Community organisers across Europe are preparing a week of activities celebrating locally led approaches to a just and sustainable future. Coordinated by ECOLISE and its partners, the tenth European Day of Sustainable Communities will bring community leaders, policymakers, researchers, civil-society organisations, and citizens together through more than 70 local, regional,…
A new BIONEXT zine and collection of case studies explore how conflict, justice, participation, and power shape efforts to create nature-positive societies. Using the metaphor of a compost heap, the resources argue that conflict can create the conditions for transformation when it is acknowledged and worked with constructively. Avoiding conflict,…
Anthony Hodgson and the H3Uni team recently highlighted Tools for Regenerative Practice, a new open-access guide bringing together 30 frameworks, exercises, and methods for applying regenerative approaches in real-world settings. The guide supports practitioners in understanding regenerative dynamics, developing systemic strategies, navigating complex questions, reconnecting with nature, and engaging different…
ECOLISE has published Reclaiming the Future of Food: Community Pathways to Resilience, Justice and Regeneration, presenting a shared vision and 13 policy recommendations for transforming European food systems. The publication was developed through a participatory process involving community-led initiatives, networks, and practitioners from across Europe. It connects policy recommendations with…
The Leuphana Transformation Lab is offering up to seven fellowships for postdoctoral researchers working on social, ecological, cultural, technological, and other dimensions of transformation. Successful applicants will join the interdisciplinary Transformation Lab for up to two years and develop a high-quality proposal for external research funding. Proposed projects should contribute…
Maricela Aceves Wexler from CoCreative reached out to us to share two upcoming virtual courses for people designing, supporting, or facilitating multi-stakeholder collaboration and systems change. Introduction to Collaborative Innovation introduces a process model and practical tools that help diverse stakeholders work together on complex challenges. Participants will explore CoCreative’s…
The Society for Social-Ecological Systems is accepting applications for its 2026 online short course, The Resilience of Urban Social-Ecological-Technological Systems. Over five days, participants will explore urban resilience through social, ecological, infrastructural, and technological perspectives. The programme will draw on the expertise of leading international scholars working on cities, resilience,…
Kerstin Tebbe, founder of Collective Mind, recently shared with us their upcoming Network Development Learning Collaborative, a five-month virtual programme for network leaders, managers, members, and others supporting collaborative networks. The programme is designed to help participants assess their network’s strengths, challenges, and opportunities; identify areas that need focused attention;…
The Mountain Research Initiative and its partners are inviting abstracts for the session Mountain Commons: Historical Development, Transformations, and New Forms of Commons in Mountain Regions at the 24th Swiss Geoscience Meeting. The session will create an interdisciplinary space for exploring the changing role of mountain commons and collective resource…
The International Long Term Ecological Research Network is inviting proposals for scientific sessions, working groups, and training activities for its fourth Open Science Meeting. Under the theme Unity in Diversity: Celebrating Long-term Resilience Across Connected Ecosystems and People, the meeting will bring together the international long-term ecological research community to…
A new study by Elena Michele Bennett, Walter Reid, and colleagues invites a rethink of how global environmental assessments can better support action in a changing world. Reports such as those produced by the IPCC and IPBES play a vital role in bringing knowledge together. But as climate, biodiversity, and…
Researchers Laura Pereira, Matthew Ford Gibson, and colleagues are calling for a different kind of climate and biodiversity scenario work — one that better reflects the futures people are trying to bring into being. Many dominant scenarios still begin from assumptions that leave current systems largely intact. This article asks…
