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All Change or No Change? Culture, Power and Activism in an Unquiet World, Part 3

20 February 2017 Leave a Comment

Welcome to the third and final article in this three-part series co-published between Occupy.com and Transnational Institute. Read Part 1 here.... and read Part II here.... Culture Hacking: A New Approach to Change "We advocate for an approach to social change that we call culture design or culture hacking. Addressing the systemic threats for humanity in the 21st century will require an intentional, open, and collaborative ‘design science’ for social change. The elements of this approach … Continue reading

All Change or No Change? Culture, Power and Activism in an Unquiet World, Part 2

13 February 2017 Leave a Comment

Welcome to the second article in this three-part series being co-published between Occupy.com and Transnational Institute. Read Part 1 here.... Part II: A Tale of Two Histories "In order to see the root causes of our planetary crisis, we must go back deep into human history and compare the cultural narratives that have given rise to the world as it exists today. Only then can the deep work of culture design begin." Read the full story by Martin Kirk, Jason Hickel and Joe Brewer.... Continue reading

All Change or No Change? Culture, Power and Activism in an Unquiet World, Part I

1 February 2017 1 Comment

This is the first article in a three-part series being co-published between Occupy.com and Transnational Institute.... "In this essay, we approach the world from a whole-system perspective. This means looking at those rules, laws, norms and trends that affect the whole planet, rather than any individual nation, region or issue. When you stand back far enough, it becomes clear that dramas of 2016, though vitally important, are nothing like as profound as many are suggesting. In truth, the core … Continue reading

Living Through the Death of Capitalism | Joe Brewer

17 November 2016 Leave a Comment

"Humanity is in the crucible of change now. It is an all-hands-on-deck transition — away from life destroying economic practices based on wealth hoarding and extraction and toward life affirming practices of regeneration and renewal. "For it will be the beacons of light we carry that will show others the way forward. For my part, I am working with social movements to connect the dots of wealth extraction and training change makers in the art and science of intentional social change. I have seen … Continue reading

How to Cultivate Happiness the Bhutanese Way

18 September 2016 Leave a Comment

"As economies crash, political and social tensions rise and our environment screams out for tender loving care in the face of global warming and great destruction, Bhutan stands alone as a model for slow, sustainable, values-based change that actually works. “Change doesn’t happen from the top down or the bottom up. It happens from the inside out,” Saamdu explains. “Social change is driven by human change, and as humans, we need to change. We need to embody happiness as a living practice.” "We … Continue reading

One Earth, Two Social Fields | Otto Scharmer

26 July 2016 Leave a Comment

Otto Scharmer explains how global politics and world economic affairs today emerge from the interplay between two social fields: absencing (the cycle of destruction); and presencing (the cycle of co-creation). "Today it feels as if we—everyone alive right now—are living in a “plastic hour” of history, meaning that small differences today can have major impacts tomorrow. Both of the forces that shaped the past century—presencing and absencing—are intensifying their global presence now. "History … Continue reading

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