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Radical Responses to Our Sustainability Crises🌍 The book is for all of us who know that we need to change the economy in response to our worsening ecological and social crises. The authors are all Fellows of the Schumacher Institute whose purpose is to assist in developing ‘sustainable systems’. We hope that you will find this book, and related resources, of use on your own path, whatever that may be and invite you to our debates and events. This is the ‘crisis of sustainability’. We discuss the possibilities for changing the economy by using systems approaches..... Get your copy now! Delivered in time for Christmas! 🎄 https://lnkd.in/dQjMvs6W #economy #systemsthinking #booksforChristmas #giftabook #giftoflearning

Human Rights Day is observed annually around the world on 10 December. It commemorates the anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 and sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. As a “common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations”, the UDHR is a global blueprint for international, national, and local laws and policies and a bedrock of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. It is available in 577 languages, from Abkhaz to Zulu, making the UDHR the most translated document in the world. #humanrights #hrd

Free Workshop for anyone feeling overwhelmed or going through major change. 📣 This is a shout-out to anyone feeling stuck. You might have a sense of uncertainty, feel surrounded by insecurity and fear, or just generally feel unmotivated. There is a lot of it about, and it can be overwhelming. That’s why we are repeating our free online workshop for anyone who wants some help getting unstuck. 🔥 Join our FREE WORKSHOP: Beat anxiety and uncertainty and focus on the future 🔥 We’ll help you: Escape fear and uncertainty Find motivation and purpose You will learn useful techniques you can use immediately to feel more positive. Plus, you will get a free guided relaxation you can download and keep, which will reduce anxiety, bring you more clarity, and help you feel more resilient. 🎟️ Register for our free workshop on reducing anxiety and moving into the future: 🗓️ Date: December 12th, 2024, at 9 am PT, Noon Eastern, 6 pm CET, 5 pm UK Registration link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/edpYvmH3 😊🌟 Please forward this to anyone you think might find it helpful. If you have any questions or would like more information, please email mike@liminalcoaching.com #destress #overwhelmed #uncertainty #Christmaspressure

Grab the perfect Christmas gift now! 🎄🎁🎄 The collapse of modern societies has begun. That is the conclusion of two years of research by the interdisciplinary team behind Breaking Together. How did it come to this? Because monetary systems caused us to harm each other & nature to such an extent it broke the foundations of our societies. So what should we do? This book describes people allowing the full pain of our predicament to liberate them into living more courageously & creatively. They demonstrate we can be breaking together, not apart, in this era of collapse. Jem Bendell argues that reclaiming our freedoms is essential to soften the fall & regenerate the natural world. Escaping the efforts of panicking elites, we can advance an ecolibertarian agenda for both politics & practical action in a broken world. "This book is part of a healing movement that extends beyond what we normally think of as ecological" Charles Eisenstein, author, Climate: A New Story “This is a prophetic book” Satish Kumar, founder, Schumacher College A year on from the book release.... https://lnkd.in/eGw3gVvC Available to buy now.👇 https://lnkd.in/exDEzdDz #christmasgift #uniquegift #systemsthinking #naturalworld

As today is Cyber Monday, jump on your nearest gadget and watch now!📺 Last Thursday we hosted the final workshop of 2024. It was a busy interactive one that was run as a hybrid session. A special thanks to those who attended and supported the workshop.🫶 Jean Boulton built on her new book The Dao of Complexity will present a view of complexity which emphasises flow and ‘becoming’, paradox and patterns. She showed how process complexity has a strong resonance with Daoism as well as with perspectives coming from such diverse fields as social theory, brain science, and quantum gravity. She then discussed what this means for practice, focusing in particular on the global crisis of global heating, growing inequality and geopolitical conflict. Watch or rewatch now on our You tube channel.👇 https://lnkd.in/eszZF9GR

