Globalactive - the neohumanist postcapitalist podcast

FringeWorld artists took the stage at Perth’s most popular annual festival calling for the organisation to cut ties with Australia’s largest oil and gas producer - Woodside Petroleum.

JP Parker and Karun Cowper from enkel interviewed by Fiona Bartholomaeus from RTRFM 92.1's "The Mag" on Beyond Paradigms: The NENA (New Economy Network Australia) 2019 Conference. https://www.beyondparadigms.io/

Peter Le Breton is an educator, writer, scholar-practitioner and activist. He is organiser of the upcoming Nora Bateson led Warm Data Lab training to be held in Western Australia in November. Nora is the daughter of Gregory Bateson—anthropologist and pioneering systems thinker, whose ecological ideas are needed now more than ever. A Warm Data Lab (WDL) is an inviting and simple way to bring people into dialogue around complex issues—such as economic hardship, gender inequality, ecological destruction, or any ‘wicked problem’.

Exploring bossless leadership, collaborative tech, and co-operative systems.

Nora Bateson, is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, facilitator and educator, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute based in Sweden. Karun Cowper spoke to Nora in the wake of the "Learning Together in Living Systems ('symmasthesy') conference-retreat held at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia. The conference-retreat centred around Nora's profound work and commence with her film "An Ecology of Mind: A daughter's portrait of Gregory Bateson". For more information check outvhttp://internationalbatesoninstitute.org/

Professor Sohail Inayatullah, renowned academic and futurist most famous for introducing and pioneering the futures technique of causal layered analysis speaks with Karun Cowper of the Globalactive Podcast. Sohail is the author of several books some of which are pretty much canon in the field of future studies. Other books such as "Understanding Sarkar", "Neohumanist Educational Futures and "PROUT in Power" are the focus of this interview... What is PROUT? What is its relevance in the modern world and into the future. What is Neo-Humanism? Who is PR Sarkar? This Indian mystic, macro historian, propounder of this socio-economic theory that is PROUT? One of the fundamental tenets of PROUT is the guarantee of the minimum essentials of life to all human beings - food, housing, health, education. How does the movement to a Universal Basic Income fit in as a step in this direction? Backcasting to PROUT... from a New Economy framework perspective. How can the PROUT framework inform and inspire the movement to an ecosystem that is prefigured in smaller, connected, grassroots, P2P transnational communities. Or is there a pathway forward with some revolutionary party led by some tremendous personalities essentially emerging from the existing system? Yoganomics is discussed. Yoga as union. Yoga as internal mastery, evidence based spirituality, service to Life moving beyond Yoga's reduction to physical postures for physical health. A spiritual battle of the light against the dark forces of our time. For more of Professor Sohail Inayatullah's work check out https://www.metafuture.org/. Head to http://globalactive.org/ for more interviews, events, content exploring post-capitalist thinking and happenings.

Nathan Schneider, journalist and author, Professor of media studies at the University of Colorado interviewed by Karun Cowper of the Globalactive podcast and Friends of the Earth Perth. This interview coincided with the release of Nathan's book "Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition that is Shaping the Next Economy" available from https://nathanschneider.info/. Head to http://globalactive.org/ for more interviews, events, content exploring post-capitalist thinking and happenings.

Dr Otto Scharmer, Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founding chair of the Presencing Institute and author of bestselling book “Theory U” interviewed by Karun Cowper of the Globalactive podcast and Friends of the Earth Perth in the lead up to the inaugural New Economy Network of Australia’s (NENA) “Building a New Economy for Western Australia” Symposium 24th & 25th August 2018. Much appreciation and gratitude to Katie Stubley from the Centre for Social Impact UWA for arranging this interview. The interview happened in the immediate wake of Dr Scharmer’s public lecture “Leading Innovation with Theory U” at the 2018 Social Impact Festival at the University of Western Australia (UWA). Much appreciation and gratitude also to James Que Zheng from Enkel for his technical assistance. For information on “Building a New Economy for Western Australia” Symposium 2018 – https://www.neweconomy.org.au/wa-symp… Head to http://globalactive.org/ for more interviews, events, content exploring post-capitalist thinking and happenings.

In this episode we speak with two inspiring women in the New Economy movement in Australia – Dr Michelle Maloney and Dr Amanda Cahill. Dr. Michelle Maloney is a lawyer, activist and co-founder of the New Economy Network of Australia and co-founder/director of Australian Earth Laws Alliance. She is the former Chairperson of the Environmental Defenders Office Queensland and Executive Committee member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature. Michelle is passionate about building Earth centred law, governance and ethics and ensuring new economic initiatives are anchored to Earth centred values. Michelle holds degrees in law and politics from ANU and a PhD in law from Griffith University. For more information on Michelle’s work check out https://www.earthlaws.org.au/ and https://www.neweconomy.org.au/. Dr. Amanda Cahill is the CEO of The Next Economy. Originally trained in anthropology, she has spent over two decades working with communities across Australia, Asia and the Pacific to develop more equitable and sustainable local economies. Over the last few years she has been working with coal and gas affected communities in Australia to develop economic transition plans that will move Australia closer to zero emissions while strengthening local economies. Amanda has a PhD in Human Geography from the Australian National University, an Adjunct Lecturer position at the University of Queensland and was on the founding committee of the New Economy Network of Australia. For more information on Amanda’s work check out http://www.centreforsocialchange.com.au/.

Peer-to-Peer theorist and activist Michel Bauwens is a leading figure in P2P and commons oriented thinking and a swiftly emerging alternative post-capitalist world. Karun Cowper spoke to Michel about this emergence and what hope and tangible solutions it provides in the Trump era.

Dr Sandra Bloom is an American mental health activist, psychiatrist, and associate professor of health management and policy at Drexel University. She is the creator of the "Sanctuary Model" of therapeutic care which is now a prevalent approach to mental health in the USA, Australia, and around the world. "A traumatic experience impacts the entire person – the way we think, the way we learn, the way we remember things, the way we feel about ourselves, the way we feel about other people, and the way we make sense of the world..." The Sanctuary Model is an approach to mental health care which promotes safety and recovery from adversity through the active creation of a trauma-informed community. A recognition that trauma is pervasive in the experience of human beings forms the basis for the Sanctuary Model's focus not only on the people who seek treatment, but equally on the people and systems who provide that treatment. Karun Cowper spoke to Dr Bloom about the unfolding paradigm shift in our understanding and treatment of mental health toward "trauma informed care" as embodied in models such as the Sanctuary Model and also about the importance of political activism to challenge powerful interests that create trauma in the first place.

We speak with Pia Mancini of the Open Collective on how this revolutionary new platform may be one of the keys to transforming democracy from the bottom up. opencollective.com/