The Work That Reconnects
A global network offering workshops, trainings, and resources for cultivating resilience and active hope through experiential practices.
Find a groupActive Hope
It isn't about doom and gloom. Sure, there are challenges we are facing and many ahead, but there are also opportunities for growth and transformation. Taking action, no matter how small, can lead to meaningful change.
Active Hope is not wishful thinking or passive optimism. It is a practice of showing up for the world, engaging with what is, and choosing to participate in its transformation—even when outcomes are uncertain.
These resources support different dimensions of collapse awareness: processing difficult emotions, building community, developing practical skills, deepening understanding, and cultivating practices that sustain us through uncertainty.
Communities & Networks
Spaces for connection, mutual support, and collective action.
Regen Places Network - Australia
A network of community-led initiatives in Australia focused on regenerative practices, ecological restoration, and building resilient local economies.
Explore RPNClimate Cafés
Informal gatherings for discussing climate change, sharing experiences, and building community resilience through dialogue and mutual support.
Find a caféGood Grief Network
10-week peer-to-peer support programs for processing climate grief and eco-anxiety in community, leading to personal resilience and collective action.
Join a programClimate Psychology Alliance
Network of mental health professionals and researchers exploring the psychological dimensions of the climate crisis and supporting emotional resilience.
Explore resourcesBooks & Frameworks
Foundational texts for understanding collapse awareness and active hope.
Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in Without Going Crazy
The foundational text on the Work That Reconnects, offering a framework for transforming despair into empowered action through gratitude, honoring pain, seeing with new eyes, and going forth.
Learn moreThe Work That Reconnects
A comprehensive network and methodology for building personal and collective resilience in the face of systemic crisis, grounded in systems thinking and Deep Ecology.
Explore resourcesHospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity's Wrongs and the Implication for Social Activism
A provocative exploration of how to confront and move beyond the destructive patterns of modernity.
Learn moreDeep Adaptation: Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos
A framework for understanding and responding to the challenges of climate change, emphasizing the need for deep personal and societal transformation.
Learn moreBraiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
A blend of indigenous knowledge and scientific understanding that offers insights into our relationship with the natural world and pathways for healing.
Learn moreUnderstanding Collapse Dynamics
Resources for deepening systemic awareness and complexity thinking.
Resilience Alliance
Research network advancing understanding of social-ecological resilience, adaptive cycles, and panarchy—the nested dynamics of transformation across scales.
Explore researchCollapsonomics Website
A platform dedicated to exploring the dynamics of collapse and resilience in complex systems along with resources for learning more and connecting with others.
Learn moreContributing Resources
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