The last workshop of 2024 is going to be a good one! It will be running as a hybrid session! Register to join us in-person in Bristol or online. Our Fellow Jean Boulton will be building on her new book The Dao of Complexity will present a view of complexity which emphasises flow and ‘becoming’, paradox and patterns. She will show how process complexity has a strong resonance with Daoism as well as with perspectives coming from such diverse fields as social theory, brain science, and quantum gravity. She will then discuss what this means for practice, focusing in particular on the global crisis of global heating, growing inequality and geopolitical conflict. Email marsha@schumacherinstitute.org.uk to join us! #daoism #processes #globalcrisis #climatechange

Our Fellow Simon Lawry-White will be delivering the next workshop on Thursday 21st November at 4-5.30pm online. He will be discussing how enhancing the contribution of community energy to the energy transition in Great Britain through an ecosystems approach. This recently completed Masters by Research in Global Environmental Challenges was carried out between 2021 and 2024 at the Cabot Institute for the Environment and Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bristol. The research looks at the relationships between community energy organisations and key components of the ecosystem in which it operates. It is based on literature review and more than 40 interviews with key informants from academia, electricity distribution network operators, local authorities, intermediary organisations and other energy commentators. A model for understanding and strengthening the interactions between community energy and other actors in the energy sector is presented using the concept of a community energy ecosystem, with an initial mapping of its components and a preliminary assessment of their capacity. The research includes recommendations for advancing the role of community energy and for further research, including on how to strengthen the proposed ecosystem model to address gaps in its evidence base, and to generate new analysis that can support the advancement of the community energy sector in the UK. Email marsha@schumacherinstitute.org.uk to get the online link. #ecosystem #systemslearning #systemsthinking #thinkinginsystems #systemsresearch #communityenergy #energysector

Trevor Hilder delivered a workshop on "Stuckness"! At all levels, from the individual to the civilisational, we get “stuck” in patterns which hold us back from adapting to changing circumstances. He examined this through the lens of the Moral Modalities Framework (MMF), a five-dimensional moral philosophy developed from the insights of management cybernetics, as pioneered by Professor Stafford Beer. He introduced MMF and illustrate this “stuckness” from a historical perspective, including cases where communities have managed to escape from this trap and evolve to a new level, rather than collapsing. The goal was that MMF offered a thinking tool that we can apply to overcoming issues which are the special focus of the work of the Institute. Now available to watch on our You Tube channel. 👇 https://lnkd.in/edEygi52 #youtube #onlinelearning #stuckness

World Kindness Day is an international holiday that was formed in 1998, to promote kindness throughout the world and is observed annually on November 13 as part of the World Kindness Movement. It is observed in many countries including the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and the U.A.E. World Kindness Day presents us with the opportunity to reflect upon one of the most important and unifying human principles. On a day devoted to the positive potential of both large and small acts of kindness, try to promote and diffuse this crucial quality that brings people of every kind together. The world is full of kind people. If you can't find one, be one....🫶 #wkd #worldkindnessday #mankind #kindness #bekind

Our fellow Trevor Hilder will be delivering our next workshop tomorrow afternoon. At all levels, from the individual to the civilisational, we get “stuck” in patterns which hold us back from adapting to changing circumstances. Trevor will examine this through the lens of the Moral Modalities Framework (MMF), a five-dimensional moral philosophy developed from the insights of management cybernetics, as pioneered by Professor Stafford Beer. He will introduce MMF and illustrate this “stuckness” from a historical perspective, including cases where communities have managed to escape from this trap and evolve to a new level, rather than collapsing. He hopes that MMF offers a thinking tool that we can apply to overcoming issues which are the special focus of the work of the Institute. Zoom link below Schumacher Institute is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Why Do We Get “Stuck” and What Can We Do About it? Time: Nov 12, 2024 16:00 London Join Zoom Meeting https://lnkd.in/eRKg3QvQ Meeting ID: 837 9971 8154 Passcode: 581573 #workshop #onlinelearning #stuckness #cybernetics