Hans, I am so pleased I had the opportunity to read this nuanced, honest, and thoughtful contribution. I feel very affirmed: it is always wonderful to have one's sensemaking reinforced and, happily, deepened and extended. I have followed the Triodos bank for over 20 years and elevated it as a model where I can.
My writing and work have turned towards 'Islands of Coherence', motivated by reflecting on the collapse underway and conceptualizing how to think more coherently about responding to our predicament. Solutionism not only does not cut it; it is a false narrative. I am a practitioner and have been active (for 50 years) in community economic development, solidarity economy, resilience, resource management, and sustainable development spaces. I have written much over the years on these themes.
For the last 20 years, I have been reframing my thinking, work and perspectives. It is challenging, emotionally and spiritually. Today, the cascading impacts we talk about as the metacrisis make clear a humbling fact: human agency is irrelevant; the laws of physics are in play. What does this mean concerning where we put our energies? What is a strategic approach to consider this question, where we are living in a predicament without solutions, only responses?
If you are interested, I will happily share where my thinking is at. I think it might be a mutually interesting exchange. More about me at www.synergiainstitute.org
Hans, I am so pleased I had the opportunity to read this nuanced, honest, and thoughtful contribution. I feel very affirmed: it is always wonderful to have one's sensemaking reinforced and, happily, deepened and extended. I have followed the Triodos bank for over 20 years and elevated it as a model where I can.
My writing and work have turned towards 'Islands of Coherence', motivated by reflecting on the collapse underway and conceptualizing how to think more coherently about responding to our predicament. Solutionism not only does not cut it; it is a false narrative. I am a practitioner and have been active (for 50 years) in community economic development, solidarity economy, resilience, resource management, and sustainable development spaces. I have written much over the years on these themes.
For the last 20 years, I have been reframing my thinking, work and perspectives. It is challenging, emotionally and spiritually. Today, the cascading impacts we talk about as the metacrisis make clear a humbling fact: human agency is irrelevant; the laws of physics are in play. What does this mean concerning where we put our energies? What is a strategic approach to consider this question, where we are living in a predicament without solutions, only responses?
If you are interested, I will happily share where my thinking is at. I think it might be a mutually interesting exchange. More about me at www.synergiainstitute.org
Thanks again for all you are doing.