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October 10, 2022
Janet Lees
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Anthropocene lullaby

A film poem by Janet Lees Janet Lees is a UK-based poet and lens-based artist, and voluntary poetry editor* for the Deep Adaptation Forum blog. In one way or another, all her work touches on what it feels like to be human in these unprecedented times. Her poetry has been published in...

poetry

September 19, 2022
Constance Clare-Newman
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One-Minute Practice: What’s Not Wrong?

by Constance Clare-Newman This is a practice I use when I notice that I am spiraling into negative thinking,tension or despair from seeing and hearing about terrible changes and suffering of people, animals and the natural world. It is a practice that I think prepares me to embody loving responses...

embodiment, resilience

September 12, 2022
Anja Byg
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Drowned voices

Going to work for me involves crossing a dam that makes up one end of a large, artificial lake. The dam was built nearly 150 years ago, during the Victorian era in Britain, to create a large reservoir. It is considered a masterpiece of engineering and is a major tourist attraction in the area. Over...

September 9, 2022
Matthew Painton
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The evolution of coaching practice for deep adaptation: “We need heroes far less than we need coherent and adaptive communities.”

By Matthew Painton. Matthew Painton will be exploring the relevance of coaching in these times, in a live Deep Adaptation Q&A on 22nd September. Read more and register here. Let’s face it, coaching and (non-clinical) therapy are privileged modalities – it requires disposable...

August 31, 2022
Mark Causey
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Parachute

by Mark Causey Your parachute did not open. Don’t panic, it does not help. Don’t waste what precious time is left On anger and recrimination. At this point, what does it matter who’s to blame? It won’t change the simple fact that Your parachute did not open. You are flying,...

poetry, resilience

August 26, 2022
Mimmi
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The face in the moon, by Mimmi

The bird tried to flutter away,Sounded like a flap and a snapThe wolf leaped just in timeTo make it sound like a chase prelude The sensational stories that are woven nowFor the coincidental chase flap and snapA chorus of chirps and quirksNo recording devise for these mortal ones Someone said...

poetry

August 19, 2022
Kimberley Hare
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Which Column are you in?

by Kimberley Hare This graphic was created by HEART Community Group primarily as a conversation-starter, and we often use it when engaging with individuals, groups, and local authorities (our work is in the UK). The tool arose from seeing other peoples’ work on this kind of analysis, including...

collapse awareness, communication, Community, local government

August 10, 2022
ayreÁnna
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Mandala of words, by ayreÁnna

Something special for Gratitude Month – a song by ayreÁnna, whose beautiful poetry we’ve shared before on the blog, with a music video by James Freeman.

#music, #poetry

August 8, 2022
Cat Jenkins
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Invisiblised Voices

Have you had a chance to explore the DAF website lately? If so, you might have noticed that there’s a new area developing on it: Invisiblised Voices on Collapse. We’re hoping this new content will help to broaden the diversity within our community – but also, and...

August 6, 2022
Sarah Tremlett
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I Cannot be Human, by Sarah Tremlett

A poetry film by Sarah Tremlett exploring the human/animal relationship on a personal and planetary level. I Cannot be Human takes a stand against a human race that, through its leaders, doesn’t appear to be listening or solving the ecological crisis that overwhelms us every day....

poetry