Ian MacKenzie
Ian MacKenzie is a passionate artist dedicated to weaving visions of the possible, believing that if we can’t envision a future that works for all life, we are more likely to hold on to the familiar even when it’s clear it has become obsolete. Over the last 15+ years, he has used a variety of […]
Planet Project
The Planet Project exists to support the global shift toward a life-honoring, partnership-based planetary culture, using the word “Planet” to symbolize the wholeness and interconnectedness of all life—expressed in their tagline “All Life, One Planet.” Rather than building a movement of their own, the volunteer-driven U.S. nonprofit focuses on uplifting the many individuals and organizations […]
Collective Imagination Practices Toolkit
The Collective Imagination Practices Toolkit, developed by the Collective Imagination Practice Community (funded by JRF Emerging Futures and hosted by Huddlecraft and Canopy), offers tools and practices to enable people to imagine more hopeful futures. The toolkit supports work that pays attention to who gets to imagine, centers diverse imaginations, and cultivates a range of […]
Domini: Insights
Founded by Amy Domini — widely recognized as one of the pioneers who proved that values-aligned investing could deliver competitive financial returns — this blog-style insights hub tracks the ongoing work of Domini Impact Investments across climate, community investing, ecological sustainability, human dignity, and corporate accountability. Domini began her career as a stockbroker in the […]
The Clean Money Revolution
Part memoir, part insider’s guide, and part manifesto for anyone ready to ask where their money spends the night, this book by Joel Solomon with Tyee Bridge traces Solomon’s own journey from the son of a shopping mall developer in Tennessee to a pioneering impact investor who has backed more than 100 early-stage companies focused […]
The Glorians
Born from a pandemic dream — a vow to create what Terry Tempest Williams calls the “Epic Documentation of the Glorians” — this essay collection defines a Glorian as an encounter with grace in the unexpected: an ant ferrying a magenta blossom across the desert floor, the sound of baby birds heard for the first […]
Thriving Communities
Thriving Communities creates documentary films that elevate community solutions to the challenges of our times, telling stories about “common people doing uncommon work for the common good.” Born from the joy and inspiration that founder Jerry Millhon found in storytelling while serving as Director of the Whidbey Institute in 2012, the organization produces two to […]
Regenerative Economics
Regenerative Economics by John Fullerton transforms how we see the economy—and what’s possible—offering a science-based, hopeful path beyond crisis thinking with a regenerative model that works like a living system. Fullerton, an unconventional economist and founder of the Capital Institute who left a 20-year career as Managing Director at JPMorgan in search of deeper answers, […]
Ashes to Resilience
Ashes to Resilience: A Guide to Wildfire Recovery is a resource developed by NewStories and Regenerating Paradise, drawing on their experiences to offer starting points for communities navigating wildfire recovery. Recognizing that what needs to happen is shaped by local culture and geography, the guide supports communities in their own journey of recovery and Re-Storying. […]
Regenerating Paradise
Regenerating Paradise is a nonprofit organization formed in the wake of the Camp Fire with a mission “to weave the social fabric that regenerates us.” The organization defines regenerating as a process of rebuilding and recovery that, as in regenerative agriculture, replenishes rather than depletes. Looking to Ridge community residents for resources, Regenerating Paradise works […]
Building Resilience
Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery by Daniel P. Aldrich examines why responses to disaster recovery vary greatly in ways not explained by the magnitude of catastrophe or amount of aid provided. The difference between resilience and disrepair, Aldrich shows, lies in the depth of communities’ social capital. The book highlights the critical role […]
Flow Genome Project
Flow Research Collective brings together award-winning academics, artists, special operations commanders, professional athletes, Fortune 500 business leaders, and experts dedicated to peak performance, building world-class training programs on peak performance, optimal psychology, and leadership. The organization charges a premium for world-class trainings while open sourcing content for free, helping people make better sense of their […]
Two Loops
This excerpt from NewStories Founder Bob Stilger‘s book AfterNow: When We Cannot See the Future, Where Do We Begin? introduces the Berkana Two Loops model as a practical framework for understanding where we stand in times of profound systemic change. Stilger co-developed the Two Loops at a global gathering in Slovenia in 2002 and has […]
Becoming Gaia
Becoming Gaia: On the Threshold of Planetary Initiation by Sean Kelly addresses our living in end times—climate chaos, accelerating mass extinction, and signs of civilizational collapse drawing the Earth community into a planetary near-death experience. Yet these end times also mark the threshold of a new planetary identity in the making. Drawing on scholarship from […]
Ed Yong
Ed Yong is a Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist and staff writer at The Atlantic, where his work has fundamentally shaped public understanding of biology, ecology, and the hidden complexity of life. Born in Malaysia and raised in Britain, Yong has spent his career finding the stories inside science that change how people see themselves and […]
I Contain Multitudes
Ed Yong’s 2016 New York Times bestseller arrived at a pivotal moment in biology, introducing a general audience to one of the most profound scientific shifts since Darwin: the discovery that every animal—including every human—is not an individual at all, but a living ecosystem. The trillions of microbes that inhabit us sculpt our organs, educate […]