{"id":27412,"date":"2023-07-17T02:33:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T09:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=27412"},"modified":"2023-07-17T02:33:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T09:33:16","slug":"book-breaking-together-a-freedom-loving-response-to-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/17\/book-breaking-together-a-freedom-loving-response-to-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: \u201cBREAKING TOGETHER: A FREEDOM-LOVING RESPONSE TO COLLAPSE\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Breaking Together: A freedom-loving response to collapse<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Jem Bendell<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a prophetic book\u201d Satish Kumar, founder, Schumacher College The collapse of modern societies has begun. That is the conclusion of two years of research by the interdisciplinary team behind Breaking Together . How did it come to this? Because monetary systems caused us to harm each other & nature to such an extent it broke the foundations of our societies. So what should we do? This book describes people allowing the full pain of our predicament to liberate them into living more courageously & creatively. They demonstrate we can be breaking together, not apart, in this era of collapse. Jem Bendell argues that reclaiming our freedoms is essential to soften the fall & regenerate the natural world. Escaping the efforts of panicking elites, we can advance an ecolibertarian agenda for both politics & practical action in a broken world.

\u201cThis book is part of a healing movement that extends beyond what we normally think of as ecological\u201d Charles Eisenstein, author, A New Story

\u201d This book shows that instead of imposing elitist schemes and scams, regenerating nature and culture together is the only way forward \u201d Dr Stella Nyambura Mbau, Loabowa Kenya

\u201d A signpost for people made politically homeless by the craziness of the last few years\u201d Aaron Vandiver, author, Under a Poacher\u2019s Moon

\u201cThe mother of all \u2018mic drops\u2019 on the myth of sustainable development\u201d Katie Carr, Deep Adaptation Forum

\u201d A new compass for navigating collapse \u201d Pablo Servigne & Raphael Stevens, authors, Another End of the World is Possible

\u201cIf you want to save some of the world but hate being told what to do, this book is for you.\u201d Clare Farrell, co-founder, Extinction Rebellion

Contents
Introduction
1 Economic collapse
2 Monetary collapse
3 Energy collapse
4 Biosphere collapse
5 Climate collapse
6 Food collapse
7 Societal collapse
8 Freedom to know
9 Freedom from progress
10 Freedom from banking
11 Freedom in nature
12 Freedom to collapse & grow
13 Freedom from fake green globalists
Conclusion

\u201cBreaking Together constructs a comprehensive, compelling yet nuanced argument that societal collapse is well underway. Professor Bendell skillfully and seamlessly integrates personal reflection and hard data from virtually every domain to provide a unique vision of catagenesis \u2013 the creative renewal of post collapse society. He advocates for an ecolibertarian rather than the ecoauthoritarian world that is beginning to emerge. While It\u2019s often a clich\u00e9 if the reader has but one book to choose to read this year, it should be Breaking Together. That said, please center yourself as you engage with this brilliant, heartfelt, disturbing and often heartbreaking story of the possible futures that will touch everyone of the 8 billion of us.\u201d Herb Simmens, author, A Climate Vocabulary of the Future

\u201cOur societies are breaking because of damage to the living systems of our planet. It\u2019s time to face this reality and this book helps us do just that. As further collapse unfolds we need a practical alternative to global panic. Jem Bendell has got one \u2013 restoring community self-reliance as a global effort.\u201d Pooran Desai OBE, CEO, OnePlanet

\u201cBreaking Together provides an impressive and sobering analysis of what is happening in societies and the biosphere, why \u2018we\u2019 (in modern cultures) didn\u2019t know sooner, and what realistic choices remain, both individually and collectively. Jem and his team didn\u2019t just stare into the abyss \u2013 they spent two years mapping it for us. This book provides essential wisdom on the necessity of staying engaged politically and socially, whilst attending to the toxic psycho-social patterns that need healing if we are to retain dignity and justice in the coming years.\u201d Katie Carr, Deep Adaptation Forum

Epub from 17\/6\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Goodreads.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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