with breakneck speed now, and “climate change” has moved, faster than anticipated, from a heady discussion to a gut-wrenching existential issue, reverberating in our hearts. Our inner climates in response to the news and crises deserves attention as inner sea walls (trauma, social breakdown) will crash upon us too. This post reflects... Thoughts in the Presence of Fear September 14, 2019 When I read a clear, seminal piece like this it leaves me with two distinct feelings. One, a sense of grounded sanity and clarity about the advanced human abilities, to see the many patterns and events around us and to engage with life as a part of the miraculous web of life within which we live. The other feeling... The fallacy of climate activism - Adam Sacks August 29, 2019 Adam Sacks The fallacy of climate activism Original article in Grist August 2009. https://grist.org/article/2009-08-23-the-fallacy-of-climate-activism/?utm_campaign=btns&utm_source=share&%23038%3Butm_medium=email If you’d like to have this article read to you by Humptydumptytribe’s Hambone Littletail or Collapse Chronicle’s Sam Mitchell, click here. https://youtu.be/3dqDIDbBlGU In the 20 years since we climate activists began our work in earnest, the state of the climate has become dramatically worse, and the change is accelerating —... Fears About the Planet’s Future Weigh on Americans’ Mental Health July 21, 2019 Truthout US fears about planet future Mental Health (Read this article in Truthout) Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News July 20, 2019 Therapist Andrew Bryant says the landmark United Nations climate reportlast October brought a new mental health concern to his patients. “I remember being in sessions with folks the next day. They had never mentioned climate change before, and they were like, ‘I keep... It's the End of the World as They Know it. David Corn July 11, 2019 It’s the End of the World as They Know It The distinct burden of being a climate scientist Story by David Corn; Photos by Devin Yalkin July 8, 2019 (read this story in the original form in Mother Jones) On election night 2016, Kim Cobb, a professor at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech, was on Christmas Island, the... I Believe. David Rothkopf June 2, 2019 This brief piece by David Rothkopf is one of the finest examples I've seen, of reclaiming personal truth, integrity and agency. With this simple and profound expression Rothkopf re-establishes his own (for most of us, long-ago forfeited) baseline of knowledge and experience with which he can soberly interact with the world. Without this kind of baseline in our personal human... How to Build a 21st Century Organization - Umair Haque May 25, 2019 How to Build a 21st Century Organization Why the Challenge of Now is Building Eudaimonic Institutions May 2019. Some of you have recently been complaining: “aaaruughh! It’s too depressing! I feel so daunted after reading your stuff I don’t know where to begin!” OK. Let’s discuss a little example of someone who’s doing it right. First, though, let me say: fixing the... Max St John - Why we all need to stop worrying about climate change (and what to do instead) May 24, 2019 (To read this article in Medium) I’m writing this from my little desk in my children’s ‘reading room’ (where we also keep the xbox). I’m surrounded by their books, piled up on shelves, scattered on the floor. ‘Brave Bitsy and the Bear’ gawps at me as I tap at the keyboard and, if I glance out of the window, I... Gillian Caldwell Coming out of the closet: my climate trauma (and yours?) May 23, 2019 Gillian Caldwell Coming out of the closet: my climate trauma (and yours?) Gillian Caldwell - 2009 Coming out of the closet: my climate trauma (and yours?) (Read this article in its original form - 1Sky) I have spent my lifetime face to face with some of the most brutal and inhumane acts ever committed, but nothing has been as traumatizing for me as... Coaching Collapse and Evolution - Matthew Painton May 14, 2019 Conceptually Mapping Collapse, Transformation and Conscious Evolution for Coaches. There seems to be a rapidly developing, necessary response to supporting and processing ‘grief for the world in collapse’. Grief – as an umbrella term for fear, anger, despair and meaninglessness might be seen as the internal collapse that accompanies and mirrors awareness of external collapse. On my own journey, having come... Ecopsychology and its critical relevance to our climate crisis - Zhiwa Woodbury May 14, 2019 Zhiwa Woodbury Ecopsychology and its relevance to climate crisis. Western psychology began with Freud and his discovery that childhood trauma was the reason that so many women in late 19th Century Europe were exhibiting fits of hysteria. Unfortunately, when his clinical findings were met with widespread cultural approbation, due to its implication that child sexual abuse was more common than polite... What are our REAL Fossil Fuel Targets to avoid Climate Breakdown? - Lawrence Wollershein May 8, 2019 (Read this article in Job One for Humanity) What are our REAL last chance personal and national fossil fuel reduction targets to save humanity from extinction? POSTED BY LAWRENCE WOLLERSHEIN 100.20SC ON FEBRUARY 11, 2019 What you have been told by our governments is dead wrong when it comes to what are our REAL annual fossil fuel emission reduction targets... Introduction In order... Social Collapse and Climate Breakdown - Johnathan Neale May 8, 2019 (Read this article in The Ecologist) Wisdom only begins when we let in the grief and rage of understanding climate breakdown. Can we find radical hope in the face of social collapse around the world? A huge number of people - 350,000 and counting - have downloaded Jem Bendell’s paper Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy. Here I... A Social Movement for the Great Turning - Jay Earley April 25, 2019 Jay Earley A Social Movement for the Great Turning A Social Movement for the Great Turning Rough Draft Jay Earley, PhD This article suggests that we must create a social movement in order to succeed in transforming our society and world. It explores what such a movement might look like and how to foster it. The world and the U.S. are in trouble. You... Beyond Hope - Derrick Jensen - Orion April 21, 2019 (Read this article in Orion) THE MOST COMMON WORDS I hear spoken by any environmentalists anywhere are, We’re fucked. Most of these environmentalists are fighting desperately, using whatever tools they have — or rather whatever legal tools they have, which means whatever tools those in power grant them the right to use, which means whatever tools will be ultimately ineffective... Blog Template April 21, 2019 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt... My Life in Collapse - Bodhi Paul Chefurka April 17, 2019 Author of The Five Stages of Awareness (which is often quoted throughout the work of www.LivingResilience and Deep Academy), Bodhi Paul Chefurka offers another layer of his experience, dancing on the edge of collapse. March 28, 2019 I was recently asked to respond to a short email interview. My response seems like a nice summary of how I’ve spent the last... Mainstream Psychology Can Go Fuck Itself - Holly Truhlar April 15, 2019 (read this on Holly's Site) I blame mainstream Western psychology for a lot of the neoliberal bullshit we’re all inundated with. As I’ve gone further into the field of psychology (I have a Masters in counseling psychology and work with therapy clients regularly), I’ve come to see it as mostly individualized, white-centered, male-led, capitalist propaganda. While this isn’t always true,... Standing in the Fire with young climate activists - Barbara Cecil April 9, 2019 (Read this article in Truthout) Another extraordinary posting in Barbara Ceclil and Dahr Jamail's Truthout series, "How then shall we live?"... What is our calling in these times? How can we reconnect with our own deeper selves, other people and Earth? How can we reclaim lives with meaning, agency, purpose, love? How can we discern what truly matters most in life? ____________________________________ Standing in the... Rupert Read - Our Rebellion Against Extinctions April 9, 2019 If you only have time for one video to update you on the content and tone of the most current status of activism and education about our predicament-laden world... watch this presentation from Rupert Read. It doesn't get any clearer than this. Read walks us through the updated state of our shared habitat, climate and collapse of systems. The calling for... The Climate Trinity - A Potent talk from Climate Scientist, Kevin Anderson April 9, 2019 One of the boldest climate scientists and science communicators in the world. Kevin Anderson presents bold, clear, proposals to make real change happen in this predicament-laden world.This presentation is a strong example of his innovative and no-bullshit style of communicating. Midwest Apocalypse - 1 million acres of US farmland devastated March 30, 2019 Michael Snyder The Economic Collapse Blog March 2019 We have never seen anything like this before. According to satellite data that was just released by Reuters, “at least 1 million acres of U.S. farmland” were covered by water for at least seven days this month. That is an agricultural disaster without equal in modern American history, and yet the mainstream... My Life in Collapse - Bodhi Paul Chefurka March 29, 2019 Posted on Facebook, March 29, 2019 I was recently asked to respond to a short email interview. My response seems like a nice summary of how I’ve spent the last decade and a half of my life, so I thought I would share it here. Bodhi Paul Chefurka. 1) What is collapsology and what role does a “collapsologist” play? “Collapsology” isn’t... A Letter From a Generation Betrayed - Youth Strike 4 Climate March 26, 2019 (Read the original letter in The Guardian) We, the young, are deeply concerned about our future. Humanity is currently causing the sixth mass extinction of species and the global climate system is at the brink of a catastrophic crisis. Its devastating impacts are already felt by millions of people around the globe. Yet we are far from reaching the goals... The Endless Loop of Sameness - Deb Ozarko March 21, 2019 This is post One of Three in her series... “The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity” —Rollo May. We live in a world that continues to do battle with the content of “reality” with the inevitable outcome that little changes. The infinitesimal changes that do occur, inexorably amount to one-step forward, three steps back. The... In Facing Mass Extinction, We Must Allow Ourselves to Grieve - Dahr Jamail March 20, 2019 (Read the article in Truthout here) In this excerpt from The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption, author Dahr Jamail explains how he learned to process the heartbreaking truth of inevitable climate destruction and the possibility of mass extinction. In 2015, my best friend, Duane French, came down with pneumonia and was taken... Climate Change Has Already Happened - Dahr Jamail (video) March 2019 March 20, 2019 As posted in Truthout. March 2019. Expanding on the remarkable power of his recent book, The End of Ice:Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption, Dahr Jamail speaks from his experience of these times and our predicaments, and generously shares his grief and heart with us. A Climate of Change: A Therapeutic Response to Climate Change March 20, 2019 This article was submitted by Joshua Alexander, a member of a newly formed Deep Adaptation Forum in the Coaching and Counseling group. This is a fine example of how many different disciplines intersect in this exploration of how humanity will cope and adapt as we face the collapse of Earth and human systems. Dean Walker Moderator of the Coaching and Counseling... When the Heart - From New Zealand with Love - Vimeo: Telling Lives March 18, 2019 A simple, beautiful and profound message of our essential unity in humanity... our deepest drive, to love. (Original Vimeo link) WHEN THE HEART - M.Leunig When the heart Is cut or cracked or broken, Do not clutch it; Let the wound lie open. Let the wind From the good old sea blow in To bathe the wound with salt, And let it sting. Let a stray dog lick it, Let a... Climate Change: Beyond the Tipping Point - Joe Tyndall video March 17, 2019 This is a rapid-fire chain of very useful and sometimes surprising findings and projections. This video is well worth the time and energy to really take it in. Facing Extinction - Catherine Ingram March 14, 2019 Catherine Ingram Facing Extinction http://www.catherineingram.com/facingextinction/ For much of my life, I thought our species would soon go extinct. I assumed we might last another hundred years if we were lucky. Now I suspect we are facing extinction in the near future. Can I speculate as to exactly when that might happen? Of course not. My sense of this... Kolibri Terre Sonnenblume - Our Politics and Wars are Killing the Planet March 12, 2019 (read original in CounterPunch) How is it that so few of us ever speak of the unspeakable catastrophe that is our global lust for war, weapons and killing? KTS speaks about those things, in their political wrappings, and invites us to return to sanity...somehow. ___________________ The 2020 US presidential campaign is already underway. With each day that passes between now and election... Civil Disobedience to Stop Ecocide - Roger Hallam - Extinction Rebellion March 12, 2019 Extinction Rebellion co-founder, Roger Hallam speaks with Chris Hedges on his RT show, On Contact. This is part one of a two part series. An exceptional example of straight, clear communication of truth to power, and to anyone interested in the continuity of life on Earth. Why We're Underestimating the Risks to Human Civilization - Umair Haque March 2, 2019 (read in Medium) Every day lately it seems that I wake up, and I read a slightly more apocalyptic bit of news. Yesterday — that the latest unforeseen casualty of climate change might be the clouds in the sky disappearing (accelerating runaway warming in the blink of an eye.) I confess: I’m worried, my friends. Are you? Do you feel this sense... We are the People of the Apocalypse - John Schumaker - NewInt. March 2, 2019 (Read in Films for Action site) For a culture to avoid self-destruction as it progresses, writes Henry George in his classic 1883 work Social Problems, it must develop ‘a higher conscience, a keener sense of justice, a warmer brotherhood, a wider, loftier, truer public spirit’, while ensuring responsible and visionary leaders who embrace ‘the mental and moral universe’. By stark... How Then Shall We Live - Dahr Jamail and Barbara Cecil - Truthout February 28, 2019 (Read this article in Truthout) This is the first installment of a monthly series by Dahr Jamail and Barbara Cecil, entitled, “How, Then, Shall We Live? Finding Our Way and Peace of Heart Amidst Global Collapse.” Although the wind blows terribly here, the moonlight also leaks between the roof planks of this ruined house. —Izumi Shikibu This commentary is the first of our series, “How, Then, Shall... The disintegration of global capitalism could unleash WW 3. February 24, 2019 The “disintegration” of global capitalism could unleash world war 3, warns top EU economist. Seeing the systemic roots of this risk can help us avert catastrophe and build resilience Feb 21 By Nafeez Ahmed (read in Medium) (read in Insurge Intelligence) Published by INSURGE INTELLIGENCE, a crowdfunded investigative journalism project for people and planet. Please support us to keep digging where others fear to... Shades of Climate Change Denial - Helena Dearnell February 24, 2019 (reprinted from Medium) Shades of Climate Change Denial Helena Dearnell Denial is defined as a refusal to accept reality, especially when it is unpleasant to contemplate or not convenient to our desires and goals. We live in a highly efficient and technologically advanced culture in which our daily life reassures us about the inevitability of continuous progress. This shiny and promising... A Care Package for Climate Grief - Mary Annaïse Heglar February 20, 2019 Feel Something, Learn Something, Do Something: A Care Package for Climate Grief Mary Annaïse Heglar Oct 22, 2018 About two weeks ago, I wrote about my personal journey through climate grief and mourning. The response to that piece, including its subsequent publication in Vox, has been overwhelming to say the very least. Humbling in all truth. I’ve heard from more people than... Thanatos and Eros in the 21st Century - Umair Haque February 16, 2019 Umair Haque. Medium. February 2019 Thanatos and Eros in the 21st Century (We’re freaked out because) the things we treasure most are dying. So what can we do about it? __________________________ I wrote the other day about how there’s an epidemic of bad vibes sweeping across the globe. Everyone I know feels strangely shaky, anxious, disoriented lately — no, it’ s not just you. What’s behind... The World is on the Brink of Widespread Water Wars. Dahr Jamail. Truthout. February 14, 2019 Dahr Jamail. (Truthout) My friend Mark Oats, a farmer in Australia, recently sent this note to me: Last night I looked through the Bureau of Meteorology App at the monthly rainfall figures for January, and temperatures. The region around Byron Lismore has had 1.6 percent of average rainfall for January and is 2.6C degrees warmer than average. 