Resurgence Talk: Jeremy Lent – ‘An Ecological Civilisation: its Principles and Possibilities’

Authoritarianism is on the rise, inequality is pulling societies apart, and the natural systems we depend on are breaking down. These are the results of a civilisation based on exploitation, extraction and separation. What would it take to replace it with a society that set the conditions for all beings to thrive on a regenerated Earth – an ecological civilisation?

In this talk with Q&A, Jeremy Lent will explore the concept of an ecocivilisation: why we need it, its underlying principles, and a glimpse of what it might look like in practice. An ecocivilisation envisages a potential future of human flourishing, which would require a transformation of our current world system, leading to a society based on different values, goals and collective behaviour.

Based on themes from his recently published book Ecocivilization: Making a World that Works for All, Jeremy will show how it’s possible to envisage a coherent system-wide framework that could allow all beings to flourish on a healthy, vibrant planet.

Jeremy Lent is an author and speaker whose work investigates the underlying causes of our civilisation’s existential crisis, and explores pathways towards a life-affirming future.

His previous books are The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning and The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe. He is the founder of the Deep Transformation Network, a global community exploring pathways towards a life-affirming future on a regenerated Earth.

He has written extensively about the vision and specifics of an ecological civilisation, is co-founder and executive director of the Ecocivilization Coalition, and is president of its parent, the Institute for Ecological Civilization.

This will be a Zoom webinar with Q&A. Please send your questions for Jeremy to events@resurgence.org

Jeremy’s talk will be recorded, and a link to the video will be sent to all ticket holders a few days after the event.

This event is free. Any donations received will raise money for The Resurgence Trust, an educational charity (no. 1120414) that seeks to connect people to Nature, to each other and to themselves. It is thanks to the generosity of supporters of the Trust that we are able to offer free events.

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