Breaking Together: A freedom-loving response to collapse

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as the research [for Breaking Together] progressed, I discovered the data was indicating things were far worse than I had previously assessed. Indeed, they were already far worse in the years before 2018 than I had known. I had been wrong to conclude that societal collapse is inevitable, because it had already begun when I was reaching that conclusion. Dan: Please list the top ten prosocial actions where community organizers can seek to active social justice outcomes. Participatory Decision-Making: Community-level initiatives that encourage participatory approaches to decision-making can empower local residents.

Alternative Economies: Encouraging local currencies, barter systems, or time banks, which can foster local resilience and equitable exchange. a b c Ahmed, Nahfeez (22 November 2019). "The Collapse of Civilization May have Already Begun". VICE . Retrieved 8 October 2021.

Bendell believes Western activists should shift their focus to efforts like this microfinancing project in West Timor, allowing villager Yumina to start a business selling vegetables. Opportunity International/AAP

Mindfulness can be cultivated through practices like meditation, reflective journaling, and conscious dialogue with others. The final piece of the puzzle is inner transformation. In Breaking Together, Bendell offers some brief suggestions of spiritual and wellness practices that have been useful for him: meditation; mindfulness; “deep relating” (or, focused conversations); “hikes in nature […] fasting […] ecstatic dance”. Learning a musical instrument, getting into improvisational theatre. Dan: I am most interested in number 5 as the most hands-on application. Implementation, rather than theory. External adaptations rather than internal or psychological process. This approach is for people and businesses who trust each other and want to share some risk and reward. By forming groups, large or small, they are able to start doing finance on a small scale within the group. This contrasts starkly with the global every-person-for-himself marketplace, and can also provide some protection from it. Within those groups, and later between them, financial mechanisms can be gradually introduced:Finally a Western environmentalist calls BS on their profession, and sees solidarity with the anti-imperialists and defenders of communities in the Majority World to be central to responding as one humanity in this era of collapse. This book shows that instead of imposing elitist schemes and scams, regenerating nature and culture together is the only way forward. Let’s get on with it.” Dr Stella Nyambura Mbau, Loabowa Kenya