Grounding and Depolarizing

Creatively exploring the scientific meaning of grounding with diverse ways of knowing this concept can lead to insights for mindful action and collaboration.

Two-Eyed Seeing

The Pathways to Planetary Health initiative partnered with See Change Sessions to introduce the power of applied contemplative practice to a new diverse audience at the February 2024 See Change flagship event in Vermont.

This partnership helped a community of change agents engage with contemplative practice to develop insight into inner change, embrace innovative social presencing practices, and build capacity for collaboration and compassion while addressing today’s pressing social and environmental issues.

Doughnut Economics Action Lab

Doughnut Economics: A Framework for a Regenerative and Distributive Society Kate Raworth, Leonora Grcheva, and Erinch Sahan in conversation with Jonathan F.P. Rose On Monday, June 24th, 2024, Kate Raworth, Leonora Grcheva, and Erinch Sahan of the Doughnut Economics Action Lab joined Garrison Institute co-founder Jonathan F.P. Rose for a conversation hosted by Pathways to Planetary Health on an economic framework for a…

Integrating approaches to resilience

On Friday, June 7th, 2024, Dekila Chungyalpa joined Garrison Institute co-founder Jonathan F.P. Rose for a conversation hosted by Pathways to Planetary Health on Integrating Faith-Based, Psychological, and Ecological Approaches to Resilience. Dekila brought deep insights from her work in research and advocacy related to resilience and human wellbeing. She is founder and director of the Loka Initiative and has…

What are we feeding and sustaining?

What are we feeding and sustaining? How can a specific project, partnership, or engagement feed into justice and repair? Do our actions today carry prospects for peace and tranquility in the longer-range future?

Indy Johar on The Common Good and Exploring Islands of Coherence

On Friday, March 22, 2024, Indy Johar joined Garrison Institute co-founder Jonathan F. P. Rose for a conversation hosted by the Pathways to Planetary Health initiative.  Indy is co-founder of Dark Matter Labs and of the award-winning architecture and urban practice Architecture00. He is on the advisory board for the Future Observatory and is part of the committee for the London Festival of…

Boundary Spanning

In a recent podcast episode, Stephen Posner, Director of Pathways to Planetary Health at the Garrison Institute, joined a conversation with Michael Cox, Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA, who studies and teaches about the commons – a broad concept that reflects a whole, integrated world and that refers to relationships among places, communities, resources,…

Integrating Inner & Outer Systems Change

We cannot solve complex sustainability issues using the approaches we’ve employed in the past. We need different approaches – and different mindsets – than those we’ve drawn on thus far.

These approaches and mindsets emerge from looking inward at the same time as we make outer change – from reflecting deeply on what’s here now as we grapple with complex and persistent predicaments like climate change and nature loss, social justice, trauma, and exploitative economic systems.