Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Join us for the free, online event: Beyond the Brink on November 13. Considering the unsettling present we all find ourselves in, we’ll ask Rob Hopkins, and Jacqui Patterson to help us do what feels impossible: imagine a brighter future.
Join us for a live online conversation inspired by the Human Nature Odyssey podcast, tracing the long arc of the global battle between monarchy and revolution, authoritarianism and democracy, hierarchy and equality.
Can we meet the needs of humanity without undermining the life-support systems of the planet? Find out if bioregioning holds the key to a positive and systemic way forward. Lyla June Johnston, Samantha Power, and Brandon Letsinger will offer insight and inspiring leadership in “Bioregioning: How to Thrive where We Live.”
Microplastic pollution is poisoning nearly everything on the planet—from the deepest parts of the ocean to inside the cells of living beings. In “Troubled Waters: How Microplastics Are Impacting Our Oceans and Our Health,” we’ll dive into this growing global crisis.
Are you struggling to make sense of these chaotic, frightening times? You’re not alone. At Post Carbon Institute and resilience.org we’ve heard from thousands of people around the world with big questions and great ideas. That’s why we’re looking to provide our community with opportunities to connect with one another.
The Great Unraveling of environmental and social systems calls into question the very basis of modernity. In this online event, Vanessa Andreotti and Dougald Hine held a rich and honest discussion of the implications of modernity’s decline, and how we – individually and collectively – can hospice what is dying and give care to what may emerge.
This online event on February 13, 2025 featuring Lesley Hughes (Macquarie University) and Doug Tallamy (University of Delaware) examines the disappearance of wild nature and explores how governments, scientists, activists, community groups, and individuals can address the crisis.
Program Director at Post Carbon Institute, Rob Dietz, hosts a participatory discussion session with Anitra Nelson, degrowth scholar and activist and author of many books about degrowth and the systemic changes needed to make the shift to a post-capitalist, post-consumerist economy.
Environmental journalist Rachel Donald hosts a conversation with Jason Hickel, internationally known degrowth researcher and advocate, and Nia Evans and Cierra Peters of the Boston Ujima Project, which focuses on creating a community-controlled economy.
This live online event features Lilliana Mason, Associate Professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University and author of Radical American Partisanship, and Cecilie Surasky, Director of Communications & Narrative at the Othering & Belonging Institute. Post Carbon Institute’s Asher Miller will join Lilliana and Cecilie for an expansive conversation on the drivers of polarization and othering, and methods for fostering belonging and mutuality.
This live online discussion event features Trisha Dehrone, a PhD candidate and NSF Fellow at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst. Trisha has designed and analyzed interventions that bridge group differences in divided societies and has evaluated interventions in the U.S., Rwanda, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In this live, online event, Dr. Elizabeth Sawin (Multisolving Institute) shares how she learned to stop bumming people out about climate change and communicate effectively.
