Nate Hagens outlines a practical and moral framework for navigating ecological and civilizational contraction. Blending systems thinking, grief literacy, resilience, and regeneration, he argues that humanity’s future depends upon relocalization, relationality, and learning to live within limits.
Earth has an enormous capacity for regeneration. It’s possible to restore Earth’s natural climate regulating systems through decentralized rain water retention, reforestation and regenerative agriculture. We realized that in times of perpetual government failure to do something about the climate crisis, this good news needed to be spread, urgently.
Soft rebellion refuses urgency and exhaustion. It listens, weaves, and roots. It resists not by mirroring violence, but by embodying tenderness as strategy—disrupting systems with care, beauty, and the quiet cunning of the wild.
Much of today’s social and climate justice culture focuses on change—yet often skips over the loss that comes with it. It’s okay to grieve what we’re leaving behind, even if it was flawed. It’s okay to feel conflicted. There’s a call for a softer approach to change—one that makes space for paradox, complexity, and the full spectrum of our emotions.
Listen, Open, Reflect, Release, Act, Repeat (X), or LORRAX. This cycle of steps can be useful in navigating quick, spontaneous decisions.
BR | Instead of asking how do we get better top-down control, I think a more interesting question is how can we change the fundamental frame to not need top-down control?
I feel a personal desire to take responsibility to acknowledge and transform our heritage of systemic racism in the United States because of the deeply personal benefits that I have received from the native cultures of North and South America, Africa and Asia.
The ongoing creation of River Walk also speaks to the human element. It marks the confluence of ecological renewal, environmental and social justice, the underpinnings of the industrial revolution, and the vitality of a downtown.
Conscious organizing addresses the most fundamental need we have as humans to belong to a community.
How might interbeing raise you from the threat of depression if you sense the end of everything one can contribute to due to near-term extinction of the human race and the majority of species?