98.4 percent less rain than... Dahr Jamail interviewed by Patrick Farnsworth and Rob Seimetz 2018 February 12, 2019 Independent journalist, Dahr Jamail speaks about his new book, The End of Ice - and - his experience of facing the collapse of human and Earth systems. Jem Bendell Interview with Amisha Ghadiali - Bali 2018 February 12, 2019 A gorgeous interview between Professor Jem Bendell and Amisha Ghdiali, host of the Future is Beautiful podcast. How to Detect a Wetiko Invasion - Krow Fischer - Humans.media - 2017 February 12, 2019 (Read this in Humans Media) The sickness of colonial societies. It has been defined by some as "a disease of civilization" and while I understand that viewing point, I would say it is a disease that is incubated in the colonized civilizations. The disease itself is a social cancer, in my mind. Most people I know in the western world are deeply infected... Living Like it Matters - Elizabeth West - Dissident Voice February 12, 2019 (To read article in Dissident Voice) Living Like It Matters Silver Linings in the Very Dark Cloud of Climate Catastrophe by Elizabeth West / February 5th, 2019 We actually do not have all the time in the world, so I am going to be bold. What you do after you finish reading this is your business and ultimately, that is exactly as it... Plummeting Insect Numbers Threaten Collapse of Nature - The Guardian February 12, 2019 (Read this in the Guardian) Exclusive: Insects could vanish within a century at current rate of decline, says global review Why are insects in decline, and can we do anything about it? Damian CarringtonEnvironment editor @dpcarrington Sun 10 Feb 2019 13.00 ESTLast modified on Sun 10 Feb 2019 20.00 EST Comments 1,393 The rate of insect extinction is eight times faster than that of mammals, birds and... Climate Inaction: Denial or Design - Louise LeBrun February 9, 2019 Climate Inaction: Denial or Design? February 6, 2019 by Louise LeBrun Leave a Comment (Read this article on Louise's site) To others, I leave the task of the clarion call. The task of identifying all that is not right in the world. The task of naming the forces that will move us closer and closer to the edge. The task of tracking... 10 actors read 21 poems on climate change - The Guardian February 4, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2015/nov/20/our-melting-shifting-liquid-world-celebrities-read-poems-on-climate-change A strong bunch of poetry read with heart and skill. A wonderful relief from the Business as Usual world. Enjoy. __________ ‘Our melting, shifting, liquid world’: celebrities read poems on climate change Actors including James Franco, Ruth Wilson, Gabriel Byrne, Maxine Peake, Jeremy Irons, Kelly Macdonald and Michael Sheen read a series of 21 poems on the theme of climate change, curated... A brilliant overview of human history to our current condition of overshoot and collapse February 3, 2019 This video is a part of the core curriculum for our online support materials program, Deep Academy. Geologic and human time scales How can We Salvage Our Global Civilization Professor Tadeusz Patzek Director of the Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC) 2019 lecture. This extraordinary lecture gives a vivid historical context for how modern human civilization fits in the historical timeline of... The Five Most Important Climate Change Facts - Job One for Humanity February 2019 February 1, 2019 (Read the original article here) The 5 Most Important (and shocking) Global Warming Facts Introduction This article not only sums up the most important things to know about global warming, it also simplifies the core message of our website. It is intended to assist mature and intelligent individuals review difficult but accurate global warming facts so that they may better adapt... Dean Interviewed on Last Born in the Wilderness. January 30, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyBAMBDg2pE (edited version. dw) My thanks to Patrick Farnsworth and his podcast, Last Born in the Wilderness, for this conversation about the current and imminent collapse of human and Earth systems - and how we might use this moment as an opportunity to intentionally reconnect with: our deeper selves, others and Earth. Isn't it amazing that this, the most important conversation... Living Into Being - Joe Brewer - Katie Teague video. January 28, 2019 Extraordinary video producer, Katie Teague, offers us a brief glimpse into the forward imaginings of Future Designer, Joe Brewer. Hope and Vision in the Face of Collapse - Jem Bendell January 28, 2019 (To read this article on Jem Bendell's Blog Site) “People need hope, Jem.” “It’s really important to have a vision of a better future, Jem” As someone who worked in environmental campaigning and then organizational change, I learned about the role of hope and vision in helping to align and motivate people. As someone who worked at the heart of political communications... Deep Adaptation - Jem Bendell - UPFSI - 2019 January 28, 2019 Professor Jem Bendell, in an interview with Stuart Scott of UPFSI and ScientistsWarning.TV, fleshing out his distinction, Deep Adaptation. Professor Bendell is a rare voice speaking truth to power, speaking to the world, but also to his colleagues in the Sustainable Business arena. His 2018 writings were deemed too fear-inducing to be published in their journal, so he published... The Depravity of Climate Change Denial - Paul Krugman - NYT January 27, 2019 (read this in the New York Times oped) The Trump administration is, it goes without saying, deeply anti-science. In fact, it’s anti-objective reality. But its control of the government remains limited; it didn’t extend far enough to prevent the release of the latest National Climate Assessment, which details current and expected future impacts of global warming on the United States. True,... Collapse is Already Here - Chris Martenson January 26, 2019 (Read Martenson's essay at Peak Prosperity website) Many people are expecting some degree of approaching collapse -- be it economic, environmental and/or societal -- thinking that they’ll recognize the danger signs in time. As if it will be completely obvious, like a Hollywood blockbuster. Complete with clear warnings from scientists, politicians and the media. And everyone can then get... Where We Are Now - Noam Chomsky January 21, 2019 (To read this article in The Nation) If you take a look at recent history since the Second World War, something really remarkable has happened. First, human intelligence created two huge sledgehammers capable of terminating our existence – or at least organized existence – both from the Second World War. One of them is familiar. In fact, both are by... In Facing Mass Extinction We Must Allow Ourselves to Grieve - Dahr Jamail January 21, 2019 Reposted from Truthout In this excerpt from The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption, author Dahr Jamail explains how he learned to process the heartbreaking truth of inevitable climate destruction and the possibility of mass extinction. In 2015, my best friend, Duane French, came down with pneumonia and was taken... Psalm 23 - Bobby McFerrin - So much love and light. January 17, 2019 Bobby McFerrin rewrote Psalm 23 and then arranged it with his music and voice. This piece is a gift to the heart. Dahr Jamail - Excerpt from new book - The End of Ice January 16, 2019 (To read this in The Guardian) World-class environmental journalist, Dahr Jamail, offers up an excerpt from his new book, The End of Ice. Originally printed in The Guardian. The fall lasts long enough that I have time to watch the blue ice race upward, aeons of time compressed into glacial ice, flashing by in fractions of seconds. I assume I’ve fallen... US Farmers are Paid to be in Climate Denial - Inside Climate News January 16, 2019 Click here to read whole article in ICN) Dean comment: This is the finest bit of journalism I've encountered, that examines just how US, Big AG, Big Finance, Fossil Fuel Companies, the US Farm Bureau, and innumerable farmers, big and small, have joined together for years to deny climate change, promote damaging and unsustainable farming practices, cover our agriculture with toxics,... We've Come to be Danced - Jewel Mathiesen January 10, 2019 A wonderful evening, celebrating the marriage of very dear friends, catalyzed by this exquisite poem. Enjoy. Jem Bendell - 14 Recommendations on Living Beyond Collapse Denial January 8, 2019 Professor Jem Bendell coined the phrase, Deep Adaptation, in 2018. His writings on facing our inevitable, climate change driven, social collapse, are being received hungrily around the world. This is an excerpt from a recent blog post. (To read the entire post on Professor Bendell's website.) Fourteen Recommendations on Living Beyond Collapse-Denial The following recommendations arise from reflecting on the positive and negative... The Miraculous Hope of Climate Realists - Erika Spanger-Siegfried January 8, 2019 (read full article in Common Dreams) ((Dean - I am no fan of hope, even as expressed here. It makes no distinction between hoping for continued life on Earth...and, continued Business as Usual Human Operating System. But there is a sweetness to the heart of the ancient story she shares.)) We’re stepping into a new year in the climate fight. The... How to Adapt to the End of the World - Bloomberg News January 7, 2019 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-26/new-climate-debate-how-to-adapt-to-the-end-of-the-world?srnd=businessweek-v2 How to Adapt to the End of the World Researchers are thinking about social collapse and how to prepare for it. Christopher Flavelle September 26, 2018, 1:00 AM PDT At the end of 2016, before Puerto Rico’s power grid collapsed, wildfires reached the Arctic, and a large swath of North Carolina was submerged under floodwaters, Jonathan Gosling published an academic paper asking... This Civilization is Finished - Video - Rupert Read January 6, 2019 This is a very clear and powerful synopsis of our current global situation. Well worth the time. (DW) Dr Rupert Read is a Reader in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. Rupert is a specialist in Wittgenstein, environmental philosophy, critiques of Rawlsian liberalism, and philosophy of film. His research in environmental ethics and economics has included publications on problems... Extinction Illness: Grave Affliction and Possibility January 5, 2019 Deena Metzger. Tikkun Magazine “Everyone says climate is the most important issue of all, and yet they just carry on as before. I don’t understand that. Because if the emissions have to stop, then we must stop the emissions. To me that is black or white. There are no gray areas when it comes to survival. Either we go on... How Extreme Weather is Shrinking the Planet - Bill McKibben - Video version. January 4, 2019 This already strong article has been amplified by some fine reading and video accompaniment. This article is one of the small handful of articles I am using as source material for the new book and workbook combination coming out Q1 of 2019. "How Extreme Weather Is Shrinking the Planet" is based on an article written by Bill McKibben which was published... 50% Drop in Plankton - CBC December 2018 December 30, 2018 (Read the original CBC article here) CBC. Building blocks of ocean food web in rapid decline as plankton productivity plunges. Scientist say the cause is unknown. Jane Adey · CBC News · Posted: Dec 22, 2018 They're teeny, tiny plants and organisms but their impact on ocean life is huge. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that live near the surface are the base of the... A Brave and Startling Truth - Maya Angelou - Video December 26, 2018 Angelou wrote this to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UN.(Video) Soulful mastery. The Psychological Effects of Global Warming on the USA - NWF December 26, 2018 This report would be strong support while watching any of our many podcast interviews with report author, Lise Van Susteren. In this report they estimate over 200 million Americans will be impacted with psychological stress as climate change and extreme weather events become more common - now...and in the very near future. In more recent interviews Dr Van Susteren has stated... Thinking about Climate on a Dark, Dismal Morning - Kate Marvel December 26, 2018 (Read original article in Scientific American) Kate Marvel. December 25, 2018 It’s six in the morning of the shortest day of the year. The sky is dark. When the sun finally rises it will disappear behind leaden gray clouds and tall gray buildings streaked with rust. I’m on a train watching the wastelands of postindustrial New Jersey speed by, pylons and garbage... Dark Ecology - Paul Kingsnorth - Orion December 26, 2018 (Read original article in Orion) Paul Kingsnorth has blazed many an important trail into the wilderness of the unknown and uncertain future for humanity on Earth... This essay is no exception. Starting with this Leonard Cohen quote. * Original Orion article includes hundreds of comments, that I have not included here. Take the only tree that’s left, Stuff it up the hole in your... Climate Grief: The growing emotional toll of climate change - NBC News December 24, 2018 (read original in NBC News) Dec. 24, 2018 / 2:35 AM PST By Avichai Scher When the U.N. released its latest climate report in October, it warned that without “unprecedented” action, catastrophic conditions could arrive by 2040. For Amy Jordan, 40, of Salt Lake City, a mother of three teenage children, the report caused a “crisis.” “The emotional reaction of my kids was severe,”... I Felt Despair About Climate Change—Until a Brush With Death Changed My Mind - ALISON SPODEK KEIMOWITZ December 24, 2018 (Read the original in Slate) This extraordinary article is a superlative example of how our mortality can transform us, humble us, fill us with grace and kindness... even as it is kicking our ass. March 2018. I was dying. Not just in the way that we’re all inching inevitably toward our own deaths each moment; I was hurtling toward a specific death... The Best Interview Ever - Dean Meets Death Hangout December 24, 2018 I have easily the deepest and most heartfull interview in the history of Living Resilience, with Olivier from Death Hangout. I recommend watching all of this hour-long conversation, to get how (as Naomi Klein said so well) "This changes everything." This is the largest, most important issue humanity has ever had to face. How will we let ourselves be changed by... We Were Made for These Times - Clarissa Pinkola Estes December 21, 2018 Read original posting. My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters most... Some People Wake Up - Francis Weller December 19, 2018 Some People Wake Up: Reflections on Initiation ©Francis Weller Again and again Some people wake up. They have no ground in the crowd And they emerge according to broader laws. They carry strange customs with them, And demand room for bold gestures. The future speaks ruthlessly through them. -Rainer Maria Rilke Dear friend. No doubt you have noticed that we are living in turbulent times culturally... Deep Adaptation - Jem Bendell December 19, 2018 Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy Occasional Papers IFLAS Occasional Paper 2 www.iflas.info July 27th 2018 Professor Jem Bendell BA (Hons) PhD _____________ On my website www.jembendell.com I will be listing some links to articles, podcasts, videos and social networks that are helping people explore and come to terms with a realisation of near term collapse (and even extinction), which... Institutional and Cultural Inertia - John Scales Avery December 17, 2018 (Read the article on Transcend Media Services) This article is poorly titled. It is a clear layout of our global cultural sickness and equally clear suggestions for healing and being more fully human. John Scales Avery is a Nobel laureate and Transcend Media Services is a wellspring of thoughtful, powerful insight on humanity generating a future of peace and wholeness. DOCS... 467 Ways to Die on a Warming Globe - Clive Hamilton December 16, 2018 467 Ways to Die on a Warming Globe Clive Hamilton (To read this in the Guardian) The Guardian. November 2018. While most people in most countries accept the truth of climate science, they reject its implications. What can be done to change that? A new study published in Nature has found evidence for 467 ways in which climate hazards due to global warming are... You Too are in Climate Change Denial - David Wallace Wells December 15, 2018 David Wallace Wells.New York Magazine.December 2018. You, too, are in denial. We all are, nearly every single one of us as individuals, even those of us who are following the bad news that suggests “the climate change problem is starting to look too big to solve”; every nation, almost none of them meeting