On behalf of the Resilience Funders Network, Impact Trust, and Omega, you are invited to join us again on May 1st to continue to explore the pathways towards a more ecological civilisation and humanising society. In this conversation with Bill Rees, we will explore more deeply the biological and evolutionary challenges that may obstruct our capacity to find transformative and active approaches to reimagining how we live and operate in the world. This conversation is not antithetical to the strategic hope of these Spring conversations. It does seek to explore a significant question that is raised by those reflecting on what the ‘counter force’ driving momentum towards societal collapse may be. In the face of the possibility of this, how might we implement mechanisms for the cognitive awakening required at the individual and societal (civilisational) level? From the perspective of evolutionary biology, Bill reflects on the ‘how’ question that asks, how do we inspire and ignite a shift away from the dominant social paradigm to a new ecological paradigm, at scale. What are the barriers to achieving this and enabling real and meaningful social change?
