Tell the New Story

Using media and myth for shared purpose and unified action

Hi People,

We are in the second week of Building Our Regenerative Future, our month-long webinar. With over 220 participants so far, we are building a vibrant interactive community exploring the crucial issues of our time. So far, highlights include Tom Newmark, legendary entrepreneur and director of The Carbon Undergound, explaining how it is still possible to stop and even reverse climate change through a global shift to regenerative agriculture. James Ehrlich, founder of RegenVillages, showed how we can construct new human settlements that are fully self-sufficient and regenerative, using machine learning. Sarah Wu, co-founder of EnvisionFest, took us on a journey through adaptogenic herbs and their health benefits.

There is still time to join the course. The first three sessions are archived and available for viewing. In our Slack community, we are exploring all of the topics raised in our dialogues — and more. We may also add an extra session or two, depending on community interest. Use the coupon WEGENERATE for a 20% discount.

Today, at 12:30 pm EST / 5:30 pm BST / 6:30 pm CET / 9:30 am PST, we have our Session on Culture. See below for a roster of participants.

Hope to see you there!

CULTURE

Please join us tomorrow, Thursday, July 8, at 12:30 pm EDT / 5:30 pm BST / 6:30 pm CET / 9:30 am PST for the next session of Building Our Regenerative Future. 

As a storyteller for our human tribe, can you guide the people toward shared purpose and unified action?

As traditional institutions lose their authority, we are engaged in a process of collective “sense-making.” But it often feels that we lack the tools for this. As a result, some people retreat into conspiracy theories. Such theories provide the comfort of a dualistic, good-versus-evil vision of the world, while avoiding overwhelming complexity and uncertainty. 

We show how the new, coherent “story of the people” is emerging now. As we define a new, shared understanding of our world, we construct a solid framework for purposeful, collective action. 

GUEST SPEAKERS

Bruce Parry is an English documentarian, indigenous rights advocate, author, explorer. His documentary series for the BBC entitled Tribe, Amazon, and Arctic have shown Bruce exploring extreme environments, living with remote indigenous peoples and highlighting many of the important issues being faced on the environmental frontline. He directed the documentary Tawai. In 2018 he moved from Ibiza to a remote cottage in Wales to start a smallholding and egalitarian community.

From the heady dancefloors of Mint Club and Panorama Bar to the electric atmospheres at events such as Awakenings and Drumcode Festival, and hotspots around her adopted home of Ibiza, including Paradise @ DC10, Cocoon, Resistance @ Privilege and Cosmic Pineapple, Ida Engberg has an imitable ability to inspire and captivate. 

Reverend Billy Talen is a long-time activist and New Yorker.  With Savitri D he founded the Church of Stop Shopping.  They created a not-Christian theology that finds spirit in justice and in the natural world.  The Stop Shopping Choir is 40 musicians who sing while trespassing Chase banks and Monsanto labs. They go indoors to perform at Joe's Pub at the Public.  Reverend Billy Radio is the podcast/radio show that features the work of the 'church'.  Earthalujah!

Schuyler Brown is a futurist, coach, and facilitator whose work infuses contemporary business practices with mystical and feminine wisdom. She has worked with leading global brands and organizations such as Facebook, Microsoft, Four Seasons, Sony Pictures, Knight Foundation and PeoplesAction.org on innovation, communications, and organizational transformation.  

Quanita Roberson is a spiritual teacher, speaker, author, life coach, storyteller and facilitator dedicated to addressing embedded trauma. Her work over the past 20 years has been focused in the areas of healing, initiation, grief, leadership, diversity, and inclusion. Recent projects include The Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing, & Transformation Program and People’s Action’s Heartland Initiative: A Listening Tour of Rural and Small Town America. 

As the visionary author of the eco-feminist novel, Gaia Codex, Sarah Drew catalyzes powerful blueprints for the future deeply rooted in the gnosis of the past. Sarah has been a featured speaker at the graduate level and at organizations such as Google, ABC Deepak Homebase, and Bioneers. She is a popular teacher and mentor for women worldwide on topics such as feminine wisdom, evolutionary culture and regenerative technologies.