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August 6, 2022
Sarah Tremlett

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...

poetry

Be (grateful) here now: Deep Adaptation Gratitude Month

Earlier this year, I found myself taking care of my friend’s two daughters – aged 9 and 12 – for two weeks while their mum was recovering from emergency surgery. I quickly realised that, despite years of supporting people, individually and in groups, as they navigate the emotional...

gratitude, resilience

How adaptive networks and hamlets can help future resilience

by Alan Heeks There’s a widespread view that strengthening local communities will be crucial in the years ahead, to help us all to live with increasing levels of disruption, e.g. to food supplies, utilities, weather patterns, and probably social cohesion. During a recent pilgrimage walk...

Community, resilience

July 14, 2022
Jeremy Jiménez

Why the UN must rely more on indigenous wisdom and less on fossil fuels

Over 100 scholars from around the world have co-signed a letter imploring the United Nations to abandon its rhetoric of pursuing the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs), given the lack of meaningful progress towards meeting them. The letter coincides with the United Nations Disaster Risk...

indigenous wisdom, united nations

June 20, 2022
Cat Jenkins

A ‘New DAF Space’

.... we’ll be introducing new software and better website functions, to better enable us to connect with each other, foster mutual support and collaborate as we face societal collapse.

Community, connections, New DAF Space, platform

May 18, 2022
JBatey

Gardening is Good for the Mind

by JBatey Approximately 7.5 million people in the UK are diagnosed with a mental illness. In addition, Mental Health UK shares that about one in four experience mental health problems or difficulties, even without a diagnosis. No matter where you look, mental health is an integral part of our...

Standing with the defenders of the Amazon rainforest

“I come here through the gate of necessity,” says Haru Kuntanawa, as he steps onto the stage during the closing ceremony of the Climate Change and Consciousness conference, three years ago, in Scotland. He is dressed in the ceremonial attire of his people, carrying the Amazon rainforest on...

Indigenous resistance, rainforests

April 25, 2022
Rachel Clyne

This year needs us more than ever, by Rachel Clyne

It is not enough that wewrite these words,send thoughts & prayers,emoji hearts & tearful faces.What burns South todaywill flood North tomorrow. It is not enough to watchprogrammes, sign petitions,recycle & reduce.What we produce todaywill choke us tomorrow.We must plant a new kind...

poetry

April 4, 2022
Alan Heeks

Taking Deep Adaptation into Nature – a training programme for therapists and group leaders. By Alan Heeks

I have been involved with Deep Adaptation since autumn 2019, and it feels like the context for DA has become a lot more wide and welcoming over that time. As climate impacts increase, I hear the language of adaptation being used much more commonly. Although the Ukraine war may not be directly...

collapse, deep adaptation, events, resilience

Force of the Past, by Christian Tröndle

A film by Christian Tröndle, based on the poem Force of the Past by Pier Paolo Pasolini Chris is a student of Visual and Media Anthropology and an activist with the Camp Collapse Collective in Berlin. He recently led a conscious learning webinar with Deep Adaptation based on his own MA...

#poetry