Anneloes Smitsman, PhD·Feb 26Living Systems and the Call for Civilizational TransformationWe are entering times of catalytic tipping points. Life on planet Earth is radically shifting in ways we are not prepared for. Major actions are required to shift trajectories from collapse to regeneration and thriving. Scientists continue to warn how our world is on the brink of disastrous tipping points…Meta Crisis13 min readMeta Crisis13 min read
Anneloes Smitsman, PhD·Sep 13, 2022Leadership for Tipping Point TimesWe are entering times of catalytic tipping points — climate tipping points, biodiversity tipping points, social tipping points, and economic tipping points. The systemic conditions for our lives on planet Earth are radically shifting, and in ways we’ve barely begun to comprehend. How do we prepare for this? The journal…Leadership7 min readLeadership7 min read
Anneloes Smitsman, PhD·Aug 8, 2022The Maroon Legend of Le Morne Mountain in MauritiusThis article explores the story of an important Maroon legend that took place on Le Morne Mountain in the South-West of the main island of Mauritius. Two hundred years ago, Mauritius became known as an important “stopover” in the eastern slave trade, due to the bravery of a large group…Maroon17 min readMaroon17 min read
Anneloes Smitsman, PhD·Apr 23, 2022The Call for a New Paradigm in PoliticsMahatma Gandhi said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” How can we as citizens of this Earth become the change for a new paradigm in politics and governance? …New Paradigm15 min readNew Paradigm15 min read
Alexander Laszlo PhD·Feb 25, 2022On Peace and ConsideratenessPeace heals. The medicine so needed as a salve to soothe and assuage the horrors of war can be grown right where you are, in your very being. In an other article here on Medium, I have shared how the notion of Syntony — as a creative aligning and tuning…Peace15 min readPeace15 min read
Anneloes Smitsman, PhD·Feb 11, 2022Changing how we play the Game of Life on planet EarthRose is feeling furious. “What’s the return on investment for all the trees who have to sacrifice their lives in the name of ‘progress’ every day? Or the animals who no longer have a place to live because every acre of land is covered with concrete and high-rise buildings? I…Future Humans Trilogy18 min readFuture Humans Trilogy18 min read
Anneloes Smitsman, PhD·Sep 14, 2021The Call for Educational TransformationOn 7 September 2021, we launched the publication of the r3.0 Educational Transformation Blueprint, for which I served as the lead author, and co-authored with Bill Baue and Ralph Thurm. This ninth Blueprint in the r3.0 work ecosystem of Blueprints includes 7 Transformative Learning Perspectives for Regeneration and Thrivability. …Education15 min readEducation15 min read
Alexander Laszlo PhD·May 27, 2020Practices that Ensoul the Cosmos*Expressions of Connectedness What would it be like to flow the universe? To be so attuned to the warp and weft of the dynamics of change that your every thought, action and inaction contributed to the emergence of life affirming, future creating, opportunity increasing relationships — consciously, purposefully, intentionally, and…Consciousness7 min readConsciousness7 min read
Alexander Laszlo PhD·Apr 28, 2020No Time to RushThe coming days and months will be increasingly contentious. But we need not fall prey to the spreading divisiveness and factionalism…Coronation6 min readCoronation6 min read
Anneloes Smitsman, PhD·Sep 6, 2019Transition Plan for a Thrivable CivilizationMany people feel trapped in a world that has little to do with life. Our mainstream societies are driven by algorithms, models, and technologies designed for extractive economic growth, not evolutionary growth and planetary wellbeing. The ways we have modernised and developed our societies, although bringing short-term benefits, has also…Thrivability16 min readThrivability16 min read
