December - 2016

Radical openness and contextualisation

Annecke, E. Chapter 2 in The Necessary Transition: The journey towards the Sustainable Enterprise Economy, edited by Malcolm McIntosh, 2013 Radical openness and contextualisation: reflections on a decade of learning for sustainability at the Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch, South Africa “Not only do we inhabit the universe, but the universe inhabits us. There are no parts, as such: everything contains the whole, just as the whole contains its teeming diversity and this

BLOG AND ESSAYS

The unanswerables

Sacred Activism

‘Times are urgent. Let’s slow down’.

Curate?

Being home

Coming home

EVER-INSPIRING:

STUDENTS WRITING

Many students have co-created our learning spaces over many years, and their writing is an incredible gift. Here is some - raw, unplugged, ravenous for a world that is different. The students that choose the strands of leading transitions, ecological ethics and facilitating are a special breed. They come with their eyes wide open. Most carry a yearning for that which is beautiful, good and true - and are unafraid of the shadow that pads alongside. In a world of artificial intelligence and biogenetics, we need people who are able to exercise judgement rooted in transformative ethics. Their gaze is inscrutably honest.

Long may it last.