PRESENCE
On Sunday, November 5, Council members and conveners from around the world came together for the final What Matters Now...
On this community, this practice
Since the beginning, we’ve listened for how CUHF might serve in these unprecedented times. In response, our conversations and practices have been mycelial in nature—deepening and evolving to meet the call. At ten years, the CUHF community and network continues to grow, morph and surprise us in its compassion, tenacity and possibilities.
In this time of profound uncertainty, dissolution and revelation, we asked a group of Council members to speak about how they understand our work, and what it offers for these times. Their voices are gathered in a circle in this special publication, available now through ISSU.
A Book Launch at MASSMoCA
Join members of the Council on the Uncertain Human Future at MassMoCA on Thursday, October 19th to celebrate the launch of Ignition: Lighting Fires in a Burning World—a new book by M.R. O’Connor on the history and powerful phenomenon of wildfire. Described as “gutsy, clear-eyed, and surprisingly touching”, Ignition offers a wildly hopeful vision of an alternative environmental future. Joining M.R. O’Connor in conversation is fellow CUHF member and writer Meehan Crist.
For more information on this event, click here.
A Year of Practice & Council with NDF
This year, the Council on the Uncertain Human Future is partnering with Natural Dharma Fellowship to offer an interactive series of monthly gatherings called, Rewilding the Soul. Featuring dharma talks by Lama Willa Blythe Baker and Lama Liz Monson, meditative practice in natural spaces, and dedicated Council Circles, we lean into our oneness with the living planet—combining an embodied practice of meditation with gathering and listening in Council.
For more information on the series, click here.
CUHF Community at MIT
Since the summer of 2020, faculty and staff at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been convening in small circles to build and deepen collective reflection on the planetary environmental crisis, as an Affiliate of the Council on the Uncertain Human Future.
It’s Time for Higher Education to “Get Real” about the Climate Crisis
Learn about the history of the Council on the Uncertain Human Future, and our work in A new Earth conversation (NEC) at Clark University, in a new piece by CUHF Core Team member, Diana Chapman Walsh.
A new Earth conversation Brochure
The initial Council on the Uncertain Human Future (2014) inspired Clark University faculty and staff to join the process (2015-2019); a vision for A new Earth conversation emerged from those Councils and has grown into a campus-wide climate initiative, enabling deeper conversation and cultivating possibility with students.
View the brochure on Issu
