Friends and Allies

fellow travelers in the wider ecosystem

Photo by Bill Claff

We are one node in a much larger, loosely-connected web of communities, practices, and projects working on inner development, relational culture, and collective wisdom. Here are some of the friends whose thinking and practice we've borrowed from, co-hosted with, or simply admire.

Beyond Goals

Beyond Goals

A coaching and development initiative helping individuals and organizations move beyond traditional goal-setting through intensive online workshops.

Building Belonging

Building Belonging

A home for people committed to building a world where everyone belongs, sourced by Brian Stout.

Collective Presencing

Collective Presencing

A collective practice using the wisdom of the people gathered to act in more life-affirming ways through emergent dialogue.

Communication Dojo

Communication Dojo

A structured practice space for relational and communication skills — nonviolent communication, liberating structures, circling, theory U, T-group, Bohm dialogue, authentic relating.

Denizen

Denizen

A platform for conversations and learning about systems change, governance, and future societies.

Emergent Commons

Emergent Commons

A member- and volunteer-supported community that emerged from the work of Rebel Wisdom — a collaborative space for systems-change practitioners.

Enspiral

Enspiral

Originally a collective of New Zealand freelancers, hugely influential in co-ops and self-managed organizations. We've taken wisdom from their handbook, practices, and ventures including Greaterthan, The Hum, and Loomio.

Global Bildung Network

Global Bildung Network

A worldwide movement dedicated to holistic education and lifelong learning.

Interbeing

Interbeing

A movement and platform dedicated to improving mental health and well-being through multiplayer meditation practices.

Life Itself

Life Itself

A collective committed to practical action for a radically wiser, weller world — hubs, businesses, research, and activism pioneering a wiser culture.

Limicon

Limicon

A four-week, mostly online, fan-made open space convention strengthening the ecosystem of communities spawned from the liminal web.

Lume

Lume

An international collective for people with a deep interest in adult development.

Microsolidarity

Microsolidarity

Rich Bartlett's framework and vocabulary for decentralized organizing — we reference the "fractal of belonging" and labels like "crews" and "caller" from here.

New Republic of the Heart

New Republic of the Heart

A transformative community reimagining spiritual practice for collective awakening and societal evolution.

Our Emerging Future

Our Emerging Future

An initiative fostering conversations around transformative social change — from the future of work to planetary health and regenerative living.

Sacred Ground

Sacred Ground

A "we-space community on the evolving edge of mutuality," organized by Stephen Marcus, offering weekly Sacred Ground Experience sessions of interbeing presence.

Second Renaissance

Second Renaissance

A simple introduction to this moment of civilizational crisis and awakening, and the emerging ecosystem related to it.

Starter Cultures

Starter Cultures

A group of humans exploring community-building, better work, and new economic models for livelihoods and co-ops — we picked up T-group from their Communication Dojo.

TC

The Connection Project

A peer-led practice community focused on the relational and collaborative development space, with free AR practice sessions and a peer-designed facilitation training program.

The Ecoversities Alliance

The Ecoversities Alliance

A global network of alternative education spaces promoting regenerative learning and ecological awareness.

The Stoa

The Stoa

A digital campfire for cohering, philosophical inquiry, and dialogue on what matters most — stewarded by Peter Limberger.

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