their climate commitments, and most (not just the... Bringing a Life Into a Dying World - Rob Seimetz December 13, 2018 Rob Seimetz brings his signature heart and piercing social commentary to this most intimate of human events. In February 2019, I will become a Father. One thing I am learning about the capitalist marketing of parenthood is the endless list of items one “needs” for their infant. Cribs, changing pads, clothes, boopies, bottles, bassinets, rockers, car seats, lotions, oils, and... Peter Oren sings: Anthropocene December 12, 2018 Living Your Passion and Purpose - A conversation with Stephen Jenkinson December 11, 2018 Join us in a powerful interview with Stephen Jenkinson. Part of our online symposium, Living Your Passion and Purpose. You will hear us mention the stormy weather that threatens to shut down our internet connection. We do finish the interview, but with some radical storm work-arounds. Your generous donation to Living Resilience helps us to offer valuable resources, coaching facilitation and practices... Love in the Time of Coral Reefs - Ruth Mundy December 11, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTFFOr_G6ZM An anthem for the Anthropocene... American Psychosis. Chris Hedges November 9, 2018 This is not only Chris Hedges at his most potent and succinct - it is a gorgeous video production by AmericanCanary.org. They are a new production group that has an obvious combination of heart, talent and vision. Please visit their site and support their work. This may be the most important 15 minutes you spend as you approach our predicament-laden future. Dean Words. (a remarkable video short...enjoy) November 7, 2018 Sometimes less is more. This gorgeous piece was produced by Daniel Mercadante and www.everynone.com. Nice with headphones and a cup of tea. Dean. Katie Hayes 2018- Climate Change & Mental Health Risks Impacts and Priority Actions November 2, 2018 Background: This article provides an overview of the current and projected climate change risks and impacts to mental health and provides recommendations for priority actions to address the mental health consequences of climate change. Discussion and conclusion: The authors argue the following three points: firstly, while attribution of mental health outcomes to specific climate change risks remains challenging, there are... Capitalism's Final Solution is Nothing Less Than Complete Ecological Collapse - Ed Simon November 2, 2018 Ed Simon is the Editor-at-Large for “The Marginalia Review of Books,” a channel of the “Los Angeles Review of Books.” A frequent contributor at several sites, his collection America and Other Fictions: On Radical Faith and Post Religion will be released by Zero Books in November of 2018. He can be followed at his website or on Twitter @WithEdSimon. (To... The Global Elite is Insane - Robert J Burrowes October 21, 2018 Robert J. Burrowes In a recent report titled ‘Working for the Few: Political capture and economic inequality’ Oxfam informs us that ‘Almost half of the world’s wealth is now owned by just one percent of the population’. Their report goes on to recommend that the World Economic Forum, an elite gathering held annually in Davos, Switzerland, take economic and political... Homo Icarus - Bayo Akomolafe October 21, 2018 (To read this on Bayo's website) Homo Icarus: The Depreciating Value of Whiteness and the Place of Healing Bayo Akomolafe Dedicated to those who are putting their bodies on the line to protect the voiceless, the invisible and the occluded – and to my ‘father-uncle’, Engineer Tokunbo Obayan, who passed away a few days ago. Burning torches with their smoke tails... The Global Elite is Insane: Revisited - Robert J Burrowes October 21, 2018 (To read this article on Feelings First blog) Robert J. Burrowes In 2014 I wrote an article titled ‘The Global Elite is Insane’. I want to elaborate what I explained in the earlier article so that people have a clearer sense of what we are up against in our struggle to create a world of peace, justice and ecological sustainability. Of course,... The Global Elite is Insane - Robert J Burrowes October 21, 2018 (To read this article in Feelings First) Robert J. Burrowes In a recent report titled ‘Working for the Few: Political capture and economic inequality’ Oxfam informs us that ‘Almost half of the world’s wealth is now owned by just one percent of the population’. Their report goes on to recommend that the World Economic Forum, an elite gathering held annually in... Is climate change driving you to despair? Sara S. Moore October 19, 2018 (To read this article in Ensia) Sara S. Moore offers some strong resilience guidance for the collapse aware. Sara S. Moore @stripeygirlcat Climate change adaptation researcher September 19, 2017 — The damage climate change does in terms of loss of life, health and property has been under the microscope of researchers for many years. Only recently, however, have the mental health impacts of... How can we talk about global warming? Renee Lertzman. October 19, 2018 (Read this Article in Sierra Magazine) BY RENEE LERTZMAN | JUL 19 2017 Now that climate change has finally registered on the mass-media radar—thanks, in part, to the Trump administration’s showy efforts to prove just how much it doesn’t care about rising temperatures—it seems no one quite knows how to talk about it. Can fear be used as a motivator to... We need an ecological civilization before it's too late. Jeremy Lent. October 19, 2018 (To read this article on Jeremy Lent's site) In the face of climate breakdown and ecological overshoot, alluring promises of “green growth” are no more than magical thinking. We need to restructure the fundamentals of our global cultural/economic system to cultivate an “ecological civilization”: one that prioritizes the health of living systems over short-term wealth production. We’ve now been warned... The Greatest Danger - Joanna Macy - YES Magazine October 18, 2018 (Read YES article here) Some of Joanna's best writing in this compact piece in YES magazine. The Greatest Danger If you’re really paying attention, it’s hard to escape a sense of outrage, fear, despair. Author, deep-ecologist, and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy says: Don’t even try. Joanna Macy posted Feb 01, 2008 How do we live with the fact that we are destroying our world?... Year Zero: The Year When Wild Animals are Gone. 2026. October 15, 2018 https://youtu.be/Caoffm422rs A simple but powerfully moving projection of wild animal populations on Earth. Produced by: Sustainable Human and Climate Healers. Zhiwa Woodbury - Healing Our Trauma Together in an Insane World. October 5, 2018 Click here to access this on Zhiwa's Blog Healing our trauma together in an insane world... I was privileged to participate in Carolyn Baker & Dean Walker’s month-long symposium on-line recently, and wanted to follow up on a question from one of the participants that came near the end, and deserves a more considered response. It was a simple question. “So,... Will we know what counts as good leadership if Things Fall Apart? Johnathan Gosling October 5, 2018 Click here to read full original article. Jonathan Gosling University of Exeter, UK Abstract Leadership 2017, Vol. 13(1) 35–47 ! The Author(s) 2016 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1742715016680675 lea.sagepub.com Suggestions that change can be handled through ‘adaptation and resilience’ assume continuity of cultural norms and value judgements, but here we explore what might happen if cultural assump-... Planetary Hospice - Zhiwa Woodbury October 4, 2018 https://workthatreconnects.org/planetary-hospice-rebirthing-the-planet/ Year Zero - All wild animals gone by 2026. Video. October 3, 2018 watch this video here... Why Growth Can't Be Green - Foreign Policy Magazine October 3, 2018 Link to Original Article. Why Growth Can’t Be Green. Foreign Policy. Jason Hickel. September 2018. Warnings about ecological breakdown have become ubiquitous. Over the past few years, major newspapers, including the Guardian and the New York Times, have carried alarming stories on soil depletion, deforestation, and the collapse of fish stocks and insect populations. These crises are being driven by global... 12 Reasons why people deny we're headed for collapse. October 1, 2018 https://www.lowimpact.org/12-reasons-people-refuse-idea-societal-collapse/?mc_cid=6029f49037&mc_eid=187d12fede&subscribe=success#blog_subscription-3 Jem Bendell offers a list of 12 styles of resistance of confronting the imminent collapse of human and Earth systems. The starting point for a generative discussion of the deep adaptation agenda is a difficult one. Because to begin to rigorously and imaginatively discuss this topic first requires us to accept the likelihood of near term societal collapse. By which... Some guidelines for surfing the edge of chaos... September 18, 2018 Some guidelines for surfing the edge of chaos, while riding dangerously close to the black hole of trauma Sandra L. Bloom MD University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Abstract The political scene in the USA has changed dramatically with the election of Donald Trump, and antidemocratic forces appear to be gaining momentum in other countries as well. Using a post‐trau- matic lens to view these... The Psychological Effects of Global Warming on the United States September 15, 2018 An estimated 200 million Americans will be exposed to serious psychological distress from climate related events and incidents: The severity of symptoms will vary, but in many instance the distress will be great. In the coming years, a majority of Americans will experience direct adverse effects from the impacts of global warming. Natural disasters and extreme weather events will strike many places that... The Five Stages of Awareness September 15, 2018 This piece is an excerpt from one chapter of my next book / workbook combination, due out Winter of 2018-2019... I have added just a few brief comments to Paul Chefurka's clear and useful model for utilizing systems-thinking as one faces our predicament-laden world...Dean Walker. _______________________________ Five Stages of Awareness One of the most potent methods humans can use to discern and... Capitalism Must Die For Environment to Live August 29, 2018 Capitalism and global sustainability are incongruous with one another, according to a recent paper for the UN’s 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report. The team of researchers from various academic institutions throughout Finland who wrote the report gave a sobering assessment of the planet’s future if the current economic order continues unabated. Namely, that all rich Western countries have based their... Uninhabitable Earth (Audio Version) August 26, 2018 David Wallace-Wells' 2017 ground-breaking article about the severity and urgency of our environmental situation around the world. This is an audio version, with abstract visuals accompanying. The End of the Oceans: The world's oceans and all marine life are on the brink of total collapse. August 17, 2018 (The Monthly) Australia. James Bradley. August 2018. In June this year, scientists from the University of Tasmania and the University of Technology Sydney published research showing that over the past decade the biomass of large fish in Australian waters has declined by more than a third. The results may have jarred with government claims of Australian fisheries being among the most... Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change NYT August 17, 2018 Nathaniel Rich writes an epic recounting of the decade that bridged the 70s and 80s, in which there appeared to be at least a couple of credible moments when we could have regulated carbon emissions in the USA. This long piece is a remarkable snapshot of an age before all of our idealism and hope were crushed. (To read full... dancing with orcas August 2, 2018 Online Trauma Healing and Resilience Summit - September 2018 July 26, 2018 https://youtu.be/WKl9JJccAbo How much trauma, shredding of our social contract, environmental destruction and cynical polarized politics can we normalize in this country? Join us for a summit to explore deep healing and self regulation and community - in the face of a daily barrage of our cynical and trauma-inducing world. To Register: Click Here To inquire re tuition assistance: safecircle@gmail.com Guest speakers already booked: Francis... Introduction: Dean Walker's New Book (Fall 2018) July 26, 2018 NEW BOOK: INTRODUCTION Dean Spillane-Walker July 2018 My frustration with these greedy, lying bastards is personal. Human-caused climate disruption is not a belief – it is one of the best-studied phenomena on Earth. Even a half-wit can understand this. As any father would, anyone threatening my family will by on the receiving end of my ire and vengeance. This anger is the... Confounded On The Bridge Between Worlds, By Carolyn Baker June 26, 2018 Like so many individuals, I was compelled last week to bear witness to the contrived crisis created by the Trump Administration at the southern US border. The images, the sounds, the stories continue to swirl in my head even as this week brings a host of new, vivid, and shocking reports. I lived on the US-Mexican border for 11 years... The Deschooling Dialogues: Grief, Collapse and Mysticism June 20, 2018 A powerful dialogue addressing the core issues of our times. Original post in Kosmos Journal. Read the full conversation, here. Dr Lise Van Susteren - Mental Health Issues in Collapse May 25, 2018 Dr Van Susteren details her perspective on the massive scale of trauma we are experiencing collectively and how to be resilient in the midst of that trauma. Dr Van Susteren is a bold and clear voice in these times of gaslighting and fake news. Interview with Robert Jensen May 25, 2018 Professor Emeritus in Journalism and long standing progressive activist Robert Jensen joins us to speak about the elements of our culture that intensify our rapid approach to the collapse of Earth and human systems. Medusa's Curse: The Necessity Of Art In The Climate Struggle, By Kathleen Dean Moore May 22, 2018 Reposted from Resilience.Org Because I am a literary writer, writing about climate justice, people often ask me, What is the importance of the arts in the climate struggle? I turn to Friedrich Nietzsche, the nineteenth century German philosopher. “We have art in order not to die of the truth,” he wrote. So then. What are these lethal truths, the truths that break... Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals – study May 22, 2018 The world’s 7.6 billion people represent just 0.01% of all living things, according to the study. Yet since the dawn of civilisation, humanity has caused the loss of 83% of all wild mammals and half of plants, while livestock kept by humans abounds. Read full article here. Joe Brewer - Collapse and Rebirth May 22, 2018 Joe Brewer is a complexity researcher and evangelist for the field of culture design. The spoken audio is from a Kosmos Live podcast, "on cultural design and midwifing a new era". Uninhabitable Earth - Annotated. David Wallace Wells May 6, 2018 In 2017 David Wallace Wells posted what would become New York Magazine's most read article ever. This is a fully annotated version of the same article. The notes are well worth making time for. This article will surely be seen as a massive turning point for our collective attention. Enough to move us into substantial action...no. Enough to bring... Chaco Canyon, Chaco Earth, By Chris Hedges April 23, 2018 Reposted from Truthdig CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, N.M.