“The world abounds with calls for ‘action’ on everything from climate change to loneliness, from mental health to the decline of bees. But action can be deluded and harmful, or wise and helpful. The discernment and intentionality of the actors is often the key variable – qualities arising from embodied values and reflective practices rather than change-the-world righteousness.” This project is an inquiry into the relationship between reflection, values and action. It seeks to reposition activism as the perennial human challenge to align actions with values; grounding bigger-than-self challenges in spiritual sensibility, going beyond a judgmental reactivity towards wise action at scale. This project will build a community of reflective practices through research, workshops and online outreach.
Emergence Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, no. 1050701.
