Are we in the omega phase of the adaptive cycle?
Thomas Homer Dixon addresses the Upside of Down, his forthcoming book Commanding Hope, and the Cascade Institute.
Reimagining philanthropy in the age of the virus: Reflections for the Omega Advisory Board
By Omega advisors Katherine Fulton & Mark Valentine This essay was completed on April 20, 2020, to coincide with the first meeting of the advisory board of Omega: The Resilience Funders Network. While Omega’s efforts had been underway for some...
A framework for understanding the COVID-19 crisis & preparing for what is next
Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq shares a framework by which we can understand and respond to the COVID-19 crisis while anticipating its consequences and preparing for what’s next.
Everything Can Collapse: A Manual for Our Times
co-authored by Pablo Servigne and Raphaël Stevens, provides “a valuable guide to help everyone make sense of the new and potentially catastrophic situation in which we now find ourselves.”
Fires & blackouts are the new normal: Are we ready?
The public outrage over their recent CEO bonuses, lobbying, and political investments rather than fixing old and accident-prone infrastructure, was swift and accurate.
Greta Thunberg’s full speech to world leaders at UN Climate Action Summit
In this September 23, 2019, video, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg chastised world leaders for failing younger generations by not taking sufficient steps to stop climate change. You have stolen my childhood and my dreams with your empty...
The Road
OK, this is Cormac McCarthy: it's dark and visually searing. If you’re up for a bleak vision of the future in the hands of an exceptional writer, give this a go. And be forewarned that you're unlikely to erase the images of the father pushing the...
The Dog Stars
By Peter Heller Hig’s wife is gone, his friends are dead, and he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, Jasper, and a mercurial, gun-toting misanthrope named Bangley.But when a random transmission beams through the radio of...
The 2019 Resilience Gathering
Joanna Macy guides us how to suffer with the world and make responsible decisions that take into account our interconnectedness with all that is.
Nate Hagens: The human predicament
Nate Hagens addresses the environmental impact of the current economical model and possible solutions.
Nate Hagens Keynote Address, 2019 Resilience Gathering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=9&v=MNzLkdr7UIU&feature=emb_imp_woyt The Resilience Gathering The New School at Commonweal hosted The Resilience Gathering, including keynote speaker Nate Hagens. We face a “perfect storm” of interacting...
The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization
By Thomas Homer-Dixon The Upside of Down by Thomas Homer-Dixon takes the reader on a mind-stretching tour of societies' management, or mismanagement, of disasters over time. From the demise of ancient Rome to contemporary climate change, this book...