—A bitter wind whipped down the 10-mile-long Chaco Canyon, kicking up swirls of dust among the thorny greasewood and sagebrush bushes. I ducked behind one of the towering sandstone walls in the three-acre ruin, or Great House, known as Pueblo Bonito, to escape the gusts. I was in the section of... Trauma In The Body: An Interview With Bessel van der Kolk April 21, 2018 Reposted from Daily Good Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. is the founder and medical director of the Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts, a professor in the department of psychiatry at Boston University Medical School, and the director of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, which Congress established to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children,... "Albatross" Film Trailer April 20, 2018 Understanding Ecological Grief, By Neville Ellis April 17, 2018 Reposted from Alternet We are living in a time of extraordinary ecological loss. Not only are human actions destabilising the very conditions that sustain life, but it is also increasingly clear that we are pushing the Earth into an entirely new geological era, often described as the Anthropocene Research shows that people increasingly feel the effects of these planetary changes and... Radical Transformational Leadership In Turbulent Times, With Dr. Monica Sharma April 4, 2018 Listen to this podcast now Dr. Monica Sharma was trained as a physician and epidemiologist and worked for the United Nations for 22 years. She is the author of the book “Radical Transformational Leadership” which has been describes as a path-breaking classic by eminent scholars. Currently, she engages worldwide as an International Expert and Practitioner on Leadership Development for sustainable... The Woman Who Silenced America For Six Minutes And Twenty Seconds, By Carolyn Baker March 26, 2018 I’m rarely riveted to television, but yesterday was not an ordinary day. Nearly one million students, parents, and activists were protesting gun violence in America, leaving my mind spinning and my heart swelling as they marched and rallied for their lives. One response was my own recollection and nostalgia of being a college student and marching on the very... More about Gaslighting. Vanessa Beeley. March 2, 2018 Great clarity and depth re Gaslighting. Nobody is Coming to Save Us From Climate Change. March 2, 2018 Click on me to view this powerful cartoon. Robert Jensen - After the Harvest Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully February 24, 2018 Robert Jensen writes powerfully about his long time ally, Jim Koplin. A tour through a reverent view of living on Earth. In-Shadow: A Modern Odyssey. (The Depth of Our Shadow) February 24, 2018 A dark, rich and piercing animated portrayal of our collective shadow dynamics. An extraordinary statement...The Lie We Live. February 24, 2018 This short video is to the point and powerful. More Student Leadership RE Gun Control in USA February 24, 2018 Extinction Anxiety, By Randy Morris, Ph.D. January 20, 2018 (Address for “Psyche and the Spirit of the Times: Psychoanalyzing Trumpism” given at Antioch University Seattle.) In order to talk about extinction anxiety I first need to address epistemological anxiety, otherwise, you won’t know if what I am saying to you is a bunch of ‘fake news’ served up by yet another privileged white male. Epistemology is that branch of... Collapse Data Cheat Sheet January 7, 2018 Reposted from Reddit: Collapse ► 99% of Rhinos gone since 1914. ► 97% of Tigers gone since 1914. ► 90% of Lions gone since 1993. ► 90% of Sea Turtles gone since 1980. ► 90% of Monarch Butterflies gone since 1995. ► 90% of Big Ocean Fish gone since 1950. ► 80% of Antarctic Krill gone since 1975. ► 80% of Western Gorillas gone since 1955. ► 60%... Regenerative Resilience With Carolyn Baker And Dr. Julie Krull November 29, 2017 Can we live passionate, purposeful, inspired lives in spite of the global crisis we are facing? Can a transformation of consciousness and a new sense of relatedness restore our sanity and create regenerative and radical change on our planet? Carolyn Baker will lead us through a path of resilience and open our minds to radical change. Listen here @safecircle November 26, 2017 Follow @safecircle Carolyn Baker describes Resilience Coaching November 20, 2017 These challenging and predicament-laden times call for a new and far deeper type of coaching for resilience in our daily lives and in our roles as leaders. Life In The Anthropocene: Field Notes From The Santa Rosa Fires, By Dianne Monroe October 31, 2017 Anthropocene: relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. The call came a little before 5 am, the morning of Monday, October 9. I stumbled toward the phone and retrieved the message. A neighbor’s voice, “Get ready to evacuate!” Huh? A quick look at the... The Wisdom Of The Dark Emotions, By Miriam Greenspan October 29, 2017 I was brought to the practice of mindfulness more than two decades ago by the death of my first child. Aaron died two months after he was born, never having left the hospital. Shortly after that, a friend introduced me to a teacher from whom I learned the basics of Vipassana meditation: how to breathe mindfully and meditate with... Climate Change And The Human Mind: A Noted Psychiatrist Weighs In, With Robert Jay Lifton October 29, 2017 Reposted from Yale Environment 360 Psychiatrist and historian Robert Jay Lifton has delved deep into the some of the darkest issues and most traumatic events of the 20th century with his research into the mindset of Nazi doctors, terrorism, the experiences of prisoners of war, and the aftermath of nuclear attack, which he chronicled in Death in Life: Survivors of... Barbara Ford. Hope is What You Do October 26, 2017 The Impossible Conversation Podcast e001 - Hambone Littletail October 24, 2017 Hambone Littletail of HumptyDumptyTribe interviews Dean Walker about his book, The Impossible Conversation. Poetry of Predicament Podcast. e001 - Elizabeth West October 23, 2017 A Most Dangerous Assumption. Harvey Austin. August 27, 2017 A Most Dangerous Assumption “…It was amazing how many people thought money could buy them exception from the laws of nature.” S.M. Stirling Dies in the Fire, 2004, p. 5. This is the grave mistake we make as a western culture, particularly as an American culture. We assume, because we have so much money and have been privileged for so long, we can get... Wetiko Inside and Outside: A Remarkable Teaching Moment August 27, 2017 Wetiko Inside and Outside: A Remarkable Teaching Moment By Carolyn Baker This thing of darkness, I acknowledge mine. “The Tempest,” William Shakespeare In this time of extinction---whatever that means and whenever it may occur, we owe a huge debt to Paul Levy for giving us Dispelling Wetiko. In that extraordinary book, Levy writes that wetiko isn’t just a Native American term for evil,... Telling the Climate Truth. Gaius Publius. July 23, 2017 This article in Naked Capitalism and Down With Tyranny, is as strong an expression of climate realism and sober strategizing as I've seen. Of the now many responses to the David Wallace-Wells NY Magazine article, this one nails it for me and us here at Living Resilience. Living Resilience readers looking for other sober and clear sources for Abrupt Anthropogenic... The Poetry of Predicament e002 - Lise Van Susteren July 22, 2017 This is a repost of an episode of our 2016 online symposium, bringing thought leaders together to explore the predicaments we face and how best to stay present in the face of those predicaments. Lise Van Susteren is at the top of the field of addressing human mental, psychological and spiritual health in these turbulent times. Assigning a Cost to BP's Gulf Oil Spill. TruthOut. Dahr Jamail. 2014. July 16, 2017 In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded, causing the single largest marine oil disaster in US history. While the oil gushed from nearly a mile below the surface, BP promptly began to lowball the daily flow rate. The US government established the Flow Rate Technical Group (FRTG) led by Marcia McNutt to determine the true amount of oil being... 2015 Video produced for MKP-NW Elders Gathering. July 16, 2017 This video mentions many of the sources that were pivotal in the production of my recently released book, The Impossible Conversation: Choosing Reconnection and Resilience at the End of Business as Usual. The Battlefield at Mother Nature. Piercing Video from Marc Haneburght. July 16, 2017 Prolific video producer, Marc Haneburght offers us one of his most artful and grief-filled pieces to date. This is a film to watch when you find yourself numb and uninspired. Watching this piece will either invoke your appropriate rage or your grief. Either way our hearts are inspired to break open consciously. Thank you Marc. The Story of Stuff. The simplest version of our consumerist story. July 16, 2017 To fully engage in the work of Living Resilience we must have at least a basic understanding of our consumption-based human operating system. We also must be clear that our system is utterly unsustainable, in fact it is at the center of our global predicament. The Story of Stuff offers us a very gentle introduction to these vitally important... The Uninhabitable Earth. NY Magazine. July 9, 2017 July 16, 2017 In a July 9, 2017 article in New York Magazine, David Wallace-Wells did what very few mainstream journalists are willing to do. Wallace-Wells articulated a list of impacts and symptoms that we can look forward to in the very near future, if we stay on the Business as Usual track we are on. Clearly the uber-privileged industrialized world intends to... The gifts of conscious grieving July 8, 2017 What is the truth about grief? It's not what our culture tells us about grief. Carolyn explains why conscious grieving is an essential life skill that heals us, heals the community, and heals the Earth and also paradoxically manifests joy and gratitude in our lives and relationships.
Filter CategoriesFilter - All "Collapse of Civilization is the Most Likely Outcome" Resilience June 2020 June 26, 2020 Collapse of Civilization is the most likely outcome JUNE 2020https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-06-08/collapse-of-civilisation-is-the-most-likely-outcome-top-climate-scientists/ ‘Collapse of Civilisation is the Most Likely Outcome’: Top Climate Scientists Asher Moses Australia’s top climate scientist says “we are already deep into the trajectory towards collapse” of civilisation, which may now be inevitable because 9 of the 15 known global climate tipping points that regulate the state of the planet have... What psychedelics told me about Coronavirus - Azrya Cohen Bequer April 5, 2020 What psychedelics told me about Coronavirus Azrya Cohen Bequerhttps://medium.com/@azrya/what-psychedelics-told-me-about-the-coronavirus-730a4a6b9714 What Psychedelics Told Me About The Coronavirus Azrya Cohen Bequer An Empowering Message to Humanity from Ayahuasca No matter how complex a question I may have, when I take it to psychedelics I always receive an answer. So when the Coronavirus pandemic kicked into high gear, I brought the subject to my trusted mentor... THE TERM RESILIENCE IS EVERYWHERE WHAT DOES IT MEAN - Kate Knuth / ENSIA February 29, 2020 THE TERM RESILIENCE IS EVERYWHERE WHAT DOES IT MEAN KATE KNUTH ENSIA. MAY 2019 https://ensia.com/articles/what-is-resilience/ May 7, 2019 — Editor’s note: This story is the first of two we’re reporting in response to a reader’s question — “What does community resilience look like and how can it be created and enhanced? Where are the most resilient communities in North America?” — that came to us through... History's Largest Mining Operation is About to Begin. January 3, 2020 History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin The Atlantic Magazine. Read this article in The Atlantic. It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable. Wil S. Hylton is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine. His most recent book is Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II. Listen to an audio version of this article. https://livingresilience.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Historys-Largest-Mining-Operation-is-About-to-Begin.mp3 Elicia Edijanto Unless you are... All the Bunnies in the Meadow Die...Sid Smith December 22, 2019 This essay, while a bit dated, is still spot-on as a layout of what got us into this predicament. I have also posted this essay on my Resources Page under the category, Manifestos. A very clear description of exponential growth and the limits to growth... and how we have powered ahead oblivious to both. DW. _______________________ Sid Smith All the Bunnies... The Conversation We Need to Have With Our Children About Climate Change December 14, 2019 Refiguring Finding humanity in an age of extinction Jeppe Dyrendom Graugaard ____________ Read the original posting here:https://refiguring.net/?fbclid=IwAR0SJluj5n4KoJ23i3fVivZP9csdygGc8xDiJ1ig96FHZ8ic40DYLsZhH68 Listen to an audio recording of the author reading this piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywFWeSuyUIY ___________ Refiguring – Finding humanity in an age of extinction “The conversation we need to have with our children about climate change” Once I had articulated this sentence, it kept coming back to me unexpectedly like an... What if We are all We've Got? Zhiwa Woodbury December 13, 2021 http://www.whatisemerging.com/opinions/what-if-we-are-all-we-ve-got What if We are all We've Got? We urgently need to move from a blame- and victimhood model towards one of shared responsibility for the climate catastrophe. What might happen if all of us became ‘climate influencers’ by acting every day as if our lives depended on minimizing our carbon footprints? "Any viable worldview must contain many worldviews, and it must arise... Pontoon Archipelago or: How I learned to stop worrying and love collapse December 6, 2021 Original essay in Medium... https://medium.com/@seamusohailin/pontoon-archipelago-e53f28fa6fae _________________ * This exceptional article / essay is now included in all of our Living Resilience / Deep Academy introductory offerings... and regularly reposted for use in our advanced study and research group, Deep Academy / Community of Practice. ________ Pontoon Archipelago or: How I learned to stop worrying and love collapse James Allen May 24, 2019 - 23 minute read We cannot... Extinction Capitalism, Part One: Our Imaginative Poverty - Dave Pollard July 16, 2021 ← CoVid-19: What Do We Owe the Unvaccinated? five tiny stories → Extinction Capitalism, Part One: Our Imaginative Poverty Posted on July 10, 2021 by Dave Pollard image by greentumble.com In his articles and books, Richard Manning describes high-maintenance monoculture, which has prevailed in much of the world since the early days of civilization, as “catastrophic agriculture”. He uses that term not because of... Extinction Capitalism Part Two: The Next Ten Years - Dave Pollard July 16, 2021 ← five tiny stories Extinction Capitalism Part Two: The Next Ten Years Posted on July 15, 2021 by Dave Pollard actual vs official rate of inflation (CPI), per ShadowStats In the first part of this article I attempted to explain how and why what I call Extinction Capitalism arose, and why it will inevitably lead to global economic collapse. In this second part,... A Culture of Dependence. Dave Pollard 2010. Our Deeply Fragile State. July 16, 2021 ((DW - Dave Pollard is a long-standing thought leader and innovator in the realm of collaboratively generating truly new systems for our Business as Usual human operating system. This article is more than ten years old but it still has much to offer in a conversation about the deep fragility that is built into all of our global systems. This kind... On Being a Doomist: Be Afraid But not that Afraid. by ZML - librarianshipwreck July 1, 2021 BE AFRAID BUT NOT THAT AFRAID On Climate Doom Short link to original piece... https://wp.me/p38S12-IX _____ https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2019/08/16/be-afraid-but-not-that-afraid-on-climate-doom/ Be Afraid! But not that afraid? – on Climate Doom. by ZML - librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com _____ People on social media would have really hated Cassandra. Her constant barrage of doleful warnings would just be dismissed of as hyperbolic and unhelpful. Those who did engage with her, would suggest that she... "International Scholars Warning" on Societal Disruption and Collapse - December 2020 December 7, 2020 https://iflas.blogspot.com/2020/12/international-scholars-warning-on.html International Scholars Warning on Societal Disruption and Collapse A public letter signed by over 250 scientists and scholars from 30 countries, calls on policy makers to engage more with the growing risk of societal disruption and collapse due to damage to the climate and environment. The letter invites focus on how to slow, prepare for, and help those already suffering... The Great Unraveling: Australian Climate Scientist, Joëlle Gergis October 20, 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/15/the-great-unravelling-i-never-thought-id-live-to-see-the-horror-of-planetary-collapse?mc_cid=9ffacc7f54&mc_eid=187d12fede The great unravelling: 'I never thought I’d live to see the horror of planetary collapse' | Joelle Gergis It breaks my heart to watch the country I love irrevocably wounded because of the Australian government’s refusal to act on climate change This is part of a series of essays by Australian writers responding to the challenges of 2020 Joëlle Gergis Wed... Chris Hedges: The Politics of Cultural Despair October 20, 2020 CHRIS HEDGES THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL DESPAIR https://consortiumnews.com/2020/10/20/chris-hedges-the-politics-of-cultural-despair/ Chris Hedges: The Politics of Cultural Despair October 20, 2020 As our empire implodes, and with it social cohesion, we must face what is happening — not only around us— but within us. (Art by Mr. Fish/Original to Scheerpost) By Chris Hedges ScheerPost.com The physical and moral decay of the United States and the malaise it has spawned have predictable results.... Why Activism Isn't Really the Cure for Eco-Anxiety and Eco-Grief. Britt Wray. Resilience. August 11, 2020 To read the original of this article:https://gendread.substack.com/p/why-activism-isnt-really-the-cure?mc_cid=753098d475&mc_eid=187d12fede Why activism isn’t *really* the cure for eco-anxiety and eco-grief It can certainly help tame difficult emotions but we need to go deeper than activism