“The research suggests that no matter how fast we now act, there will be horrific changes that we’ll need to deal with in our future. But even if an ‘ecological collapse’ occurs, it is important to remember that the collapse in all likelihood is not the end. There have been dark ages in the past. The question is how we navigate through this time in a way that minimizes suffering both to people and the planet, and set ourselves up on a path where an ecocentric civilization can emerge on the other side. In this presentation I will argue that the best available strategy is to follow the model of those movements that have lasted thousands of years—able to evolve across great cultural, geographical, and temporal variations—and create an ecomissionary philosophical movement that can steer us through the turbulent centuries ahead."

Presented as part of "The World in 2050" Conference.

The Rise of an Ecomissionary Philosophical Movement / November, 2016