Tag: deep adaptation

my arcanum

what you have to know in order to be fertile in a creative pursuit, to make discoveries and to prepare for the communication of a spiritual mystery (saul bellows) Note: originally published on October 16, 2025 on a calm presence. You can also listen a narration (with music) of this...

Community, deep adaptation, gratitude, learning, reciprocity, Reflections, Teachers

American Oligarchy: Moving from Denial to Effective Action

In the United States of America, there has been a long tradition of trust—especially among the groups of people who haven’t been systemically marginalized and discriminated against. Trust in this country, this government— trust that through all the tragedies, slavery, wars, economic...

deep adaptation, self-empowerment

Break Your Heart and Plant Some Trees

i’ve been observing the habits of modern human beings and the responses of this living world to our behaviors for years. and i’ve come to the conclusion that we’re basically S.O.L. yes, policy change is critical and must be taken immediately, vigorously and at massive scale. but planting trees...

awakening, collapse acceptance, collective change, deep adaptation, healing, nature immersion, planting trees, resilience, truth-telling

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

Learning to Deeply Adapt – Together

In this post, Kimberley Hare reflects on the journey towards deep adaptation.

deep adaptation

Leading through storms

Cat Jenkins, reviewing Prof Jonathan Gosling’s contribution to the book Deep Adaptation: navigating the realities of climate chaos: Chapter 9 Leadership and Management in a context of Deep Adaptation. Invited to review Jonathan Gosling’s contribution to this recent book, edited by Professors...

adapting, collapse, deep adaptation, diversity, emergent leaders, leadership, plurality, societal collapse

How Do We Prepare The Young?

....how do we create the conditions in which they can look into the abyss without falling into it?

deep adaptation, education, educators, resilience, students, young adults

Climate alarm? Learning to live with it

....the key to this process is having your feelings witnessed and validated by others.

Climate collapse, collapse, Community, deep adaptation, Nature, resilience

A Book for a Post-Normal World

Co-founder of the environmental group Extinction Rebellion (XR), Dr. Gail Bradbrook, described it as “the ‘red pill’ of our times, offering neither certainty nor confirmation of any story you may be holding about where we are heading in the face of so many colliding crises.” She was commenting...

deep adaptation, featured book, Jem Bendell

Overlapping Boundaries: Adapting Together

...That is one of the principles of Open Space: ‘prepare to be surprised’.

Collaboration, deep adaptation, Deep Adaptation Forum, events, get involved