Finishing my Friday with this excellent read: “Fractal approaches to scaling transformations to sustainability”

I deeply appreciate when someone has done the thinking and writing that pulls together a bunch of threads I’m interested in. I’m very excited now to use this as a starting point for engaged #research projects. The big picture framing I’ve been using is “societal transitions for planetary wellbeing”… and I love how this fractal metaphor is helping me connect small, feasible initiatives and actions with much larger purposes and objectives.

#academic #sustainability #socialChange #systemsChange #systems #PoliticalEcology #SocialChange #InterBeing #socialTheory #ActionResearch

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-023-01873-w

I'm a cradle #Catholic. I did all the stuff (Baptism, Fist Communion, Confirmation) as a wee lad. I was born here all my life. When I was around four years old, the church kicked out my mom and, by extension, my family. I explored other faiths, #meditation, #yoga, #Buddhism, and all the things. I wanted to not convert to a religion or practice that I had not been born to or wasn't otherwise ancestrally connected. I explored Protestant fellowships but soon began seeking "the deeper things" back in the lives of saints. This led to a deep dive into the #EarlyChurch Fathers and early church history. Entering the #OrthodoxChurch, I lived in several monasteries and wandered around the US like the guy in Way of a Pilgrim. I was ultimately drawn to #Theosis and the #PrayerOfTheHeart, sometimes called the #JesusPrayer. That church became tedious as well. Long story short, decades later, a pandemic, and a few ends of the world here I am. I recently stumbled across a podcast called the #PopeFrancisGeneration. I'm intrigued. I am listening. Let's see where my current studies lead.

Some of my interests:
#NewMexico #Ogapoge #SantaFe #SantaFeRiver #Water #Birds #Plants #Medicine #Hiking #Walking #NaturePhotography #Biophilia #Wilderness #Rewild #Rewilding #Regenerative #RegenerativeDesign #UniversalDesign #RegenerativeAg #RegenAg #AppropriateTechnology #Contemplation #Hesychasm #Prayer #Ancestors #Death #Dying #Grief #DeathDoula #DeathAdvocacy #Apophatic #RadicalCompassion #Compassion #SocialJustice #PublicHealth #SocialWork #EnvironmentalJustice #DisabilityRights #HealthEquity #Recovery #RecoveryPosse #Drawing #Writing #VisualThinking #WriteToThink #Journal #BulletJournal #SystemsChange #Humanrights #Inclusion #Accessability #InvisibleDisabilityRights #DisabilityVoice #RacialEquality #PublicHealth #Grief #Hospice #Humanrights #Food #Health #Fasting #Calsthenics #Movement

I'll continue to post interest hashtags in this thread to be.

#introduction #introductions

RT Wellbeing Economy Alliance - WEAll
What would a #WellbeingEconomy for #Europe actually mean? New discussion paper from the #EUWellbeingEconomy coalition sets out ideas and recommendations for the essential components of a better economic system: https://ieep.eu/publications/discussion-paper-on-eu-wellbeing-economy/
#BeyondGrowth #systemschange

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/WEAll_Alliance/status/1675921285510213632

Tomorrow (Monday), you can get your questions around the #OpenSpaceBeta approach to organizational #transformation answered. @nielspflaeging Pflaeging, co-creator of OpenSpace Beta, will give an introduction & answer all your questions! Sign up here: https://eventbrite.com/e/info-hour-openspace-beta-transformation-enabled-tickets-607621220427

#betacodex #agility #lean #change #agile #transformation #orgdev #systemschange #systemsthinking #veryfastorganizationaltransformation #timeboxedchange #changemanagement #organizationaldevelopment

How to Reject Division and Embrace Belonging https://bioneers.org/how-to-reject-division-and-embrace-belonging-zmaz2306/ #otheringandbelonginginstitute #ecologicalrestoration #indigenousleadership #IndigenousKnowledge #systemicchange #climatechange #RacialJustice #SocialJustice #systemschange #newsletter #belonging #diversity #Activism #Justice

What if the polycrisis isn’t caused by the world becoming more complex, but by an inherently complex world bursting through our reductionist attempts to simplify and control it?

#systemsChange #complexity

Saw this the other day and something struck me as slightly odd…

“Surprisingly, humans contribute a relatively small mass compared to the rest of the Animal Kingdom. People make up only 0.01% of all the biomass on the planet.”

Two things:
1) comparing humans (a single species) to whole phyla and kingdoms (or sometimes classes) in this infographic skews the comparison and makes the resulting percentage not at all surprising

2) if we’re going to think about the human space in the biosphere, we need to include the ways we’ve transformed whole ecosystems, propagated monocultures of plants and animals (in crops and livestock), and transformed living carbon into dead carbon and fossil carbon into active carbon.

As just one of the approximately 8.7 Million species mentioned in this article, ours has an enourmously large footprint. Not that we could or should aspire to biomass equality, but it’s absolutely worth reflecting on how we understand our role and impact in the living world.