to build up resilience for the long haul Britt Wray “Action is the antidote to despair” the old saying goes, which was first spoken by folk music legend Joan Baez. It’s... Jung's Imagination for Evil. Paul Levy July 21, 2020 https://www.awakeninthedream.com/articles/carl-jung-imagination-evil?mc_cid=9b1221017f&mc_eid=187d12fede Developing Jung's "Imagination for Evil" is the Doorway to Our Light Paul Levy July 13, 2020 We live in a time of the emergence of great darkness in our world. The great doctor of the soul C. G. Jung, who came up with the idea of the existence of the shadow within the human psyche, had deeply valuable insights into the nature of the... What would the Buddha do? David Loy July 21, 2020 David Loy What would the Buddha do https://transnational.live/2020/05/27/what-would-the-buddha-do/ What would the Buddha do? JmjMay 27, 2020 May 26, 2020 By David Loy Maybe every modern generation feels confronted by some crisis that will affect the fate of the world, but unless your head is buried in the sand (or some Buddhist equivalent) it’s impossible to be ignorant of the extraordinary planetary emergency that confronts us... Gateways to Grief. Francis Weller and Sophy Banks July 15, 2020 Sources of Grief Gateways to Grief In his book “The Wild Edge of Sorrow”, Frances Weller helpfully named five “Gateways to Grief”. Rather than limiting or attempting to define what we might grieve for, the intention is to open us to recognise and honour a wide view of what brings grief. In no particular order, this is what he called them.... Grief as Deep Activism. Francis Weller July 8, 2020 Drinking The Tears Of The World: Grief As Deep Activism, By Francis Weller –by Francis Weller, syndicated from riteofpassagejourneys.org, Feb 03, 2019 I have written often of the value and importance of grief. In the context of this section on resistance, I would like to amplify the essential importance of this often-neglected emotion and situate It squarely in the heart of our capabilities to... Shadow as the Source for Transformation. Otto Scharmer July 8, 2020 Original article in Medium... https://medium.com/presencing-institute-blog/turning-toward-our-blind-spot-seeing-the-shadow-as-a-source-for-transformation-aff23d480a55 Turning Toward Our Blind Spot: Seeing the Shadow as a Source for Transformation Otto Scharmer Read the article in Spanish — in Japanese — in Traditional Chinese — in Italian We are living in a moment of tectonic shift in society. Something changed when we all watched the same images — 8 minutes and 46 seconds — the killing... Jem Bendell - The Collapse of Ideology and the End of Escape. Read by Michael Dowd. June 29, 2020 https://soundcloud.com/michael-dowd-grace-limits/jem-bendell-the-collapse-of-ideology-and-the-end-of-escape-6282020?fbclid=IwAR0kn5_yhByNW4oQftmI-aYdvzQwQriSrPKitJxMPEkaFn74k_yP5GgumBk Jem Bendell's most extensive addendum yet, to his original Deep Adaptation paper. In this audio version, Michael Dowd reads Bendell's article. You would be wise to check out the large number of collapse-aware articles and books that Michael Dowd has similarly committed to audio recording. He has many on this Soundcloud page, and even more on his own website, http://www.thegreatstory.org We are all being cooked in the soup together. Paul Levy June 26, 2020 https://www.awakeninthedream.com/articles/we-are-all-being-cooked-in-the-soup-together We Are All Being Cooked in the Soup Together Paul Levy May 17, 2020 One of the recurring thought-forms that I hear repeated everywhere during these apocalyptic times is, “We are all in this together.” It is ironic that “we are all in this together,” and yet, our world feels anything but together, as it is in an incredibly polarized and dissociated... In Shadow. An animated masterpiece about our hidden inner motivations. Lubomir Arsov. June 26, 2020 Embark on a visionary journey through the fragmented unconscious of our modern times, and with courage face the Shadow. Through Shadow into Light. “No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.” -C.G. Jung Written, Directed & Produced by Lubomir Arsov Original Soundtrack “Age of Wake” by Starward Projections Composited by Sheldon... Climate science and collapse - warnings lost in the wind. Jem Bendell June 2020 June 26, 2020 Climate science and collapse lost warnings Jem Bendell June 2020 https://jembendell.com/2020/06/15/climate-science-and-collapse-warnings-lost-in-the-wind/?fbclid=IwAR1aJR-ELf528PXDENQHN54PwgnrbS6kpCX6GvNYlwwoyuxLNVr4-IzEnnY Climate science and collapse – warnings lost in the wind Over the past year more scientists have spoken candidly about the implications for humanity of recent climate observations and research. They have begun to warn more clearly of the potential and even likelihood of societal collapse due to the direct and indirect... As the World Burns. Chris Martenson June 26, 2020 https://www.peakprosperity.com/as-the-world-burns/?mc_cid=9d796374f7&mc_eid=187d12fede As The World Burns Decades of unfairness are now boiling over in the United States in the form of protests, riots, burning buildings and violence. Minneapolis is on fire – literally – and the unrest has spread to numerous other major cities. Last year (2019) The Yellow Vest protesters in France dealt with enormous amount of police violence and intimidation as they... Dementia is not a joke But it should be a Democratic Deal Breaker - Kristine Mattis April 22, 2020 Kristine Mattis On Dementia Dear friends, I put together this recent piece during a few moments I could steal away because I thought it was an important topic that needs to be seriously addressed, even, or especially, during this global pandemic. On second thought, I realized that there could be legal issues with the content, which might explain why it was... Chris Martenson on Coronavirus Causing the Next Great Depression April 5, 2020 (Click here to view this video.) This is but one of Martenson's dozens of reports regarding the Coronavirus and its many impacts on human systems around the world. This report just happens to focus on the likely economic impacts (Depression) and, a look back at a piece from his long-famous, Crash Course. He reminds of his solid explanation of The Exponential... The Coronation - Charles Eisenstein April 5, 2020 DW - Easily the finest writing I've read from Charles Eisenstein. I've made this required reading in many of the Living Resilience / Deep Academy Learning Series... Here is a link to an audio version of this essay:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTISp3I2r5g Here is the link to the essay on Charles' site:https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/the-coronation/ The Coronation March 2020 Audio Version | PDF | French | Slovak For years, normality has been stretched nearly to its breaking point,... Climate scientist: our profession is letting down humanity – we must change the way we approach the climate crisis - Wolfgang Knorr February 29, 2020 DW - This article was mentioned in my recent podcast (The Poetry of Predicament - YouTube channel) interview with Wolfgang Knorr. This interview was also posted in our special-focus interview and content series... Take My Hand: Conscious Parenting in a Time of Stolen Dreams. Click on either of the above links to subscribe to the podcast or to subscribe to... End-of-life anxiety and finding meaning in a collapsing climate. Leonie Joubert December 19, 2019 Anxiety and finding meaning in a collapsing climate Leonie Joubert https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-11-20-end-of-life-anxiety-and-finding-meaning-in-a-collapsing-climate/ Leonie Joubert End-of-life anxiety and finding meaning in a collapsing climate A link to an audio recording of this article: https://livingresilience.net/end-of-life-anxiety-in-collapsing-climate/ Staring the reality of climate collapse square in the eye means confronting the shattering truth that many of us might not die of old age or natural causes – and will witness untold suffering... Ronald Wright: Can We Still Dodge the Progress Trap? November 19, 2019 To read in original form, in The Type: Ronald Wright: Can We Still Dodge the Progress Trap? Author of 2004’s ‘A Short History of Progress’ issues a progress report. [Editor’s note: Ronald Wright’s 2004 Massey Lectures, A Short History of Progress, are being re-issued in a special 15th anniversary edition this month by Anansi. With permission, this is adapted from his new introduction to the... Climate Change from the Inside Out: Shock. Grief. Respond. Relief. Repeat - Vicki Robin November 4, 2019 Civilization headed for collapse. Systemic problems are multiplying with breakneck speed now, and “climate change” has moved, faster than anticipated, from a heady discussion to a gut-wrenching existential issue, reverberating in our hearts. Our inner climates in response to the news and crises deserves attention as inner sea walls (trauma, social breakdown) will crash upon us too. This post reflects... Thoughts in the Presence of Fear September 14, 2019 When I read a clear, seminal piece like this it leaves me with two distinct feelings. One, a sense of grounded sanity and clarity about the advanced human abilities, to see the many patterns and events around us and to engage with life as a part of the miraculous web of life within which we live. The other feeling... The fallacy of climate activism - Adam Sacks August 29, 2019 Adam Sacks The fallacy of climate activism Original article in Grist August 2009. https://grist.org/article/2009-08-23-the-fallacy-of-climate-activism/?utm_campaign=btns&utm_source=share&%23038%3Butm_medium=email If you’d like to have this article read to you by Humptydumptytribe’s Hambone Littletail or Collapse Chronicle’s Sam Mitchell, click here. https://youtu.be/3dqDIDbBlGU In the 20 years since we climate activists began our work in earnest, the state of the climate has become dramatically worse, and the change is accelerating —... Fears About the Planet’s Future Weigh on Americans’ Mental Health July 21, 2019 Truthout US fears about planet future Mental Health (Read this article in Truthout) Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News July 20, 2019 Therapist Andrew Bryant says the landmark United Nations climate reportlast October brought a new mental health concern to his patients. “I remember being in sessions with folks the next day. They had never mentioned climate change before, and they were like, ‘I keep... It's the End of the World as They Know it. David Corn July 11, 2019 It’s the End of the World as They Know It The distinct burden of being a climate scientist Story by David Corn; Photos by Devin Yalkin July 8, 2019 (read this story in the original form in Mother Jones) On election night 2016, Kim Cobb, a professor at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech, was on Christmas Island, the... I Believe. David Rothkopf June 2, 2019 This brief piece by David Rothkopf is one of the finest examples I've seen, of reclaiming personal truth, integrity and agency. With this simple and profound expression Rothkopf re-establishes his own (for most of us, long-ago forfeited) baseline of knowledge and experience with which he can soberly interact with the world. Without this kind of baseline in our personal human... How to Build a 21st Century Organization - Umair Haque May 25, 2019 How to Build a 21st Century Organization Why the Challenge of Now is Building Eudaimonic Institutions May 2019. Some of you have recently been complaining: “aaaruughh! It’s too depressing! I feel so daunted after reading your stuff I don’t know where to begin!” OK. Let’s discuss a little example of someone who’s doing it right. First, though, let me say: fixing the... Max St John - Why we all need to stop worrying about climate change (and what to do instead) May 24, 2019 (To read this article in Medium) I’m writing this from my little desk in my children’s ‘reading room’ (where we also keep the xbox). I’m surrounded by their books, piled up on shelves, scattered on the floor. ‘Brave Bitsy and the Bear’ gawps at me as I tap at the keyboard and, if I glance out of the window, I... Gillian Caldwell Coming out of the closet: my climate trauma (and yours?) May 23, 2019 Gillian Caldwell Coming out of the closet: my climate trauma (and yours?) Gillian Caldwell - 2009 Coming out of the closet: my climate trauma (and yours?) (Read this article in its original form - 1Sky) I have spent my lifetime face to face with some of the most brutal and inhumane acts ever committed, but nothing has been as traumatizing for me as... Coaching Collapse and Evolution - Matthew Painton May 14, 2019 Conceptually Mapping Collapse, Transformation and Conscious Evolution for Coaches. There seems to be a rapidly developing, necessary response to supporting and processing ‘grief for the world in collapse’. Grief – as an umbrella term for fear, anger, despair and meaninglessness might be seen as the internal collapse that accompanies and mirrors awareness of external collapse. On my own journey, having come... Ecopsychology and its critical relevance to our climate crisis - Zhiwa Woodbury May 14, 2019 Zhiwa Woodbury Ecopsychology and its relevance to climate crisis. Western psychology began with Freud and his discovery that childhood trauma was the reason that so many women in late 19th Century Europe were exhibiting fits of hysteria. Unfortunately, when his clinical findings were met with widespread cultural approbation, due to its implication that child sexual abuse was more common than polite... What are our REAL Fossil Fuel Targets to avoid Climate Breakdown? - Lawrence Wollershein May 8, 2019 (Read this article in Job One for Humanity) What are our REAL last chance personal and national fossil fuel reduction targets to save humanity from extinction? POSTED BY LAWRENCE WOLLERSHEIN 100.20SC ON FEBRUARY 11, 2019 What you have been told by our governments is dead wrong when it comes to what are our REAL annual fossil fuel emission reduction targets... Introduction In order... Social Collapse and Climate Breakdown - Johnathan Neale May 8, 2019 (Read this article in The Ecologist) Wisdom only begins when we let in the grief and rage of understanding climate breakdown. Can we find radical hope in the face of social collapse around the world? A huge number of people - 350,000 and counting - have downloaded Jem Bendell’s paper Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy. Here I... A Social Movement for the Great Turning - Jay Earley April 25, 2019 Jay Earley A Social Movement for the Great Turning A Social Movement for the Great Turning Rough Draft Jay Earley, PhD This article suggests that we must create a social movement in order to succeed in transforming our society and world. It explores what such a movement might look like and how to foster it. The world and the U.S. are in trouble. You... Beyond Hope - Derrick Jensen - Orion April 21, 2019 (Read this article in Orion) THE MOST COMMON WORDS I hear spoken by any environmentalists anywhere are, We’re fucked. Most of these environmentalists are fighting desperately, using whatever tools they have — or rather whatever legal tools they have, which means whatever tools those in power grant them the right to use, which means whatever tools will be ultimately ineffective... Blog Template April 21, 2019 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt... My Life in Collapse - Bodhi Paul Chefurka April 17, 2019 Author of The Five Stages of Awareness (which is often quoted throughout the work of www.LivingResilience and Deep Academy), Bodhi Paul Chefurka offers another layer of his experience, dancing on the edge of collapse. March 28, 2019 I was recently asked to respond to a short email interview. My response seems like a nice summary of how I’ve spent the last... Mainstream Psychology Can Go Fuck Itself - Holly Truhlar April 15, 2019 (read this on Holly's Site) I blame mainstream Western psychology for a lot of the neoliberal bullshit we’re all inundated with. As I’ve gone further into the field of psychology (I have a Masters in counseling psychology and work with therapy clients regularly), I’ve come to see it as mostly individualized, white-centered, male-led, capitalist propaganda. While this isn’t always true,... Standing in the Fire with young climate activists - Barbara Cecil April 9, 2019 (Read this article in Truthout) Another extraordinary posting in Barbara Ceclil and Dahr Jamail's Truthout series, "How then shall we live?"