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We Are the Only Species We Have the Option of Being: A Conversation With Anne Tagonist

Talking about collapse writing, online and in fiction.

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Organisations That Matter

On the experience of creating organisations that are embedded within a community.

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Words Which Matter to People

It is the second day of my journey around Europe, a journey in search of resilience, and I am in a park near the centre of Helsinki, asking the locals whether they can help me understand the meaning of sisu, a word that is said to be central to Finnish culture and impossible to translate.

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The Breadline

The breadline runs through the middle of the Kallio district of Helsinki. On Wednesdays and Fridays, when the Hursti Charitable Association’s regular food distributions take place, queues build up along the pavement of Helsinginkatu all morning. Once a month, there is a special distribution for students.

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The Dark Shapes Ahead

The dark shapes ahead are islands. Beyond them the sea shines and the sky seems a soft reflection of its light, and beyond both of these, the faded darkness of the next line of islands. This goes on for hours.

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Black Elephants & Skull Jackets: A Conversation with Vinay Gupta

Talking with the Hexayurt inventor about the Institute for Collapsonomics and the origins of the Black Elephant.