Struggle to build a functional group of lovable oafs, beautiful humans, & specific geniuses that actually gets things done? Join Thrivable Society in gathering practical wisdom into our jellyfish nets & explore complicated shenanigans of group dynamics thrivablesociety.org/landing/plans/…

For Group Dynamics, Brandon Dube will share some lessons from Agile, working in Cooperatives, and Holocracy/Sociocracy tricks for putting squeaky wheels to work in your favor. Oct 15-16 noon-3pm EST thrivablesociety.org/landing/plans/…

Does your swiss army knife come with a fire extinguisher? Ours does, and his name is Benjamin Ellis - learn how to use applied psychology and data science to harness your community’s firepower on Oct 15&16th at our Group Dynamics Salon. thrivablesociety.org/landing/plans/…

At our Group Dynamics Salon, you’ll meet Kaliya who has facilitated over 400 unconferences. Facilitate comes from facile: to make easy. Learn to harness, easily, the crazy of non-hierarchical groups with us 10/15-16 from noon to 3pm. thrivablesociety.org/landing/plans/…

For Group Dynamics, Leilani Henry Be & Live will share her years of experience sensing into leadership in in less hierarchical groups. She has a license in educational kinesiology - so expect a dash of movement to keep you engaged. thrivablesociety.org/landing/plans/… Scholarships available

" I can't claim to know where intuition comes from, but I know that if you are embodied, it's a lot faster, and it's a lot clearer." Be & Live on how important it is to be "self sovereign," especially within groups (while presenting at Thrivable Society Group Dynamics salon).

As I prep for the first pilot parts program call, I'm contemplating the way our parts manifest in the outside world. If we haven't done the inner work of purposefully aligning our parts, we risk undermining ourselves by replicating the patterns we want to change.

The term 'degrowth' is uninspiring because it uses a negative definition not a positive one. It is very hard to be inspired by a negative. Imagine if we framed weekends as 'not-working time'. Also: growth is not bad. Unchecked exponential growth is. See: growing a limb vs cancer.

Thanks for this very phenomenal celebration. In another universe of space-time, I make cheesecake for a living. :) Jean M Russell Melissa Fierce 🫒🐑 Eric Harris-Braun - and for the photo proof and extra thanks to Not Here Anymore - Deanna Zandt

The lack of critical thinking is reaching new highs in some corners, including from really intelligent people. Is it the pressure for homophily? The assumption of it? When you see it in developers, one wonders if their code works with that much resistance to rigor/logic.

Listen to me lash into COP27 and the cowardice of modern diplomacy… with the history of the UN as a guide“Without Accords, Goals to Curb Global Warming are Toothless – DC Journal” ⁦@Amy_WB⁩ ⁦@nils_gilman⁩ ⁦@FredrikAlbritt1⁩ dcjournal.com/without-accord…

Ever thought about ditching human life and living like a slime mold? Love madlibs and ASMR page-flipping? Check out the Thrivable Society Journal for clever fun, serious inquiry, and inspiration from Jean M Russell, Not Here Anymore - Deanna Zandt, Katie Teague, and me. 📚💡 thrivable.net/3d-flip-book/t…

Just a friendly reminder that replanting your own seeds and seed swapping is an act of agroecological resistance to the corporate machines that want to own all of the genetic strains and make you dependent

Excited to be launching this. Includes interviews with fellows Not Here Anymore - Deanna Zandt and Katie Teague. thrivable.net/library/

"What the internet needs is my face talking about AI and being obnoxious" and all of us being deeply human. instagram.com/p/Co4bUTxsj3P/ If you like that, then you might like this event we are hosting thrivable.net/events-2/ Join TS on March14th at 1pm ET; RSVP at link by March 11th

"Governance for system change may not look much like traditional governance at all" By Rob Ricigliano networkweaver.com/governance-for… #Networks #NetworkWeaver #Governance #SystemsChange

Of course we love this: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/… #moralbeauty #joy #thrivability from Rebecca Solnit

Currencies as Cybernetic Objects: A Conversation co-led with Howard Silverman and featuring Nicole Lazzaro 🦋bsky @nicolelazzaro 🦋 Eric Harris-Braun and Sid. #openaccess article with The Cybernetics Society doi.org/10.58695/ec.2

Wow, people write this level of crap and other people seemingly believe it, even though there isn't a solid argument to be found in it and it deeply misunderstands the tragedy. forbes.com/sites/georgebr…

Spring Issue drops first day of Summer (North Hemi). Happy Solstice. Hot off the presses, new and improved with sacred advertising from your favorite tricksters! thrivable.net/journal/thriva…