Just coming out of this session on navigating AI, Social Fracture, and Polarization it was SO dense and we were deep into reclaiming our capacity to sense, know, and act amid forces designed to fragment our attention and polarize our communities. This session brought together ethical AI innovators with Tristan Harris, Nepun Mehta, experts in embodiment Manis Srivastava and collective sense-making, and practitioners navigating the economies of attention. Hosted by Otto Scharmer and Antoinette Klatzky and social artist Kelvy Bird. I'll need some time to share my notes! Please, I invite any of you who attended to add your own takeaways from any of the speakers that would be fabulous for us all to read. In the meantime, here is the graphic recording that Kelvy put together. I'm still listening to this phrase from Nepun: Love is deep data, with it we trust that inner coherence will lead to social coherence.💖

I’ve been an avid reader of Le Courrier International for a long time as it takes news from global sources and publishes them in French. This morning reading about global politics I discover UNHEARD and am quite surprised and pleased with their work. Please share your recommendations on news worthy sources as we need to read and hear unbiased (if that still exists) coverage. Thank you 🙏

Hi all I just wanted to share this event that @Nadene Canning mentioned to me and that I'm attending right now. I'm listening to the replay of "Befriending Our Nervous Systems – The Biological Baseline of Peacebuilding" with Deb Dana and find it very relevant to our current situation. And I will also for sure listen to the talk 'From Apartheid to Collective Healing' and a few others. Here's the link if you'd like to check it out: https://worldwomensummit.net/ P.S. the replays are free for 48 hours, so you can still watch today's and yesterday's sessions

On March 24th the Global Tapestry of Alternatives (GTA) launched The Dictionary of Radical Alternatives — a living, collaborative platform created to expand the vocabularies we use to name, defend, and practice other ways of being in the midst of a civilizational crisis. Beyond ecological and economic breakdown, this is also a crisis of meaning and imagination: the persistent claim that there is “no alternative.” I attended a fascinating discussion of the global "weavers" discussing the dictionary that brings together activities and initiatives, concepts, worldviews, or action proposals by collectives, groups, organizations, communities, or social movements challenging and replacing the dominant system that perpetuates inequality, exploitation, and unsustainabiity. The GTA's focus is primarily on what they call “radical or transformative alternatives”, which they define as initiatives that are attempting to break with the dominant system and take paths towards direct and radical forms of political and economic democracy, localised self-reliance, social justice and equity, cultural and knowledge diversity, and ecological resilience. The dictionary aims to: - Foster intercultural knowledge of radical alternatives, including post-developmental and decolonial processes. - Inspire activists, academics, and young people to explore and implement alternative practices. - Provide accessible, collaborative content with contributions from the Global South and other regions. - Serve as a living resource where concepts can be shared, compared, and put into dialogue.

Being a part of the Presencing Institute community since it's very beginning, and have used TheoryU in the design of many gatherings that I have hosted and facilitated. I joined the first of five global gatherings yesterday. They hosted a 90-minute session with over 700 participants weaving together stories, music, breakout conversations, and collective reflection to explore the living connections between regenerative agriculture, human health, and new economic possibilities. I'm sharing a few of the images and phrases that stuck with me: Planting new seeds for new ways From extraction to regeneration Agriculture is culture Native bees are almost extinct Fall in love with the problem Both special guests were touched by a calling and curiosity to do something different with their lives. Despite their fear they allowed themselves to feel into it, to take risks because they had a strong belief in the importance of their ideas, and the impact they could have on people and the planet. They decided to experiment with what they were curious about and each took small steps with purpose, being brave enough to take the next step without having the answers. Christa was activated by soil, farming and community. Zuzanna by creating caring farmer communities. Christa went on to say that she surrendered to the process. Special Guests: Christa Barfield, Zuzanna Zielińska