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  • Mother Earth Says #MeToo – XR Launch, London, 15 April 2019

    Mother Earth Says #MeToo – XR Launch, London, 15 April 2019

    (The video appears at the end of the transcript) I’m glad to be here in Oxford Circus where today we challenge the circus of lies that is our political system and mainstream media. I am an academic, a Professor at a University. So my profession is meant to be all about finding and sharing truths.… Read more

  • Fourteen Recommendations on Living Beyond Collapse-Denial

    Fourteen Recommendations on Living Beyond Collapse-Denial

    We are all troubled by difficult emotions as we consider our environmental predicament. Some of us may seek to escape those difficult emotions by getting busy with activism or perhaps by complaining about others who don’t share our views. Some recent negativity towards my work reminded me of how despair is something we can learn… Read more

  • Responding to Green Positivity Critiques of Deep Adaptation

    Responding to Green Positivity Critiques of Deep Adaptation

    Since my paper on Deep Adaptation to climate chaos came out in July 2018 and “went viral,” there have been some criticisms of the concept and what people think it implies. Some people argue that I have overblown the case for inevitable near-term societal collapse due to climate chaos. Others argue that I have “underblown”… Read more

  • Charity in the Face of Collapse: The Need for Generative Giving not Strategic Hubris

    Charity in the Face of Collapse: The Need for Generative Giving not Strategic Hubris

    In recent months, I have talked privately to more third sector workers, activists, philanthropists, religious leaders and government officials who seek to be useful in the world at this difficult time. They have been reflecting on what it is they could be doing and supporting with their funds, networks and know-how. People involved in funding… Read more

  • Notes on Hunger and Collapse

    Notes on Hunger and Collapse

    Did you know that four years ago some scientists announced that their model was projecting how “society will collapse by 2040 due to catastrophic food shortages” – unless humanity suddenly changed course? ‘ No, me neither. And I’m a Professor of Sustainability Leadership. The scientists were from Anglia Ruskin University’s Global Sustainability Institute. The fact… Read more

  • “Grieve Play Love” short film on climate despair

    “Grieve Play Love” short film on climate despair

    “Grieve Play Love” is a 9 minute short film by Jem Bendell, set in Bali, released in March 2019.  The text of the voiceover follows below. A message from the filmmaker: “In early 2018, my life changed. I studied climate science again for the first time in 25 years and discovered how bad it is.… Read more

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