Re-imagining is a place for people who believe that the stories of the Modern world no longer sustain us, bringing us to brink of catastrophe – ecologically, economically, spiritually. Our troubles cannot be solved merely through technology, or even politics; rather, we need to re-imagine what it means to be human. We seek new stories, new poetics, new ideas – and we put our ideas and stories into action. This work requires the wisdom of those at the margins, and by those with the courage to imagine a new world. Click here to learn more.
Featured Articles
Be in the Conversation,
Not the Fight
By Heidi Bar
Several years ago, writer Charles Eisenstein introduced me to the idea of “the space between stories:” a time that is about figuring out what it means to be human on an earth that is struggling in myriad ways: from climate change to wealth inequality to health disparities to racism to war to fresh water scarcity…the list could go on and on.
The Climate & The Cage:
On Mass Extinction & Mass Incarceration
By Theodore Richards
Contemplation Music Writing
Strikes Emotional Chords with Kids
By Jeffrey Pflaum
Ride & Edge
By Mike Keating
Chicago and the
Politics of Fear
By Ben Austen
MeToo Squared:
Breaking Silence
By Meta Commerse
The Love That Burns
By Theodore Richards
On Vistas, Voles, and Volition
By Katherine Hauswirth
Rites of Passage
in Our Times
By Josette Luvmour, PhD and Ba Luvmour
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Re-Imagining Education
Empowering educators to take a deeper look at the stories told in our schools and to re-imagine them in transformative and
nurturing learning spaces.
Learning Opportunities
Classes, workshops, and lectures that help to empower people to re-imagine who they are and their place in the world.
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