Latest

  • UK Deep Adaptation Retreat, with Jem Bendell & Katie Carr

    UK Deep Adaptation Retreat, with Jem Bendell & Katie Carr

    Take time out to pause, and give space and time to reflect – with others – on what is being asked of us in these extraordinary times.… Continue reading UK Deep Adaptation Retreat, with Jem Bendell & Katie Carr → Read more

  • Deep adaptation audio format!

    Deep adaptation audio format!

    New Deep Adaptation media available for reflecting and sharing… Continue reading Deep adaptation audio format! → Read more

  • Hope and Vision in the Face of Collapse – The 4th R of Deep Adaptation

    Hope and Vision in the Face of Collapse – The 4th R of Deep Adaptation

    “People need hope, Jem.” “It’s really important to have a vision of a better future, Jem” As someone who worked in environmental campaigning and then organizational change, I learned about the role of hope and vision in helping to align and motivate people. As someone who worked at the heart of political communications during the… Read more

  • The Deep Adaptation Retreat – June in Greece

    The Deep Adaptation Retreat – June in Greece

    22 — 29 JUNE 2019 € 520* inclusive CULTIVATING INNER RESILIENCE With Jem Bendell and Katie Carr The emerging realisation that climate change is becoming a destructive tragedy, not just an urgent challenge, is profoundly disorientating for many people. How are we to feel? What are we to do? What might become the purpose of our lives… Read more

  • Catastrophe – Collapse – Apology – Words missing from the IPCC report

    Catastrophe – Collapse – Apology – Words missing from the IPCC report

    Today in their report, the IPCC have stated we have twenty years before a global disaster is upon us, if we don’t do the impossible right now, including mass deployment of carbon removal from atmosphere using tech not yet invented. In communicating the impacts of 1.5 degree warming and mentioning a date for that impact… Read more

  • After acceptance – some responses to anticipating collapse

    After acceptance – some responses to anticipating collapse

    This year I have often been talking with people about the likelihood of near-term societal collapse, brought on by disruptive climate change. One reason for publishing my paper on Deep Adaptation was to invite such conversations and begin to explore more purposely what the heck this means for my own work and life. Once people… Read more

Donate to keep Jem writing / Read his book Breaking Together / Read Jem’s key ideas on collapse / Subscribe to this blog / Study with Jem / Browse his latest posts / Read the Scholars’ Warning / Visit the Deep Adaptation Forum / Receive Jem’s Biannual Bulletin / Receive the Deep Adaptation Review / Watch some of Jem’s talks / Find Emotional Support / Jem’s actual views on Covid