As the destabilizing consequences of past and current human activity are becoming clear, we're invited to reimagine the quality of our presence on Earth and grow into the role of responsible participants in our relations to both each other and the broader web of life.
My own humble contributions to that effort generally have to do with approaches and initiatives that strive to help stimulate meaningful change in our deeply entrenched cultural models and behaviors.
I'm particularly interested in exploring and facilitating learning processes that let us engage more appropriately with the complex, systemic nature of our world. Processes that nurture the sensibilities, insights, and tools that make it possible for both individuals and collectives to wisely manage the participation in a challenging present and the journey into an uncertain future in ways that, to the extent now possible, might cultivate long-term, systemic sustainability and thriving in relation to both human and non-human life.
With an educational background consisting of both formal and informal studies into human culture, (embodied) cognitive science, semiotics, social movements, communication, complexity, and ecology, I've been professionally involved in various educational and communications-oriented projects related to not least social and ecological issues.
Many of the initiatives and people I've been affiliated with have in one way or another drawn on (living) systems-based or "regenerative" perspectives in the attempt to understand various aspects of our world, explain why we currently find ourselves in a perfect storm of converging crises, and explore what appropriate human participation in the biosphere may look like.
A recurring thread through my contributions to this work has been the attempt to make sense of complex or unfamiliar ideas, make them more accessible without actually reducing their complexity, as well as helping to connect perspectives, concepts, and people that might otherwise remain somewhat isolated from one another.
This often sees me in a supporting role in the attempt to strengthen the already valuable voices and initiatives of wildly talented and wise people, which includes capacity building of the sort that more broadly conceived helps catalyze understanding and coordination "internally" among change practitioners.
Concrete activities include, for example, design and facilitation of learning processes, development of terminology and frames, writing and editing, community management, event organization, research, and consulting.
Among current projects is an English-Danish word list that offers translation suggestions for some of the technical language encountered among "regenerative" practitioners and theorists as well as the development of an interactive map visually connecting actors in the living systems-based change milieu. I'm also engaged in a conceptual exploration of the Baltic Sea drainage basin from the bioregional perspective.
To the extent that time and resources allow it, I'd be happy to discuss the potential for collaboration on activities that in similar ways align with my values, perspectives, and skills.
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Beacons of Hope: A Walk Through Firewood Hills and Possible Futures
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Beyond the quantitative blunder: The need and opportunity for qualitative progress
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Hvilket fremskridt? Om selvterminerende succes og vejen mod systemisk bæredygtighed (del 2 af 2)
(Teksten er en tilpasset version af min artikel i magasinet Turbulens. Dette er anden del – du kan læse første del her)
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Hvilket fremskridt? Om selvterminerende succes og vejen mod systemisk bæredygtighed (del 1 af 2)
(Teksten er en tilpasset version af min artikel i magasinet Turbulens. Dette er første del – du kan læse anden del her)
Jul 01, 2020 / Read More
It’s the small things: how viral non-life may teach us a lesson in living
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A deep potential in collapse? On loss and the transformation of consciousness
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