Cultural Emergence: A Toolkit for Transforming Ourselves and the World

Looby Macnamara's book "Cultural Emergence" provides a framework and toolkit for designing a world we want to live in, activating healing and revolutionizing our approach to creating life-sustaining and regenerative cultures. It draws upon indigenous wisdom, permaculture design, and systems thinking to help us expand our thinking and possibilities, understand where problems come from, create successful healing strategies, embody the learning, and embed the changes in our lives. It also builds our individual and collective resilience in turbulent times and supports us to proactively adjust to transitions. The book is visionary, practical, wise, and simple to use, inspiring us with possibilities and offering tools for empowerment.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 04 March 2021
Publisher: Permanent Publications

The challenging times we live in remind us that a return to our pre-pandemic normal is impossible. However, how do we move forward? Looby Macnamara, an international thought leader and teacher, presents Cultural Emergence, a framework and toolkit that empowers us to shape the world we desire to inhabit. It triggers healing and revolutionizes our approach to cultivating life-sustaining and regenerative cultures. Drawing upon the wisdom of indigenous traditions, permaculture design, and systems thinking, Cultural Emergence offers a powerful toolkit for developing a new understanding of culture. It guides us in expanding our thinking and possibilities, better understanding the origins of problems, and creating effective healing strategies through radical reflection on their root causes. By embodying the learning and integrating these changes into our daily lives, we can cultivate new ways of interacting and being. Moreover, Cultural Emergence equips us with resilience in turbulent times and empowers us to proactively adapt to transitions, whether they involve personal life changes or collective challenges like climate change. With the tools provided, we can create the conditions for emergence, informing the creation of cultures of care, connection, peace, health, effectiveness, and trust. Cultural Emergence is visionary, practical, wise, and user-friendly. It serves as a message of hope, providing us with the tools for empowerment. Filled with inspiring stories of individuals worldwide who have benefited from this approach, it ignites our imagination with endless possibilities. As a timely and much-needed resource, Cultural Emergence has the potential to be valuable to everyone and facilitate profound and radical transformation.

Weight: 762g
Dimension: 191 x 248 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781856233354