The decline of socialising in modern society has been a steady process, but on many measures of isolation a gap really opened up after the pandemic. The FT’s John Burn-Murdoch examines the data behind the damaging “new normal” which raises concerns about inner development and general wellbeing. 🥹 Very curious to hear your perspectives from the community on this Isolation

How can inner development become a catalyst for societal transformation? This new peer-reviewed paper by Professor Christine Wamsler and colleagues offers compelling evidence that spiritual and awareness-based practices can strengthen resilience, agency, hope, and engagement in the face of today's polycrisis. It's encouraging to see rigorous research exploring how inner transformation and systemic change can reinforce one another. A valuable contribution for anyone working in regenerative leadership, systems change, climate action, or the Inner Development Goals. 🌿 Paper

Hi community! the above title is on the home page of @Maria do Céu Bastos website and the tagline for her rural coworking and co-living space! And yes, we want to invite you to Come Grow Something With Us in Portugal, > this September (21st till 27th)! 🌞🌱< Besides helping with the farm, preparing for Saturday's European Day of Sustainable Communities event and cooking, dancing & laughing together we also want to talk about about how we can actually grow something together. And for everyone who can't join us (there are 4 available bedrooms) we will livestream the first Organizational Impact call with @Maria do Céu Bastos live from Portugal, about the topic of Regenerative Farming & Survival Skills. Here's more information on the location & venue: https://nowhere-desk.com/ Any questions? Share them in the comments! We await with curiosity who's feeling called to join us! Warmly Sarah & Nadene

Humans are not separate from nature. We are part of it. Our cultures, economies, and social structures are deeply embedded in the biosphere – the living fabric of Earth that makes human life possible. A new paper in Cell Reports Sustainability argues that treating humans and nature as separate is a serious barrier to building sustainable futures. The authors introduce three ways to understand how humans are embedded in nature: • Compositional – we are made up of and shaped by the living world around us • Relational – our actions transform nature, which in turn transforms us - ‼️ • Evolutionary – human and ecological change unfold together over time Recognising this embeddedness can help science and policy better address sustainability challenges and move beyond the old divide between humans and nature. Thank you to https://www.stockholmresilience.org/ for your important work Learn more: https://buff.ly/y83KGX3

Yesterday, a collective op-ed was published in The Guardian and Le Monde by NEEP’s Chair, Olivier De Schutter, and signatories Joseph Stiglitz, Jayati Ghosh, Thomas Piketty, Kate Raworth and Jason Hickel, as well as 400 other experts from around the world. In the face of deepening inequalities and global ecological disaster, leading experts agree that growth has failed to eradicate poverty or to promote wellbeing. They confirm that poverty is not inevitable. Rather, it is manufactured. Yet another way is possible. The Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty, co-developed by more than 400 contributors across academia, the UN system, trade unions, grassroots movements, and civil society, offers 80 concrete policy measures to transform the economy to ensure human and ecological wellbeing by design. NEEP - New Economies Eradicating Poverty A promising path to our collective future? Comments welcome 🤗 📘 Read in the Guardian: https://lnkd.in/enZ_rytB 📕 Lire dans Le Monde: https://lnkd.in/eMndBV8T