Projects and Movements You Might Join

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Here are the most worthwhile groups and such that I have learned about so far. If you want to recommend any others, please let me know!

This list will cover:

• Metacrisis Initiative
• Design School for Regenerating Earth
• Finding an Intentional Community
• Going into Politics
• New Monasticism

Metacrisis Initiative

Jem Bendell’s Metacrisis Initiative: Become a member of the site for $8/month or $80/year and you can sign up for monthly “two-hour participatory webinars” with Bendell and a 10-person peer mentoring group (new cohorts beginning every 6 months).

Design School for Regenerating Earth

An online learning community of people working toward regeneration within and between bioregions, based on Joe Brewer’s Design Pathway model. Membership starts at $5/month.

Finding an Intentional Community

Use the Foundation for Intentional Community directory to find an intentional community to visit, join, or support.

Going into Politics

1. Citizens’ Climate Lobby: an international, nonpartisan organization equipping citizens for political advocacy on climate issues.

• No Labels: if you agree that increasing political polarization in the U.S. is a bad thing, you might look into joining/supporting/volunteering with the centrist, “commonsense” No Labels movement.

• Please consider running for local elected office. I presume that if you are reading this, you are a thoughtful, caring individual who wants to act responsibly and do what’s right. We need more people like that involved in politics. And winning a local election is often a more realistic prospect than people realize. Here are some places you might get started.
  • Run For Office: Find out what offices will be up for election in coming years, based on your home address; free 2-hour course with email sign up.
  • 8-Step “Cheat Sheet” on how to run for local office, with link to some resources.
  • Get Out the Vote: How to Increase Voter Turnout by Donald P. Green and Alan S. Gerber. Describes research on what works and doesn’t in political campaigns generally.
  • Run: Your Personal Guide to Winning Public Office by Marian Walsh. A practical guide with examples on how to run a successful campaign, by a former state senator.

New Monasticism

• Center for Spiritual Imagination:
  • Weekly 30-minute meditation and contemplative prayer practice offered online.
  • Two self-guided online courses on contemplative prayer and the monastic life, by donation.
  • Periodic online study and meditative events offered free or by donation.
  • Vowed members follow a Rule of Life that includes praying the daily office, two 30-minute periods of contemplative prayer per day, regular participation in Holy Eucharist, a one-week retreat per year, and more.
  • Based out of the Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, NY.
• Northumbria Community
  • The community is based in the UK, but folks in the U.S. or elsewhere who want to join an online prayer group can contact the Nether Springs office.
  • The website provides information about the community, such as their Rule of Life and daily prayers, including a set of beautiful Celtic compline prayers.
• Monasteries of the Heart:
  • A ministry of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie.
  • They send out regular emails and occasionally host online classes and mini-retreats (fees on a sliding scale or by donation).
• Evolving Church Curriculum: If you are interested in starting a small group with the purpose of exploring new expressions of Christian monasticism and would like to learn about a curriculum I have developed potentially for people such as yourself, feel free to contact me.