Joe Lightfoot

I’m a writer, podcaster and cultivator of community.
I was born in London but now live between Australia & Thailand.
I have a mild fear of kites.
I’m deeply enamored with the Enneagram.
I’ve had three major phases of my adult life so far. They include The Young ‘Achiever’ Phase (18-22), The Esoteric Questing & Dark Night Of The Soul Phase (23-27) and The Community Cultivator Phase (28-34).
The seeds for this most recent phase were planted back in 2008 during a chance encounter in Central Brazil.
I’m often found in either Melbourne, Mullumbimby or sitting on rocks in Chiang Mai.

I’m dedicated towards cultivating new kinds of mutual aid community. I also write books and articles, record podcasts and host conversational forums that explore similar themes. I’m hugely inspired by the emergence of a truly regenerative planetary culture and I’m fascinated by the inner journey of transformation that seems to be required for each of us to fully show up for this system wide metamorphosis. I chose to frame this process as one of becoming Communal Creatures. If you’re wondering exactly what it means to be a Community Creature, then hold tight, because that’s the topic of my next book.

Joe Lightfoot in Kosmos

Find the Others | Start A Conscious Change Collective

The central idea is to form a trust network of relationships with a group of people that share the same core values, and then to cultivate as many opportunities as possible to share meaningful experiences with one another...and work together to bring about radical and positive change across wider society.

Published in Volume 22 Issue 2

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The Village Way

Practices for Belonging in a Fragmented World

For thousands of years, we lived according to the principles of village life. Then, around the 14th Century, our lives were reorganized by rulers around growth and accumulation – often at the cost of community, equity, and the living Earth. What would it mean to return to simplicity, and mutual care?

Join us for a 9-month inquiry into this question, exploring how we participate together in a time that calls us back to community, resilience, and shared life,