Restoring the Housatonic River Walk
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.
Shut It Down: Stories From a Fierce, Loving Resistance
By Lisa Fithian
Conscious organizing addresses the most fundamental need we have as humans to belong to a community.
Fourteen Recommendations When Facing Climate Tragedy
By Jem Bendell
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?
Kito Mbiango | The Power of Art to Drive Action
Kito Mbiango’s work speaks nostalgically to our primal intelligence, engaging us in a conscious reflection about our collective evolution. His “Climate Change Collection” is a response to the accelerating environmental degradation we are facing and have imposed upon nature and all wildlife.
Art in a Time of Catastrophe
By Peter Reason and Sarah Gillespie
At such a time, are the arts irrelevant, a luxury? To the contrary, they have an essential place both in grieving for what is lost and in imagining new human possibilities.
Hopeful Essay Penned by Firelight
I am writing in the harsh light of a lantern and my blazing wood stove on the fourth night of a “public safety” blackout currently forecast to last for three more days. I am not near a fire or an evacuation zone. But that could change as quickly as a new fire report.
Healing the Wounded Mind
To have inner strength requires that we carry vision within us. Also, that we learn, or at least accept responsibility for, transmitting that vision.
Active Hope | Time with Joanna Macy
She is close to ninety, and I wanted to be able to work with her before she completely passes the baton to others.
Global Social Witnessing
By Adrian Wagner and Lukas Herrmann
You swipe through your favourite news site while sitting in a train, and you enter the typical bombardment of information. Can you feel the contraction of your chest, the narrowing down of your attention, the closing of your heart?
Collective Trauma and Our Emerging Future
By C. Otto Scharmer and Thomas Hübl
When we talk about the current situation in the 21st century, one of the few things most people would agree on is that, yes, we do live in an age of disruption. That means the future is going to be different from the past.