... What is our calling in these times? How can we reconnect with our own deeper selves, other people and Earth? How can we reclaim lives with meaning, agency, purpose, love? How can we discern what truly matters most in life? ____________________________________ Standing in the... Rupert Read - Our Rebellion Against Extinctions April 9, 2019 If you only have time for one video to update you on the content and tone of the most current status of activism and education about our predicament-laden world... watch this presentation from Rupert Read. It doesn't get any clearer than this. Read walks us through the updated state of our shared habitat, climate and collapse of systems. The calling for... The Climate Trinity - A Potent talk from Climate Scientist, Kevin Anderson April 9, 2019 One of the boldest climate scientists and science communicators in the world. Kevin Anderson presents bold, clear, proposals to make real change happen in this predicament-laden world.This presentation is a strong example of his innovative and no-bullshit style of communicating. Midwest Apocalypse - 1 million acres of US farmland devastated March 30, 2019 Michael Snyder The Economic Collapse Blog March 2019 We have never seen anything like this before. According to satellite data that was just released by Reuters, “at least 1 million acres of U.S. farmland” were covered by water for at least seven days this month. That is an agricultural disaster without equal in modern American history, and yet the mainstream... My Life in Collapse - Bodhi Paul Chefurka March 29, 2019 Posted on Facebook, March 29, 2019 I was recently asked to respond to a short email interview. My response seems like a nice summary of how I’ve spent the last decade and a half of my life, so I thought I would share it here. Bodhi Paul Chefurka. 1) What is collapsology and what role does a “collapsologist” play? “Collapsology” isn’t... A Letter From a Generation Betrayed - Youth Strike 4 Climate March 26, 2019 (Read the original letter in The Guardian) We, the young, are deeply concerned about our future. Humanity is currently causing the sixth mass extinction of species and the global climate system is at the brink of a catastrophic crisis. Its devastating impacts are already felt by millions of people around the globe. Yet we are far from reaching the goals... The Endless Loop of Sameness - Deb Ozarko March 21, 2019 This is post One of Three in her series... “The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity” —Rollo May. We live in a world that continues to do battle with the content of “reality” with the inevitable outcome that little changes. The infinitesimal changes that do occur, inexorably amount to one-step forward, three steps back. The... In Facing Mass Extinction, We Must Allow Ourselves to Grieve - Dahr Jamail March 20, 2019 (Read the article in Truthout here) In this excerpt from The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption, author Dahr Jamail explains how he learned to process the heartbreaking truth of inevitable climate destruction and the possibility of mass extinction. In 2015, my best friend, Duane French, came down with pneumonia and was taken... Climate Change Has Already Happened - Dahr Jamail (video) March 2019 March 20, 2019 As posted in Truthout. March 2019. Expanding on the remarkable power of his recent book, The End of Ice:Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption, Dahr Jamail speaks from his experience of these times and our predicaments, and generously shares his grief and heart with us. A Climate of Change: A Therapeutic Response to Climate Change March 20, 2019 This article was submitted by Joshua Alexander, a member of a newly formed Deep Adaptation Forum in the Coaching and Counseling group. This is a fine example of how many different disciplines intersect in this exploration of how humanity will cope and adapt as we face the collapse of Earth and human systems. Dean Walker Moderator of the Coaching and Counseling... When the Heart - From New Zealand with Love - Vimeo: Telling Lives March 18, 2019 A simple, beautiful and profound message of our essential unity in humanity... our deepest drive, to love. (Original Vimeo link) WHEN THE HEART - M.Leunig When the heart Is cut or cracked or broken, Do not clutch it; Let the wound lie open. Let the wind From the good old sea blow in To bathe the wound with salt, And let it sting. Let a stray dog lick it, Let a... Climate Change: Beyond the Tipping Point - Joe Tyndall video March 17, 2019 This is a rapid-fire chain of very useful and sometimes surprising findings and projections. This video is well worth the time and energy to really take it in. Facing Extinction - Catherine Ingram March 14, 2019 Catherine Ingram Facing Extinction http://www.catherineingram.com/facingextinction/ For much of my life, I thought our species would soon go extinct. I assumed we might last another hundred years if we were lucky. Now I suspect we are facing extinction in the near future. Can I speculate as to exactly when that might happen? Of course not. My sense of this... Kolibri Terre Sonnenblume - Our Politics and Wars are Killing the Planet March 12, 2019 (read original in CounterPunch) How is it that so few of us ever speak of the unspeakable catastrophe that is our global lust for war, weapons and killing? KTS speaks about those things, in their political wrappings, and invites us to return to sanity...somehow. ___________________ The 2020 US presidential campaign is already underway. With each day that passes between now and election... Civil Disobedience to Stop Ecocide - Roger Hallam - Extinction Rebellion March 12, 2019 Extinction Rebellion co-founder, Roger Hallam speaks with Chris Hedges on his RT show, On Contact. This is part one of a two part series. An exceptional example of straight, clear communication of truth to power, and to anyone interested in the continuity of life on Earth. Why We're Underestimating the Risks to Human Civilization - Umair Haque March 2, 2019 (read in Medium) Every day lately it seems that I wake up, and I read a slightly more apocalyptic bit of news. Yesterday — that the latest unforeseen casualty of climate change might be the clouds in the sky disappearing (accelerating runaway warming in the blink of an eye.) I confess: I’m worried, my friends. Are you? Do you feel this sense... We are the People of the Apocalypse - John Schumaker - NewInt. March 2, 2019 (Read in Films for Action site) For a culture to avoid self-destruction as it progresses, writes Henry George in his classic 1883 work Social Problems, it must develop ‘a higher conscience, a keener sense of justice, a warmer brotherhood, a wider, loftier, truer public spirit’, while ensuring responsible and visionary leaders who embrace ‘the mental and moral universe’. By stark... How Then Shall We Live - Dahr Jamail and Barbara Cecil - Truthout February 28, 2019 (Read this article in Truthout) This is the first installment of a monthly series by Dahr Jamail and Barbara Cecil, entitled, “How, Then, Shall We Live? Finding Our Way and Peace of Heart Amidst Global Collapse.” Although the wind blows terribly here, the moonlight also leaks between the roof planks of this ruined house. —Izumi Shikibu This commentary is the first of our series, “How, Then, Shall... The disintegration of global capitalism could unleash WW 3. February 24, 2019 The “disintegration” of global capitalism could unleash world war 3, warns top EU economist. Seeing the systemic roots of this risk can help us avert catastrophe and build resilience Feb 21 By Nafeez Ahmed (read in Medium) (read in Insurge Intelligence) Published by INSURGE INTELLIGENCE, a crowdfunded investigative journalism project for people and planet. Please support us to keep digging where others fear to... Shades of Climate Change Denial - Helena Dearnell February 24, 2019 (reprinted from Medium) Shades of Climate Change Denial Helena Dearnell Denial is defined as a refusal to accept reality, especially when it is unpleasant to contemplate or not convenient to our desires and goals. We live in a highly efficient and technologically advanced culture in which our daily life reassures us about the inevitability of continuous progress. This shiny and promising... A Care Package for Climate Grief - Mary Annaïse Heglar February 20, 2019 Feel Something, Learn Something, Do Something: A Care Package for Climate Grief Mary Annaïse Heglar Oct 22, 2018 About two weeks ago, I wrote about my personal journey through climate grief and mourning. The response to that piece, including its subsequent publication in Vox, has been overwhelming to say the very least. Humbling in all truth. I’ve heard from more people than... Thanatos and Eros in the 21st Century - Umair Haque February 16, 2019 Umair Haque. Medium. February 2019 Thanatos and Eros in the 21st Century (We’re freaked out because) the things we treasure most are dying. So what can we do about it? __________________________ I wrote the other day about how there’s an epidemic of bad vibes sweeping across the globe. Everyone I know feels strangely shaky, anxious, disoriented lately — no, it’ s not just you. What’s behind... The World is on the Brink of Widespread Water Wars. Dahr Jamail. Truthout. February 14, 2019 Dahr Jamail. (Truthout) My friend Mark Oats, a farmer in Australia, recently sent this note to me: Last night I looked through the Bureau of Meteorology App at the monthly rainfall figures for January, and temperatures. The region around Byron Lismore has had 1.6 percent of average rainfall for January and is 2.6C degrees warmer than average. 98.4 percent less rain than... Dahr Jamail interviewed by Patrick Farnsworth and Rob Seimetz 2018 February 12, 2019 Independent journalist, Dahr Jamail speaks about his new book, The End of Ice - and - his experience of facing the collapse of human and Earth systems. Jem Bendell Interview with Amisha Ghadiali - Bali 2018 February 12, 2019 A gorgeous interview between Professor Jem Bendell and Amisha Ghdiali, host of the Future is Beautiful podcast. How to Detect a Wetiko Invasion - Krow Fischer - Humans.media - 2017 February 12, 2019 (Read this in Humans Media) The sickness of colonial societies. It has been defined by some as "a disease of civilization" and while I understand that viewing point, I would say it is a disease that is incubated in the colonized civilizations. The disease itself is a social cancer, in my mind. Most people I know in the western world are deeply infected... Living Like it Matters - Elizabeth West - Dissident Voice February 12, 2019 (To read article in Dissident Voice) Living Like It Matters Silver Linings in the Very Dark Cloud of Climate Catastrophe by Elizabeth West / February 5th, 2019 We actually do not have all the time in the world, so I am going to be bold. What you do after you finish reading this is your business and ultimately, that is exactly as it... Plummeting Insect Numbers Threaten Collapse of Nature - The Guardian February 12, 2019 (Read this in the Guardian) Exclusive: Insects could vanish within a century at current rate of decline, says global review Why are insects in decline, and can we do anything about it? Damian CarringtonEnvironment editor @dpcarrington Sun 10 Feb 2019 13.00 ESTLast modified on Sun 10 Feb 2019 20.00 EST Comments 1,393 The rate of insect extinction is eight times faster than that of mammals, birds and... Climate Inaction: Denial or Design - Louise LeBrun February 9, 2019 Climate Inaction: Denial or Design? February 6, 2019 by Louise LeBrun Leave a Comment (Read this article on Louise's site) To others, I leave the task of the clarion call. The task of identifying all that is not right in the world. The task of naming the forces that will move us closer and closer to the edge. The task of tracking... 10 actors read 21 poems on climate change - The Guardian February 4, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2015/nov/20/our-melting-shifting-liquid-world-celebrities-read-poems-on-climate-change A strong bunch of poetry read with heart and skill. A wonderful relief from the Business as Usual world. Enjoy. __________ ‘Our melting, shifting, liquid world’: celebrities read poems on climate change Actors including James Franco, Ruth Wilson, Gabriel Byrne, Maxine Peake, Jeremy Irons, Kelly Macdonald and Michael Sheen read a series of 21 poems on the theme of climate change, curated... A brilliant overview of human history to our current condition of overshoot and collapse February 3, 2019 This video is a part of the core curriculum for our online support materials program, Deep Academy. Geologic and human time scales How can We Salvage Our Global Civilization Professor Tadeusz Patzek Director of the Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC) 2019 lecture. This extraordinary lecture gives a vivid historical context for how modern human civilization fits in the historical timeline of... The Five Most Important Climate Change Facts - Job One for Humanity February 2019 February 1, 2019 (Read the original article here) The 5 Most Important (and shocking) Global Warming Facts Introduction This article not only sums up the most important things to know about global warming, it also simplifies the core message of our website. It is intended to assist mature and intelligent individuals review difficult but accurate global warming facts so that they may better adapt... Dean Interviewed on Last Born in the Wilderness. January 30, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyBAMBDg2pE (edited version. dw) My thanks to Patrick Farnsworth and his podcast, Last Born in the Wilderness, for this conversation about the current and imminent collapse of human and Earth systems - and how we might use this moment as an opportunity to intentionally reconnect with: our deeper selves, others and Earth. Isn't it amazing that this, the most important conversation... Living Into Being - Joe Brewer - Katie Teague video. January 28, 2019 Extraordinary video producer, Katie Teague, offers us a brief glimpse into the forward imaginings of Future Designer, Joe Brewer. Hope and Vision in the Face of Collapse - Jem Bendell January 28, 2019 (To read this article on Jem Bendell's Blog Site) “People need hope, Jem.” “It’s really important to have a vision of a better future, Jem” As someone who worked in environmental campaigning and then organizational change, I learned about the role of hope and vision in helping to align and motivate people. As someone who worked at the heart of political communications... Deep Adaptation - Jem Bendell - UPFSI - 2019 January 28, 2019 Professor Jem Bendell, in an interview with Stuart Scott of UPFSI and ScientistsWarning.TV, fleshing out his distinction, Deep Adaptation. Professor Bendell is a rare voice speaking truth to power, speaking to the world, but also to his colleagues in the Sustainable Business arena. His 2018 writings were deemed too fear-inducing to be published in their journal, so he published... The Depravity of Climate Change Denial - Paul Krugman - NYT January 27, 2019 (read this in the New York Times oped) The Trump administration is, it goes without saying, deeply anti-science. In fact, it’s anti-objective reality. But its control of the government remains limited; it didn’t extend far enough to prevent the release of the latest National Climate Assessment, which details current and expected future impacts of global warming on the United States. True,... Collapse is Already Here - Chris Martenson January 26, 2019 (Read Martenson's essay at Peak Prosperity website) Many people are expecting some degree of approaching collapse -- be it economic, environmental and/or societal -- thinking that they’ll recognize the danger signs in time. As if it will be completely obvious, like a Hollywood blockbuster. Complete with clear warnings from scientists, politicians and the media. And everyone can then get... Where We Are Now - Noam Chomsky January 21, 2019 (To read this article in The Nation) If you take a look at recent history since the Second World War, something really remarkable has happened. First, human intelligence created two huge sledgehammers capable of terminating our existence – or at least organized existence – both from the Second World War. One of them is familiar. In fact, both are by... In Facing Mass Extinction We Must Allow Ourselves to Grieve - Dahr Jamail January 21, 2019 Reposted from Truthout In this excerpt from The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption, author Dahr Jamail explains how he learned to process the heartbreaking truth of inevitable climate destruction and the possibility of mass extinction. In 2015, my best friend, Duane French, came down with pneumonia and was taken... Psalm 23 - Bobby McFerrin - So much love and light. January 17, 2019 Bobby McFerrin rewrote Psalm 23 and then arranged it with his music and voice. This piece is a gift to the heart. Dahr Jamail - Excerpt from new book - The End of Ice January 16, 2019 (To read this in The Guardian) World-class environmental journalist, Dahr Jamail, offers up an excerpt from his new book, The End of Ice. Originally printed in The Guardian. The fall lasts long enough that I have time to watch the blue ice race upward, aeons of time compressed into glacial ice, flashing by in fractions of seconds. I assume I’ve fallen... US Farmers are Paid to be in Climate Denial - Inside Climate News January 16, 2019 Click here to read whole article in ICN) Dean comment: This is the finest bit of journalism I've encountered, that examines just how US, Big AG, Big Finance, Fossil Fuel Companies, the US Farm Bureau, and innumerable farmers, big and small, have joined together for years to deny climate change, promote damaging and unsustainable farming practices, cover our agriculture with toxics,... We've Come to be Danced - Jewel