Metacrisis Meetings – monthly mondays

Each month I host a 2-hour participatory webinar, featuring a guest with an interest in the topic being discussed. It occurs at two different times, typically on the first Monday of the month, to be suitable for your time zone (typically at 10.00 UTC then at 23.00 UTC). The final session of each meeting is open for people to share what they are working on, or what is alive for them right now. To enable open sharing, the dialogue will not be recorded and there will no formal outputs.

Topics to be explored in the first months include: 

• the future of collapse subcultures and the potential for a solidarity-based politics of collapse
• spiritual aspects of the metacrisis
• the need to shift the climate conversation in light of recent temperature hikes
• the role of art and creativity in finding ground and balance 
• new trends in eco-activism and the future of the ‘deep adaptation’ movement 
• the rising propaganda against rights and freedoms and how to respond
• changing our lives to survive collapse, including community development and alternative economics
• the many psychological responses to perceptions of collapse, and how to help each other with that
• responsible uses of new technologies in light of ecological and mental footprints, and global imperialism

To participate, you will need to be a paying member of this blog ($8 per month, cheaper for a year), not just a free subscriber. As a paying member, you will also receive member-only posts to my website that announce, prepare for, and reflect upon, the monthly meetings. 

The confirmed guest experts to help us explore these issues with you include Novara Media journalist Richard Hames, author on consciousness Matt Colborn, journalist specialising in psychology Anya Kamenetz, forest conservationist Rob de Laet, former coordinator of the DA Forum Kat Soares, and DAF founding member Matthew Slater.

Due to me focusing on organic farming and music, these meetings are the only metacrisis and collapse conversations online that I will participate in at this time.

In the new year, a peer-mentoring initiative will be launched for participants, with regular meetings of around 12 people per support group.

There is some “small print” on the process of being a member.