Post-doom Collection of Michael Dowd's Narrations

Jem Bendell

Michael Dowd's recording of Jem Bendell's much discussed and vitally important paper, Deep Adaptation, and other important essays and posts written by Professor Bendell since the summer of 2018.

Jem Bendell - Deep Adaptation

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

Techno-insanity and clueless eco-modernism

TEXT:http://wildancestors.blogspot.com/2021/05/life-after-fossil-fuels.html

Life After Fossil Fuels, Alice Friedemann - Review by Richard Adrian Reese

TEXT: https://jembendell.com/2021/05/13/after-angry-acceptance-fifteen-unhelpful-responses-to-anticipating-collapse/

Jem Bendell - After Angry Acceptance - Fifteen Unhelpful Responses To Anticipating Collapse

Introduction to Deep Adaptation book - Jem Bendell and Rupert Read

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

Apr-May 2023 GQ (UK) article on Jem Bendell, "The doom seer of climate chaos"
TEXT: (1) https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jem-bendell-deep-adaptation-climate-change-interview-2023 
(2) https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-04-18/i-was-wrong-to-conclude-collapse-is-inevitable/ 
(3)https://www.facebook.com/jem.bendell/posts/pfbid02chYDvK6LS7hHJkLXG6tXbKMPYdWKxyTShzCptCcXMLcMGjf1zZvEB7MaeRHDa5tql?comment_id=160424359985846&notif_id=1681600882951054&notif_t=comment_mention&ref=notif

Jem Bendell - The Doom Seer Of Climate Chaos - GQ April - May 2023

Introduction - recognising and responding to collapse, in "Breaking Together" by Jem Bendell (published May 9th 2023).

In this Introduction Professor Bendell outlines the full argument of the book. The chapter is narrated by Matthew Slater. 

Full audio book:
https://www.audible.com/pd/B0C8PHMP35/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-354993&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_354993_rh_us

To read more about the book:
https://jembendell.com/2023/04/08/breaking-together-a-freedom-loving-response-to-collapse/

Good Works (GW) believes that critical thought and open debate are some of the most important contributions to ensuring we are able to create a fairer, balanced and harmonious world for all living creatures. The views expressed in this book are those of the author and do not represent the views of Good Works or The Schumacher Institute.

Breaking Together

Introduction

Introduction to Breaking Together by Jem Bendell

Food Collapse is Chapter 6 in "Breaking Together" by Jem Bendell (published May 9th 2023 by Good Works).

To read more about the book:
https://jembendell.com/2023/04/08/breaking-together-a-freedom-loving-response-to-collapse/

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To download a copy of this chapter:
https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/6927/

Good Works (GW) believes that critical thought and open debate are some of the most important contributions to ensuring we are able to create a fairer, balanced and harmonious world for all living creatures. The views expressed in this book are those of the author and do not represent the views of Good Works or The Schumacher Institute.

Food collapse - Chapter 6 of Breaking Together

"Breaking Together" by Jem Bendell is published May 9th 2023. In Chapter 1 "Economic Collapse - a time of limits and contradictions" Professor Bendell provides a summary of the economic data and theory that supports the view that the collapse of industrial consumer societies has already begun. The chapter is narrated by Matthew Slater. To read more about the book:
https://jembendell.com/2023/04/08/breaking-together-a-freedom-loving-response-to-collapse/

Economic Collapse - Ch 1 of Breaking Together, by Jem Bendell

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

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://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://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

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://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/08/15/climate-change-burning-down-house/

A really excellent review of David Wallace-Well's book, "The Uninhabitable Earth" and Bill McKibben's book, "Falter".

Alan Weisman - Burning Down The House - review of Wallace-Wells and McKibben

Published in The New York Times Sunday Review on November 15, 2019
TEXT: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/15/sunday-review/depression-climate-change.html

Cara Buckley-NYTimes - Apocalypse Got You Down? Maybe This Will Help

Techno-Fix Overview

BBC - Are We On The Road To Civilizational Collapse

TEXT: https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/04/06/The-Earth-Is-Telling-Us-We-Must-Rethink-Our-Growth-Society/

Bill Rees - The Earth Is Telling Us We Must Rethink Our Growth Society

TEXT: https://dgrnewsservice.org/civilization/ecocide/planet-of-the-humans-why-technology-wont-save-us/

DGR - Elisabeth Robson - Planet Of The Humans - Why Technology Won’t Save Us

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

TEXT: https://voiceofaction.org/collapse-of-civilisation-is-the-most-likely-outcome-top-climate-scientists/
ALSO: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-06-08/collapse-of-civilisation-is-the-most-likely-outcome-top-climate-scientists/

Collapse Of Civilisation Is The Most Likely Outcome

TEXT: http://www.lifeworth.com/deepadaptation.pdf

Jem Bendell - Deep Adaptation 2020 - A Map For Navigating Climate Tragedy

TEXT: "Business-as-usual porn - or we need to talk about collapse"
https://smallfarmfuture.org.uk/2020/07/business-as-usual-porn-or-we-need-to-talk-about-collapse/
TEXT: "Collapse - a helpful guide for the perplexed"
https://smallfarmfuture.org.uk/2020/07/collapse-a-helpful-guide-for-the-perplexed/

Chris Smaje - Let's Talk About Collapse (two Posts)

AUTHORS: Pablo Servigne, Raphaël Stevens, Gauthier Chapelle, Daniel Rodary / TEXT: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/deep-adaptation-opens-necessary-conversation-about-breakdown-civilisation/

Deep Adaptation Opens Up A Necessary Conversation About The Breakdown Of Civilisation

TEXT: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/criticise-deep-adaptation-start-here/

Jem Bendell - To Criticise Deep Adaptation, Start Here

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