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Talking with relatives about societal collapse
Today, on All Souls Day, when some of us remember and celebrate the lives of our deceased relatives, it is as good a moment as any to share some reflections on discussing societal collapse with my late father. I hope it helps stimulate your own ideas and approaches to talking with relatives and others. Thx,… Read more
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Money systems at the root of omnicide
Poly, perma, meta, multi, omni… social commentators today like to put a prefix in front of ‘crisis’. Their common idea is that something generically bad is happening in modern societies. Whatever their prefix, using the word ‘crisis’ is misleading, as it suggests the bad things can be overcome. But most of them can’t, as shown… Read more
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Leading with the Heart as We Hospice Modernity
This week my co-facilitator of leadership development courses, Katie Carr, has written an article for us. I’m looking forward to teaching ‘leading through collapse’ with her online next month. Thx, Jem… Continue reading Leading with the Heart as We Hospice Modernity → Read more
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Accurate climate activists face prison, while their incorrect critics face… a pay rise?
There are some important new public letters just out today that I want to tell you about and ask you to promote. Thx, Jem… Continue reading Accurate climate activists face prison, while their incorrect critics face… a pay rise? → Read more
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Responding to the new wave of climate scepticism
Despite climate mayhem, there a new form of climate scepticism spreading, which is couched in the important desire to resist oppression from greedy, hypocritical and unaccountable elites. How should we respond if we care about both bold climate action and defending our rights and freedoms? In this essay I recount correspondence with one such sceptic.… Read more
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The benefits of collapse acceptance, part 2: the doomster way
This the final part of my essay inspired by discussions with former Occupy Wall Street activist Karen Perry. In it I share reflections on the final 7 of the 15 benefits of collapse acceptance identified by Karen. I included these in Chapter 12 of my new book Breaking Together. I offer thoughts on how activism… Read more
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