#systemsChange #ecology #PoliticalEcology

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-biomass-of-earth-in-one-graphic/

What few rays of hope remain for #SystemsChange in #Web3 are comprehensively & powerfully explored in this body of work. So rare to hear folks in the space (Black or otherwise) looking holistically, beyond the lens of financial empowerment & market solutionism. #Pilira #KongoSquare #AfroFuturism #IndigenousReFi

https://twitter.com/lunarrootrising/status/1648785655650983937

Head to https://twitter.com/kongosquare for community invite links (:

(Apologies for the Birdsite links- that's where their onramps are at present.)

Is there a mastodon instance for social (not-necessarily-sciences) aspects of complex systems and socio-ecological systems transition?

Wondering if mah peeple have found a common place to gather or if we’re all sitting in places that don’t _quite_ fit

#systemsChange #complexity #politicalEcology but less #technology centric

The work of the Collective Change Lab has been an inspiration for me.

Here's my stash of resources + notes about their work.

bit.ly/3lZqqWv

I hope it might encourage others to dive deeper into the relational work of systems change.

#systemschange #collaboration #complexity

The Accidental Gods podcast series via Manda Scott (@Eceni) is highly recommended.

It all begins here : EPISODE #1 CONSCIOUS EVOLUTION.

Buckle up because it's a revolutionary ride for the head, heart & hands ✊

Enjoy & please share if this resonates with you 🙏

#AccidentalGods #MandaScott #SystemsChange #NewParadigm #NewPolitics #NewEconomy #Ecology #RegenerativeCulture #SpiritualEcology #RegenerativeFarming #PostGrowth #Resilience #Transition #Regenerative

https://accidentalgods.life/our-podcast/episode-1/

In an age of accelerating technological advancement, ecological disruption and systemic change, what could it mean to reimagine how we live?
 
To explore this, I’m hosting an exciting 6-week course with advaya, “The Digital Age: Understanding & Reclaiming Systems of Power”

Join me: https://www.digitalage-course.com/
 
#ai #digital #society #power #ecology #technology #cashless #sovereignty #politics #finance #agriculture #systemschange #resilience #psychology #autonomy #healthcare #future

Always remember - policies are created by people.

This means they can be deconstructed and changed by people.

Disregard the notion it can't be done.

It absolutely CAN be done.

#PublicPolicy #SocialJustice #CriticalTheory #MacroSocialWork #SystemsChange

Living, learning + loving systems.

First fruits from my freelancing foraging

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alanhudson_systemschange-complexity-relationships-activity-7026913340866093057-DXZw/

#complexity #relationships #learning #kindness #causalpathways #evaluation #systemschange #socialchange

#Introduction

Greetings Fediverse!👋 I am currently a research assistant at the #UnitedNations but I am gradually transitioning to #PublicEntrepreneurship. I am passionate about applying #SystemsThinking to #GlobalGovernance as well as various topics listed below👇

Please boost to help me find like-minded others! Looking forward to connecting with you! 😊

#GlobalAffairs #GlobalCitizenship #Glocalization #Complexity #SystemsChange #SystemsInnovation #SocialScience #Ethics #Philosophy #Cats

It can be hard to stay positive when it comes to #ClimateAction given the political inertia and false narratives that exist. This #GuardianLongRead has lifted my spirits & renewed my hope.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/jan/12/rebecca-solnit-climate-crisis-popular-imagination-why-we-need-new-stories

Also available in audio format.

#ClimateCrisis
#Sustainability
#SystemsChange

@guardian

Systems change philanthropy: Five alternative models. https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2022-09/unpacking-systems-change-philanthropy-five-alternative-models-.pdf

Such a great piece by Paulo Savaget and colleagues comparing and exploring the pros and cons, and the practical implications, of:

1) Empowering changemakers

2) Scaling up

3) Coordinating actors

4) Experimenting + exploring, and

5) Scaling deep.

#systemschange #philanthropy

This is about an average American family’s journey to decarbonization.

If they can do it
-Companies can do it
The Ultra rich and Celebs can do it

Each of us can try.
It’s not about guilt blame or punishment.
We live in a toxic system.
Let’s pull together and do what we can to change.

#change
#systemschange
#keepitintheground

https://decarbonizeyourlife.com/main

@psybertron yes and, I'm afraid, lots of reinvention of such lists! ;-D
June Holley (Network Weaver) had a big Airtable which I can't find right now - aha! - https://airtable.com/appv53tDjsbOEODJ9/tblntl5RaWIVbMqYl/viwwAmTtSmXMpl60r
both Illuminate and Russ Gaskin (CoCreative) did databases (all these verge towards #systemschange but not only), and a group of us did https://kumu.io/koryckaa/systems-thinking-collaboration

RT @BobOne4All
Almost overnight, the Rio Verde Foothills turned into a worst-case scenario of a hotter, drier climate, showing what happens when unregulated growth collides with shrinking water supplies. #systemschange #climateresilience
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/us/skipped-showers-paper-plates-an-arizona-suburbs-water-is-cut-off.html