Breaking Down: Collapse — Episodes 1–7
Breaking Down: Collapse — Episodes 1–7 Breaking Down: Collapse offers an unusually clear and accessible introduction to the systemic vulnerabilities of modern industrial civilization. In Episodes 1–7, hosts Kory and Kellan build the case step by step, exploring societal collapse, the fragility of complex systems, energy dependence, ecological overshoot and limits to growth, catabolic collapse, […]
Ecocivilization
Ecocivilization Ecocivilization is Jeremy Lent’s ambitious attempt to move beyond diagnosing the failures of industrial civilization and envision what could actually replace it. Drawing on the design principles of living systems, Lent explores how economics, governance, infrastructure, agriculture, housing, and other foundations of society could be reorganized around justice, mutuality, diversity, symbiosis, and the flourishing […]
The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning
The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning The Patterning Instinct explores a foundational question for the Great Transition: how did humanity come to see the world in ways that produced today’s dominant civilization? Jeremy Lent traces the evolution of meaning-making across cultures, showing how deeply rooted patterns of thought shape societies, […]
Listening To The Earth Elders
Listening To The Earth Elders This conversation between Marianne Williamson, Mindahi Bastida—founder of The Earth Elders and ritual ceremony officer of the Otomi Toltec peoples—and Lara Mastropasqua explores Indigenous wisdom and the climate crisis through a fundamentally different relationship between humanity and the living Earth. Its importance to the Great Transition lies in challenging a […]
How to Fund the New System (New Earth)
How to Fund the New System (New Earth) This short video points toward a critical challenge of the Great Transition: how do we redirect capital away from maintaining the old system and toward building the regenerative systems trying to emerge? Ben Clark of Earth Regeneration Alliance reframes funding as more than financing projects—it is a […]
Chasing Time (Director’s Cut)
Chasing Time (Director’s Cut) More than a climate documentary, Chasing Time is a meditation on stewardship across generations. As photographer James Balog concludes his 15-year Extreme Ice Survey project, the film invites viewers into a radically different relationship with time—one measured not by quarterly returns, election cycles, or news cycles, but by the slow unfolding […]
What is the difference between climate change adaptation and resilience?
What is the difference between climate change adaptation and resilience? This article explores the differences and interrelationship of two terms frequently cited in climate change discussions: adaptation and resilience. I want to Learn and I have under 10 minutes Source: London School of Economics Functional Sector: Environment Date Added: 2024-08-02 Category: Climate Change Format: Article […]
Why Civilizations Fall and What We Can Learn From It with Luke Kemp
Why Civilizations Fall and What We Can Learn From It with Luke Kemp In this insightful conversation, researcher Luke Kemp explores the patterns and drivers behind the rise and fall of civilizations, drawing on historical and systems analysis to illuminate risks facing modern society. Rather than treating collapse as an anomaly, the discussion frames it […]
What is Climate Adaptation, Mitigation & Resilience? | Climate Vocabulary | The Climate Explainers
What is Climate Adaptation, Mitigation & Resilience? | Climate Vocabulary | The Climate Explainers This video provides a brief explanation of the three frequently used terms in the realm of climate change. It is part of a series of short, easy-to-understand videos about climate change: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSfYVdrOZvgK54hNqlm5CogOpBD-XoA8 I want to Learn and I have under 10 […]
When Worldviews Shift from Separation to Connection: Implications for Leadership
When Worldviews Shift from Separation to Connection: Implications for Leadership This worldview shift helps us see the hidden connections in our world and networks; interdependence becomes obvious. I want to Learn and I have between 10 and 30 minutes Source: Kathleen Allen Functional Sector: Environment Date Added: 2022-03-01 Category: Turning Inward Format: Article Duration: between […]