Mathiesen January 10, 2019 A wonderful evening, celebrating the marriage of very dear friends, catalyzed by this exquisite poem. Enjoy. Jem Bendell - 14 Recommendations on Living Beyond Collapse Denial January 8, 2019 Professor Jem Bendell coined the phrase, Deep Adaptation, in 2018. His writings on facing our inevitable, climate change driven, social collapse, are being received hungrily around the world. This is an excerpt from a recent blog post. (To read the entire post on Professor Bendell's website.) Fourteen Recommendations on Living Beyond Collapse-Denial The following recommendations arise from reflecting on the positive and negative... The Miraculous Hope of Climate Realists - Erika Spanger-Siegfried January 8, 2019 (read full article in Common Dreams) ((Dean - I am no fan of hope, even as expressed here. It makes no distinction between hoping for continued life on Earth...and, continued Business as Usual Human Operating System. But there is a sweetness to the heart of the ancient story she shares.)) We’re stepping into a new year in the climate fight. The... How to Adapt to the End of the World - Bloomberg News January 7, 2019 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-26/new-climate-debate-how-to-adapt-to-the-end-of-the-world?srnd=businessweek-v2 How to Adapt to the End of the World Researchers are thinking about social collapse and how to prepare for it. Christopher Flavelle September 26, 2018, 1:00 AM PDT At the end of 2016, before Puerto Rico’s power grid collapsed, wildfires reached the Arctic, and a large swath of North Carolina was submerged under floodwaters, Jonathan Gosling published an academic paper asking... This Civilization is Finished - Video - Rupert Read January 6, 2019 This is a very clear and powerful synopsis of our current global situation. Well worth the time. (DW) Dr Rupert Read is a Reader in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. Rupert is a specialist in Wittgenstein, environmental philosophy, critiques of Rawlsian liberalism, and philosophy of film. His research in environmental ethics and economics has included publications on problems... Extinction Illness: Grave Affliction and Possibility January 5, 2019 Deena Metzger. Tikkun Magazine “Everyone says climate is the most important issue of all, and yet they just carry on as before. I don’t understand that. Because if the emissions have to stop, then we must stop the emissions. To me that is black or white. There are no gray areas when it comes to survival. Either we go on... How Extreme Weather is Shrinking the Planet - Bill McKibben - Video version. January 4, 2019 This already strong article has been amplified by some fine reading and video accompaniment. This article is one of the small handful of articles I am using as source material for the new book and workbook combination coming out Q1 of 2019. "How Extreme Weather Is Shrinking the Planet" is based on an article written by Bill McKibben which was published... 50% Drop in Plankton - CBC December 2018 December 30, 2018 (Read the original CBC article here) CBC. Building blocks of ocean food web in rapid decline as plankton productivity plunges. Scientist say the cause is unknown. Jane Adey · CBC News · Posted: Dec 22, 2018 They're teeny, tiny plants and organisms but their impact on ocean life is huge. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that live near the surface are the base of the... A Brave and Startling Truth - Maya Angelou - Video December 26, 2018 Angelou wrote this to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UN.(Video) Soulful mastery. The Psychological Effects of Global Warming on the USA - NWF December 26, 2018 This report would be strong support while watching any of our many podcast interviews with report author, Lise Van Susteren. In this report they estimate over 200 million Americans will be impacted with psychological stress as climate change and extreme weather events become more common - now...and in the very near future. In more recent interviews Dr Van Susteren has stated... Thinking about Climate on a Dark, Dismal Morning - Kate Marvel December 26, 2018 (Read original article in Scientific American) Kate Marvel. December 25, 2018 It’s six in the morning of the shortest day of the year. The sky is dark. When the sun finally rises it will disappear behind leaden gray clouds and tall gray buildings streaked with rust. I’m on a train watching the wastelands of postindustrial New Jersey speed by, pylons and garbage... Dark Ecology - Paul Kingsnorth - Orion December 26, 2018 (Read original article in Orion) Paul Kingsnorth has blazed many an important trail into the wilderness of the unknown and uncertain future for humanity on Earth... This essay is no exception. Starting with this Leonard Cohen quote. * Original Orion article includes hundreds of comments, that I have not included here. Take the only tree that’s left, Stuff it up the hole in your... Climate Grief: The growing emotional toll of climate change - NBC News December 24, 2018 (read original in NBC News) Dec. 24, 2018 / 2:35 AM PST By Avichai Scher When the U.N. released its latest climate report in October, it warned that without “unprecedented” action, catastrophic conditions could arrive by 2040. For Amy Jordan, 40, of Salt Lake City, a mother of three teenage children, the report caused a “crisis.” “The emotional reaction of my kids was severe,”... I Felt Despair About Climate Change—Until a Brush With Death Changed My Mind - ALISON SPODEK KEIMOWITZ December 24, 2018 (Read the original in Slate) This extraordinary article is a superlative example of how our mortality can transform us, humble us, fill us with grace and kindness... even as it is kicking our ass. March 2018. I was dying. Not just in the way that we’re all inching inevitably toward our own deaths each moment; I was hurtling toward a specific death... The Best Interview Ever - Dean Meets Death Hangout December 24, 2018 I have easily the deepest and most heartfull interview in the history of Living Resilience, with Olivier from Death Hangout. I recommend watching all of this hour-long conversation, to get how (as Naomi Klein said so well) "This changes everything." This is the largest, most important issue humanity has ever had to face. How will we let ourselves be changed by... We Were Made for These Times - Clarissa Pinkola Estes December 21, 2018 Read original posting. My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters most... Some People Wake Up - Francis Weller December 19, 2018 Some People Wake Up: Reflections on Initiation ©Francis Weller Again and again Some people wake up. They have no ground in the crowd And they emerge according to broader laws. They carry strange customs with them, And demand room for bold gestures. The future speaks ruthlessly through them. -Rainer Maria Rilke Dear friend. No doubt you have noticed that we are living in turbulent times culturally... Deep Adaptation - Jem Bendell December 19, 2018 Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy Occasional Papers IFLAS Occasional Paper 2 www.iflas.info July 27th 2018 Professor Jem Bendell BA (Hons) PhD _____________ On my website www.jembendell.com I will be listing some links to articles, podcasts, videos and social networks that are helping people explore and come to terms with a realisation of near term collapse (and even extinction), which... Institutional and Cultural Inertia - John Scales Avery December 17, 2018 (Read the article on Transcend Media Services) This article is poorly titled. It is a clear layout of our global cultural sickness and equally clear suggestions for healing and being more fully human. John Scales Avery is a Nobel laureate and Transcend Media Services is a wellspring of thoughtful, powerful insight on humanity generating a future of peace and wholeness. DOCS... 467 Ways to Die on a Warming Globe - Clive Hamilton December 16, 2018 467 Ways to Die on a Warming Globe Clive Hamilton (To read this in the Guardian) The Guardian. November 2018. While most people in most countries accept the truth of climate science, they reject its implications. What can be done to change that? A new study published in Nature has found evidence for 467 ways in which climate hazards due to global warming are... You Too are in Climate Change Denial - David Wallace Wells December 15, 2018 David Wallace Wells.New York Magazine.December 2018. You, too, are in denial. We all are, nearly every single one of us as individuals, even those of us who are following the bad news that suggests “the climate change problem is starting to look too big to solve”; every nation, almost none of them meeting their climate commitments, and most (not just the... Bringing a Life Into a Dying World - Rob Seimetz December 13, 2018 Rob Seimetz brings his signature heart and piercing social commentary to this most intimate of human events. In February 2019, I will become a Father. One thing I am learning about the capitalist marketing of parenthood is the endless list of items one “needs” for their infant. Cribs, changing pads, clothes, boopies, bottles, bassinets, rockers, car seats, lotions, oils, and... Peter Oren sings: Anthropocene December 12, 2018 Living Your Passion and Purpose - A conversation with Stephen Jenkinson December 11, 2018 Join us in a powerful interview with Stephen Jenkinson. Part of our online symposium, Living Your Passion and Purpose. You will hear us mention the stormy weather that threatens to shut down our internet connection. We do finish the interview, but with some radical storm work-arounds. Your generous donation to Living Resilience helps us to offer valuable resources, coaching facilitation and practices... Love in the Time of Coral Reefs - Ruth Mundy December 11, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTFFOr_G6ZM An anthem for the Anthropocene... American Psychosis. Chris Hedges November 9, 2018 This is not only Chris Hedges at his most potent and succinct - it is a gorgeous video production by AmericanCanary.org. They are a new production group that has an obvious combination of heart, talent and vision. Please visit their site and support their work. This may be the most important 15 minutes you spend as you approach our predicament-laden future. Dean Words. (a remarkable video short...enjoy) November 7, 2018 Sometimes less is more. This gorgeous piece was produced by Daniel Mercadante and www.everynone.com. Nice with headphones and a cup of tea. Dean. Katie Hayes 2018- Climate Change & Mental Health Risks Impacts and Priority Actions November 2, 2018 Background: This article provides an overview of the current and projected climate change risks and impacts to mental health and provides recommendations for priority actions to address the mental health consequences of climate change. Discussion and conclusion: The authors argue the following three points: firstly, while attribution of mental health outcomes to specific climate change risks remains challenging, there are... Capitalism's Final Solution is Nothing Less Than Complete Ecological Collapse - Ed Simon November 2, 2018 Ed Simon is the Editor-at-Large for “The Marginalia Review of Books,” a channel of the “Los Angeles Review of Books.” A frequent contributor at several sites, his collection America and Other Fictions: On Radical Faith and Post Religion will be released by Zero Books in November of 2018. He can be followed at his website or on Twitter @WithEdSimon. (To... The Global Elite is Insane - Robert J Burrowes October 21, 2018 Robert J. Burrowes In a recent report titled ‘Working for the Few: Political capture and economic inequality’ Oxfam informs us that ‘Almost half of the world’s wealth is now owned by just one percent of the population’. Their report goes on to recommend that the World Economic Forum, an elite gathering held annually in Davos, Switzerland, take economic and political... Homo Icarus - Bayo Akomolafe October 21, 2018 (To read this on Bayo's website) Homo Icarus: The Depreciating Value of Whiteness and the Place of Healing Bayo Akomolafe Dedicated to those who are putting their bodies on the line to protect the voiceless, the invisible and the occluded – and to my ‘father-uncle’, Engineer Tokunbo Obayan, who passed away a few days ago. Burning torches with their smoke tails... The Global Elite is Insane: Revisited - Robert J Burrowes October 21, 2018 (To read this article on Feelings First blog) Robert J. Burrowes In 2014 I wrote an article titled ‘The Global Elite is Insane’. I want to elaborate what I explained in the earlier article so that people have a clearer sense of what we are up against in our struggle to create a world of peace, justice and ecological sustainability. Of course,... The Global Elite is Insane - Robert J Burrowes October 21, 2018 (To read this article in Feelings First) Robert J. Burrowes In a recent report titled ‘Working for the Few: Political capture and economic inequality’ Oxfam informs us that ‘Almost half of the world’s wealth is now owned by just one percent of the population’. Their report goes on to recommend that the World Economic Forum, an elite gathering held annually in... Is climate change driving you to despair? Sara S. Moore October 19, 2018 (To read this article in Ensia) Sara S. Moore offers some strong resilience guidance for the collapse aware. Sara S. Moore @stripeygirlcat Climate change adaptation researcher September 19, 2017 — The damage climate change does in terms of loss of life, health and property has been under the microscope of researchers for many years. Only recently, however, have the mental health impacts of... How can we talk about global warming? Renee Lertzman. October 19, 2018 (Read this Article in Sierra Magazine) BY RENEE LERTZMAN | JUL 19 2017 Now that climate change has finally registered on the mass-media radar—thanks, in part, to the Trump administration’s showy efforts to prove just how much it doesn’t care about rising temperatures—it seems no one quite knows how to talk about it. Can fear be used as a motivator to... We need an ecological civilization before it's too late. Jeremy Lent. October 19, 2018 (To read this article on Jeremy Lent's site) In the face of climate breakdown and ecological overshoot, alluring promises of “green growth” are no more than magical thinking. We need to restructure the fundamentals of our global cultural/economic system to cultivate an “ecological civilization”: one that prioritizes the health of living systems over short-term wealth production. We’ve now been warned... The Greatest Danger - Joanna Macy - YES Magazine October 18, 2018 (Read YES article here) Some of Joanna's best writing in this compact piece in YES magazine. The Greatest Danger If you’re really paying attention, it’s hard to escape a sense of outrage, fear, despair. Author, deep-ecologist, and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy says: Don’t even try. Joanna Macy posted Feb 01, 2008 How do we live with the fact that we are destroying our world?... Year Zero: The Year When Wild Animals are Gone. 2026. October 15, 2018 https://youtu.be/Caoffm422rs A simple but powerfully moving projection of wild animal populations on Earth. Produced by: Sustainable Human and Climate Healers. Zhiwa Woodbury - Healing Our Trauma Together in an Insane World. October 5, 2018 Click here to access this on Zhiwa's Blog Healing our trauma together in an insane world... I was privileged to participate in Carolyn Baker & Dean Walker’s month-long symposium on-line recently, and wanted to follow up on a question from one of the participants that came near the end, and deserves a more considered response. It was a simple question. “So,... Will we know what counts as good leadership if Things Fall Apart? Johnathan Gosling October 5, 2018 Click here to read full original article. Jonathan Gosling University of Exeter, UK Abstract Leadership 2017, Vol. 13(1) 35–47 ! The Author(s) 2016 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1742715016680675 lea.sagepub.com Suggestions that change can be handled through ‘adaptation and resilience’ assume continuity of cultural norms and value judgements, but here we explore what might happen if cultural assump-... Planetary Hospice - Zhiwa Woodbury October 4, 2018 https://workthatreconnects.org/planetary-hospice-rebirthing-the-planet/ Year Zero - All wild animals gone by 2026. Video. October 3, 2018 watch this video here... Why Growth Can't Be Green - Foreign Policy Magazine October 3, 2018 Link to Original Article. Why Growth Can’t Be Green. Foreign Policy. Jason Hickel. September 2018. Warnings about ecological breakdown have become ubiquitous. Over the past few years, major newspapers, including the Guardian and the New York Times, have carried alarming stories on soil depletion, deforestation, and the collapse of fish stocks and insect populations. These crises are being driven by global... 