Overshoot

Jen Bendell

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

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://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://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

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

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

Overshoot Catton 1

Catton Overshoot 1

“From the bottom will the genius come that makes our ability to live with each other possible. I believe that with all my heart.” These are the words of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dominican-American writer Junot Díaz. His hope is fiercely reality-based, a product of centuries lodged in his body of African-Caribbean suffering, survival, and genius.

On Being with Krista Tippett 

Junot Díaz — Radical Hope Is Our Best Weapon

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

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://jembendell.com/2019/07/07/a-year-of-deep-adaptation/
Read (or listen to) this first! Then read or listen to the others in this playlist. They are all excellent...indeed, potentially life-changing!

Jem Bendell - A Year Of Deep Adaptation

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

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

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

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