Barbara Cecil & Dahr Jamial

This LIFE-CENTERED (not human-centered) "post-doom" playlist is collapse-aware and offers emotional and spiritual nourishment to those who see what's coming and choose to honor their grief through heartful witness and investing in what is regenerative and pro-future. These diverse thought leaders remind us that, as things contract, NOW is a perfect time to (A) stand with young people in their fight for intergenerational justice, (B) prepare with family, friends, and neighbors for increasingly difficult times, (C) cultivate awareness and deep feeling for the sacredness of life, impermanence, and death, and (D) engage in non-violent direct action not because we are confident that we will be as effective as we hope, but because we want to look ourselves in the mirror (and look young people in the eye) and feel we've done our part to nudge things in a pro-future direction with as much humility, grace, love, and generosity of soul as we were capable.

RIP Homo colossus

My favorite "Post Doom Soul Nourishment" audio files, from Michael Nabert, Paul Chefurka, Jem Bendell, Catherine Ingram, Barbara Cecil and Dahr Jamail, Jonathan Franzen, Alan Weisman, Roy Scranton, Vicki Robin, James Allen, Dave Pollard, Rupert Read, Emily Johnston, Collapsosaurus Rex, and Samuel Alexander. A link to the text version of each file is in description box. All these audio files, plus two dozen other excellent ones along similar lines, can be found here: “RIP Homo colossus": https://soundcloud.com/michael-dowd-grace-limits/sets/rip-homo-colossus

Post-Doom Soul Nourishment

TEXT: https://sustainablesong.medium.com/how-ill-die-when-and-why-a75933ed1cc5

Michael Nabert - How I'll Die, When And Why

TEXT: https://expressiveegg.substack.com/p/it-really-doesnt-matter
Darren's "Expressive Egg" website: https://expressiveegg.org/

Darren Allen - It Really Doesn't Matter

TEXT: https://medium.com/@samyoureyes/the-busy-workers-handbook-to-the-apocalypse-7790666afde7
PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H4n6g-fCD7qAiSVVd4mCLCAJvZAQxv55/view

Sam Hall - The Busy Workers Handbook To The Apocalypse

The following excerpt is from a longer talk recorded at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. The topic of the evening was “Wisdom Working for Climate Change.” People of the world are unconsciously mourning the devastating impact we are having on our planet. Stephen Jenkinson answers the question “Is it too late to avoid catastrophe?” To learn more about Stephen Jenkinson and his teachings, visit orphanwisdom.com - Recorded and produced by Ian Mackenzie (ianmack.com)

2014 - Grief: Wisdom working for Climate Change by Stephen Jenkinson

TEXT: http://thegreatstory.org/overshoot-overview.pdf
A fabulous overview of William R. Catton, Jr's famous book, Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change

Overshoot - overview / summary by Peter Montague

TEXT: https://truthout.org/articles/climate-collapse-is-on-the-horizon-we-must-act-anyway/
This series by Dahr Jamail and Barbara Cecil is the best of the best re being in heartful action in the face of radical acceptance of overshoot and impending collapse on multiple fronts. I consider these essays to be the heart and soul of, what I'm calling, "The Human Redemption Project" -- i.e., how we can participate in the "redemption" of our species within the body of Life, whether we have 5 years, 500 years, or 5 million years left before we go extinct and pass the baton onto another of God's beloved species.

Jamail, Cecil (2) Rethinking Activism In The Face Of Catastrophic Biological Collapse

TEXT: https://truthout.org/articles/as-the-climate-collapses-we-ask-how-then-shall-we-live/
This series by Dahr Jamail and Barbara Cecil is the best of the best re being in heartful action in the face of radical acceptance of overshoot and impending collapse on multiple fronts. I consider these essays to be the heart and soul of, what I'm calling, "The Human Redemption Project" -- i.e., how we can participate in the "redemption" of our species within the body of Life, whether we have 5 years, 500 years, or 5 million years left before we go extinct and pass the baton onto another of God's beloved species.

Jamail, Cecil (1) As The Climate Collapses, We Ask - How Then Shall We Live?

TEXT: https://www.lifeworth.com/deepadaptation.pdf ALSO SEE: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-03-17/deep-adaptation-post-sustainability-and-the-possibility-of-societal-collapse/ AS WELL AS: http://www.scientistswarning.org/deep-adaptation-a-map-for-navigating-climate-tragedy/
My recording of Jem Bendell's "must read" or "must listen to" paper, DEEP ADAPTATION: A MAP FOR NAVIGATING CLIMATE TRAGEDY.

Deep Adaptation, Jem Bendell (Dowd narration) - A Map For Navigating Climate Tragedy

TEXT: http://www.approachingthelimits.com/LadderOfAwareness.html
Here I have narrated my favorite posts from Paul Chefurka's site Approaching the Limits. (The first few I mispronounced his last name. :-)

Paul Chefurka - Climbing The Ladder Of Awareness

TEXT: http://web.archive.org/web/20210306102016/http://collapsosaurus-rex.com/collapse-and-the-stages-of-grief/
ALSO SEE: http://web.archive.org/web/20210306102507/http://collapsosaurus-rex.com/
A real gem ... one of Connie's and my favorites.

Collapsosaurus Rex - Collapse and Stages of Grief

TEXT: https://truthout.org/articles/standing-in-the-fire-with-young-climate-activists/
This EXCELLENT essay is the third installment in a "must read or listen to" series by Barbara Cecil and Dahr Jamail. See here for text versions of all three (and where you can find the next ones, too, posted once a month): https://truthout.org/authors/barbara-cecil/
This "RIP Homo colossus" playlist includes my audio recording of each of them, plus other essays from other writers along similar heart-centered lines: https://soundcloud.com/michael-dowd-grace-limits/sets/rip-homo-colossus

Cecil, Jamail (3) Standing In The Fire With Young Climate Activists

Here's Catherine Ingram's narration of her own 'must read' essay. It's excellent!
TEXT: www.CatherineIngram.com/facingextinction
ALSO HERE: www.FacingExtinction.com.au This is a superbly written, big hearted essay regarding accepting inevitable contraction and collapse (and possible extinction) and still having a great life, healthy relationships, peace of mind, and motivation to lovingly act on behalf of life.

Facing Extinction - narrated by Catherine Ingram

TEXT: https://truthout.org/articles/climate-crisis-forces-us-to-ask-to-what-do-we-devote-ourselves/
This is the fourth in a Truthout series with Barbaba Cecil.

Jamail, Cecil(4) Climate Crisis Forces Us To Ask - To What Do We Devote Ourselves?

TEXT: https://truthout.org/articles/what-would-it-mean-to-deeply-accept-that-were-in-planetary-crisis/

Jamail, Cecil (5) What Would It Mean To Deeply Accept That We’re In Planetary Crisis?

TEXT: https://truthout.org/articles/in-the-face-of-climate-collapse-we-need-the-wisdom-of-elders/

Barbara Cecil (6) In the Face of Climate Collapse We Need The Wisdom Of Elders

MAHB - Megan Seibert - Planet Of The Humans Review - Shining A Light On The Energy Black Box

Michael Dowd died October 2023. This soundcloud list is a substantial part of his legacy. Here he shares, via his voice, the major books, blogs, and other texts that instructed his own worldview shift into recognizing the multiple causes of the civilizational collapse underway and wisdom for moving into a postdoom perspective of clarity, calm, and compassionate love-in-action. As a Postdoom pastor, Michael aimed to support others in deeply adapting to abrupt climate change and societal and ecological breakdowns. Websites: https://www.postdoom.com and http://thegreatstory.org