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For those whose heart burns to see a new world emerge.

Despite our wealth and technologies, we are struggling at both a personal and collective levels. Personally, we are are not truly happy, satisfied and at peace; collectively we are failing to act powerfully on issues ranging from climate change to health. We believe the roots of both of these lie in our culture – which is grounded in materialism, technology and individualism – and thus a breakthrough requires a transformation in culture: the views, values, beliefs, practices that underlie our collective way of being.

02/10/2026

"We are black belt aunties. We are ninjas in terms of being able to see through bu****it that doesn't stack up anymore."
— Sarah Wilson

In this episode, Sarah explains why Gen X women - who've lived through innumerable tech developments, have had to beat men at their own game, and have lived through menopause - are the ones who can actually face this crisis and guide us through it.

🎧 Full episode on Over the Mountains. Link in bio.

30/09/2026

"I put it through all different kinds of lenses — philosophical, spiritual, scientific — to resolve the cognitive dissonance. So that instead of living with false hope, we face the truth as adults."
— Sarah Wilson

In this episode, Rufus invites Sarah to explain what it actually means to hold someone's hand through civilisational collapse — and why the truth, however heavy, turns out to be more liveable than the alternative.

🎧 Full episode on YouTube. Link in bio.

28/09/2026

"We were trying to keep a system that caused all this damage in the first place going. And this system isn't only showing all the signs of collapsing — it needs to collapse."
— Sarah Wilson

In this episode, Rufus and Sarah discuss the particular burnout that comes from climate activism built on false hope, and Sarah recounts the strange relief of finally saying what's actually true.

🎧 Full episode on YouTube this Wednesday. Link in bio.

15/09/2026

In this episode, Amanda interviews Sylvie about what it actually takes to build a creative collective that can go somewhere real together.

After two years of showing up, of care and trust-building, it is then possible to descend into the difficult places together without losing each other.

🎧 Full episode on Over the Mountains. Link in bio.

14/09/2026

Don't miss your chance to join!

Sign up now for the free introductory webinar with Valérie Duvauchelle tomorrow 15th of September, to learn about the Praxis Ecology Course and how to design a daily frame for secular conscious communities, inspired by the ancient interweaving practices of Zen temples.

Tuesday September 15th at 5pm Central European Time

Register for the free 1-hour discussion here: https://luma.com/praxis-ecology-webinar-2026

12/09/2026

Helplessness has been produced by industrial and post-industrial society.

Dougald Hine marked 100 years since Ivan Illich's birth by joining us for a discussion about his social theories, which continue to be ever more relevant as time goes on.

Watch the hour-long conversation on our YouTube channel (link in bio).

10/09/2026

Join the Free Webinar on Tuesday 15th to find out more about the Praxis Ecology Design Course.

You're invited to connect with other conscious community builders and dreamers to move towards an integrative form of community building, both spiritual and pragmatic, engaged and silly, but in a structure that can hold it.

Tuesday September 15th at 5pm GMT+2
Free Introductory Webinar led by Valérie Duvauchelle

Sign up now:
https://luma.com/praxis-ecology-webinar-2026

(We also offer pay-what-you-can pricing options, just reach out to us)

09/09/2026

You can only go as deep into the shadow as you do into love and joy.

In this episode, the tables are turned and Sylvie is interviewed by her good friend Amanda Zamparo — and what comes out is something rarely made explicit: the relational foundations beneath everything Life Itself and the Art of the Second Renaissance collective are building. Why trust has to come before truth-telling. Why joy is not a luxury but a prerequisite. And what two years of showing up for each other actually makes possible.

🎧 Full episode on Over the Mountains. Link in bio.

03/09/2026

It's illegal for us to care for the sick, to build our own homes.

A century after Ivan Illich's birth, his ideas are just as relevant and radical.

Dougald Hine explains the core of Illich's philosophy, in light of where we are today, in this special conversation marking Illich's centenary.

Listen to the full discussion on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/BhVXLFa0Mj0

Check out Dougald's map of Illich centenary celebrations here to find your people or start your own gathering (4-6 Sep):
https://aschoolcalledhome.org/illich-at-100/

25/08/2026

What myths lie beneath a name?

In Organs of Origin, Jote Lamar invites us to look beyond the language of function and biology to see our most intimate anatomy as a living threshold between body, ancestry, Earth, and becoming.

This is a story about remembrance. About the quiet power of finding words that return us to ourselves and to the myths that have always been swimming beneath the surface.

Read Organs of Origin in the latest edition of Second Renaissance Magazine: MYTHOS (link in bio).

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