12 Reasons why people deny we're headed for collapse. October 1, 2018 https://www.lowimpact.org/12-reasons-people-refuse-idea-societal-collapse/?mc_cid=6029f49037&mc_eid=187d12fede&subscribe=success#blog_subscription-3 Jem Bendell offers a list of 12 styles of resistance of confronting the imminent collapse of human and Earth systems. The starting point for a generative discussion of the deep adaptation agenda is a difficult one. Because to begin to rigorously and imaginatively discuss this topic first requires us to accept the likelihood of near term societal collapse. By which... Some guidelines for surfing the edge of chaos... September 18, 2018 Some guidelines for surfing the edge of chaos, while riding dangerously close to the black hole of trauma Sandra L. Bloom MD University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Abstract The political scene in the USA has changed dramatically with the election of Donald Trump, and antidemocratic forces appear to be gaining momentum in other countries as well. Using a post‐trau- matic lens to view these... The Psychological Effects of Global Warming on the United States September 15, 2018 An estimated 200 million Americans will be exposed to serious psychological distress from climate related events and incidents: The severity of symptoms will vary, but in many instance the distress will be great. In the coming years, a majority of Americans will experience direct adverse effects from the impacts of global warming. Natural disasters and extreme weather events will strike many places that... The Five Stages of Awareness September 15, 2018 This piece is an excerpt from one chapter of my next book / workbook combination, due out Winter of 2018-2019... I have added just a few brief comments to Paul Chefurka's clear and useful model for utilizing systems-thinking as one faces our predicament-laden world...Dean Walker. _______________________________ Five Stages of Awareness One of the most potent methods humans can use to discern and... Capitalism Must Die For Environment to Live August 29, 2018 Capitalism and global sustainability are incongruous with one another, according to a recent paper for the UN’s 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report. The team of researchers from various academic institutions throughout Finland who wrote the report gave a sobering assessment of the planet’s future if the current economic order continues unabated. Namely, that all rich Western countries have based their... Uninhabitable Earth (Audio Version) August 26, 2018 David Wallace-Wells' 2017 ground-breaking article about the severity and urgency of our environmental situation around the world. This is an audio version, with abstract visuals accompanying. The End of the Oceans: The world's oceans and all marine life are on the brink of total collapse. August 17, 2018 (The Monthly) Australia. James Bradley. August 2018. In June this year, scientists from the University of Tasmania and the University of Technology Sydney published research showing that over the past decade the biomass of large fish in Australian waters has declined by more than a third. The results may have jarred with government claims of Australian fisheries being among the most... Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change NYT August 17, 2018 Nathaniel Rich writes an epic recounting of the decade that bridged the 70s and 80s, in which there appeared to be at least a couple of credible moments when we could have regulated carbon emissions in the USA. This long piece is a remarkable snapshot of an age before all of our idealism and hope were crushed. (To read full... dancing with orcas August 2, 2018 Online Trauma Healing and Resilience Summit - September 2018 July 26, 2018 https://youtu.be/WKl9JJccAbo How much trauma, shredding of our social contract, environmental destruction and cynical polarized politics can we normalize in this country? Join us for a summit to explore deep healing and self regulation and community - in the face of a daily barrage of our cynical and trauma-inducing world. To Register: Click Here To inquire re tuition assistance: safecircle@gmail.com Guest speakers already booked: Francis... Introduction: Dean Walker's New Book (Fall 2018) July 26, 2018 NEW BOOK: INTRODUCTION Dean Spillane-Walker July 2018 My frustration with these greedy, lying bastards is personal. Human-caused climate disruption is not a belief – it is one of the best-studied phenomena on Earth. Even a half-wit can understand this. As any father would, anyone threatening my family will by on the receiving end of my ire and vengeance. This anger is the... Confounded On The Bridge Between Worlds, By Carolyn Baker June 26, 2018 Like so many individuals, I was compelled last week to bear witness to the contrived crisis created by the Trump Administration at the southern US border. The images, the sounds, the stories continue to swirl in my head even as this week brings a host of new, vivid, and shocking reports. I lived on the US-Mexican border for 11 years... The Deschooling Dialogues: Grief, Collapse and Mysticism June 20, 2018 A powerful dialogue addressing the core issues of our times. Original post in Kosmos Journal. Read the full conversation, here. Dr Lise Van Susteren - Mental Health Issues in Collapse May 25, 2018 Dr Van Susteren details her perspective on the massive scale of trauma we are experiencing collectively and how to be resilient in the midst of that trauma. Dr Van Susteren is a bold and clear voice in these times of gaslighting and fake news. Interview with Robert Jensen May 25, 2018 Professor Emeritus in Journalism and long standing progressive activist Robert Jensen joins us to speak about the elements of our culture that intensify our rapid approach to the collapse of Earth and human systems. Medusa's Curse: The Necessity Of Art In The Climate Struggle, By Kathleen Dean Moore May 22, 2018 Reposted from Resilience.Org Because I am a literary writer, writing about climate justice, people often ask me, What is the importance of the arts in the climate struggle? I turn to Friedrich Nietzsche, the nineteenth century German philosopher. “We have art in order not to die of the truth,” he wrote. So then. What are these lethal truths, the truths that break... Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals – study May 22, 2018 The world’s 7.6 billion people represent just 0.01% of all living things, according to the study. Yet since the dawn of civilisation, humanity has caused the loss of 83% of all wild mammals and half of plants, while livestock kept by humans abounds. Read full article here. Joe Brewer - Collapse and Rebirth May 22, 2018 Joe Brewer is a complexity researcher and evangelist for the field of culture design. The spoken audio is from a Kosmos Live podcast, "on cultural design and midwifing a new era". Uninhabitable Earth - Annotated. David Wallace Wells May 6, 2018 In 2017 David Wallace Wells posted what would become New York Magazine's most read article ever. This is a fully annotated version of the same article. The notes are well worth making time for. This article will surely be seen as a massive turning point for our collective attention. Enough to move us into substantial action...no. Enough to bring... Chaco Canyon, Chaco Earth, By Chris Hedges April 23, 2018 Reposted from Truthdig CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, N.M.—A bitter wind whipped down the 10-mile-long Chaco Canyon, kicking up swirls of dust among the thorny greasewood and sagebrush bushes. I ducked behind one of the towering sandstone walls in the three-acre ruin, or Great House, known as Pueblo Bonito, to escape the gusts. I was in the section of... Trauma In The Body: An Interview With Bessel van der Kolk April 21, 2018 Reposted from Daily Good Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. is the founder and medical director of the Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts, a professor in the department of psychiatry at Boston University Medical School, and the director of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, which Congress established to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children,... "Albatross" Film Trailer April 20, 2018 Understanding Ecological Grief, By Neville Ellis April 17, 2018 Reposted from Alternet We are living in a time of extraordinary ecological loss. Not only are human actions destabilising the very conditions that sustain life, but it is also increasingly clear that we are pushing the Earth into an entirely new geological era, often described as the Anthropocene Research shows that people increasingly feel the effects of these planetary changes and... Radical Transformational Leadership In Turbulent Times, With Dr. Monica Sharma April 4, 2018 Listen to this podcast now Dr. Monica Sharma was trained as a physician and epidemiologist and worked for the United Nations for 22 years. She is the author of the book “Radical Transformational Leadership” which has been describes as a path-breaking classic by eminent scholars. Currently, she engages worldwide as an International Expert and Practitioner on Leadership Development for sustainable... The Woman Who Silenced America For Six Minutes And Twenty Seconds, By Carolyn Baker March 26, 2018 I’m rarely riveted to television, but yesterday was not an ordinary day. Nearly one million students, parents, and activists were protesting gun violence in America, leaving my mind spinning and my heart swelling as they marched and rallied for their lives. One response was my own recollection and nostalgia of being a college student and marching on the very... More about Gaslighting. Vanessa Beeley. March 2, 2018 Great clarity and depth re Gaslighting. Nobody is Coming to Save Us From Climate Change. March 2, 2018 Click on me to view this powerful cartoon. Robert Jensen - After the Harvest Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully February 24, 2018 Robert Jensen writes powerfully about his long time ally, Jim Koplin. A tour through a reverent view of living on Earth. In-Shadow: A Modern Odyssey. (The Depth of Our Shadow) February 24, 2018 A dark, rich and piercing animated portrayal of our collective shadow dynamics. An extraordinary statement...The Lie We Live. February 24, 2018 This short video is to the point and powerful. More Student Leadership RE Gun Control in USA February 24, 2018 Extinction Anxiety, By Randy Morris, Ph.D. January 20, 2018 (Address for “Psyche and the Spirit of the Times: Psychoanalyzing Trumpism” given at Antioch University Seattle.) In order to talk about extinction anxiety I first need to address epistemological anxiety, otherwise, you won’t know if what I am saying to you is a bunch of ‘fake news’ served up by yet another privileged white male. Epistemology is that branch of... Collapse Data Cheat Sheet January 7, 2018 Reposted from Reddit: Collapse ► 99% of Rhinos gone since 1914. ► 97% of Tigers gone since 1914. ► 90% of Lions gone since 1993. ► 90% of Sea Turtles gone since 1980. ► 90% of Monarch Butterflies gone since 1995. ► 90% of Big Ocean Fish gone since 1950. ► 80% of Antarctic Krill gone since 1975. ► 80% of Western Gorillas gone since 1955. ► 60%... Regenerative Resilience With Carolyn Baker And Dr. Julie Krull November 29, 2017 Can we live passionate, purposeful, inspired lives in spite of the global crisis we are facing? Can a transformation of consciousness and a new sense of relatedness restore our sanity and create regenerative and radical change on our planet? Carolyn Baker will lead us through a path of resilience and open our minds to radical change. Listen here @safecircle November 26, 2017 Follow @safecircle Carolyn Baker describes Resilience Coaching November 20, 2017 These challenging and predicament-laden times call for a new and far deeper type of coaching for resilience in our daily lives and in our roles as leaders. Life In The Anthropocene: Field Notes From The Santa Rosa Fires, By Dianne Monroe October 31, 2017 Anthropocene: relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. The call came a little before 5 am, the morning of Monday, October 9. I stumbled toward the phone and retrieved the message. A neighbor’s voice, “Get ready to evacuate!” Huh? A quick look at the... The Wisdom Of The Dark Emotions, By Miriam Greenspan October 29, 2017 I was brought to the practice of mindfulness more than two decades ago by the death of my first child. Aaron died two months after he was born, never having left the hospital. Shortly after that, a friend introduced me to a teacher from whom I learned the basics of Vipassana meditation: how to breathe mindfully and meditate with... Climate Change And The Human Mind: A Noted Psychiatrist Weighs In, With Robert Jay Lifton October 29, 2017 Reposted from Yale Environment 360 Psychiatrist and historian Robert Jay Lifton has delved deep into the some of the darkest issues and most traumatic events of the 20th century with his research into the mindset of Nazi doctors, terrorism, the experiences of prisoners of war, and the aftermath of nuclear attack, which he chronicled in Death in Life: Survivors of... Barbara Ford. Hope is What You Do October 26, 2017 The Impossible Conversation Podcast e001 - Hambone Littletail October 24, 2017 Hambone Littletail of HumptyDumptyTribe interviews Dean Walker about his book, The Impossible Conversation. Poetry of Predicament Podcast. e001 - Elizabeth West October 23, 2017 A Most Dangerous Assumption. Harvey Austin. August 27, 2017 A Most Dangerous Assumption “…It was amazing how many people thought money could buy them exception from the laws of nature.” S.M. Stirling Dies in the Fire, 2004, p. 5. This is the grave mistake we make as a western culture, particularly as an American culture. We assume, because we have so much money and have been privileged for so long, we can get... Wetiko Inside and Outside: A Remarkable Teaching Moment August 27, 2017 Wetiko Inside and Outside: A Remarkable Teaching Moment By Carolyn Baker This thing of darkness, I acknowledge mine. “The Tempest,” William Shakespeare In this time of extinction---whatever that means and whenever it may occur, we owe a huge debt to Paul Levy for giving us Dispelling Wetiko. In that extraordinary book, Levy writes that wetiko isn’t just a Native American term for evil,... Telling the Climate Truth. Gaius Publius. July 23, 2017 This article in Naked Capitalism and Down With Tyranny, is as strong an expression of climate realism and sober strategizing as I've seen. Of the now many responses to the David Wallace-Wells NY Magazine article, this one nails it for me and us here at Living Resilience. Living Resilience readers looking for other sober and clear sources for Abrupt Anthropogenic... The Poetry of Predicament e002 - Lise Van Susteren July 22, 2017 This is a repost of an episode of our 2016 online symposium, bringing thought leaders together to explore the predicaments we face and how best to stay present in the face of those predicaments. Lise Van Susteren is at the top of the field of addressing human mental, psychological and spiritual health in these turbulent times. Assigning a Cost to BP's Gulf Oil Spill. TruthOut. Dahr Jamail. 2014. July 16, 2017 In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded, causing the single largest marine oil disaster in US history. While the oil gushed from nearly a mile below the surface, BP promptly began to lowball the daily flow rate. The US government established the Flow Rate Technical Group (FRTG) led by Marcia McNutt to determine the true amount of oil being... 2015 Video produced for MKP-NW Elders Gathering. July 16, 2017 This video mentions many of the sources that were pivotal in the production of my recently released book, The Impossible Conversation: Choosing Reconnection and Resilience at the End of Business as Usual. The Battlefield at Mother Nature. Piercing Video from Marc Haneburght. July 16, 2017 Prolific video producer, Marc Haneburght offers us one of his most artful and grief-filled pieces to date. This is a film to watch when you find yourself numb and uninspired. Watching this piece will either invoke your appropriate rage or your grief. Either way our hearts are inspired to break open consciously. Thank you Marc. The Story of Stuff. The simplest version of our consumerist story. July 16, 2017 To fully engage in the work of Living Resilience we must have at least a basic understanding of our consumption-based human operating system. We also must be clear that our system is utterly unsustainable, in fact it is at the center of our global predicament. The Story of Stuff offers us a very gentle introduction to these vitally important... The Uninhabitable Earth. NY Magazine. July 9, 2017 July 16, 2017 In a July 9, 2017 article in New York Magazine, David Wallace-Wells did what very few mainstream journalists are willing to do. Wallace-Wells articulated a list of impacts and symptoms that we can look forward to in the very near future, if we stay on the Business as Usual track we are on. Clearly the uber-privileged industrialized world intends to... The gifts of conscious grieving July 8, 2017 What is the truth about grief? It's not what our culture tells us about grief. Carolyn explains why conscious grieving is an essential life skill that heals us, heals the community, and heals the Earth and also paradoxically manifests joy and gratitude in our lives and relationships.