Presentation:

Embodying Cultures of Transition:

In this presentation, Yael and Alnoor will discuss what it means to be "contextually relevant" in times of collapse. They will take us on a journey from 'pyramid logic' of the dominant system to 'spiral logic' of post capitalism. They will then share some of the lived expressions they steward (e.g. Tierra Valiente - "Brave Earth" - community in Costa Rica) as part of creating and embodying cultures of transition. 

Biography (Alnoor Ladha):

Alnoor’s work focuses on the intersection of political organizing, systems thinking, structural change and narrative work. He was the co-founder and Executive Director of The Rules, a global network of activists, organizers, designers, coders, researchers, writers and others focused on changing the rules that create inequality, poverty and climate change. TR started in 2012 as a time-bound project and an experiment in temporary organizational design, exploring new ways of how to work, play, and make trouble together.

Alnoor comes from a Sufi lineage and writes about the crossroads of politics and spirituality in troubled times. His work has been published in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Truthout, Fast Company, Kosmos Journal, New Internationalist, and the Huffington Post among others. He is the Council Chair of Culture Hack Labs, a co-operatively run advisory for social movements and progressive organizations. He is also the co-director of Transition Resource Circle and the co-author of Post Capitalist Philanthropy: The healing of wealth in the time of collapse.

Biography (Yael Marantz):

Yael is a biomimicry practitioner, community builder and culture hacker with over a decade of experience in communications, design-thinking and innovation. As she awakened to the intelligence and design solutions found in Nature, she founded Mimetika, a biomimetic-led consultancy focused on life-centered design.

Understanding the implications of the meta-crisis, Yael embarked on a journey to research alternative experiments in living while completing her dissertation on how we can reimagine communities through the lens of Nature's genius.

Yael is a founding steward of Tierra Valiente (Brave Earth), a living lab creating transition pathways to post-capital realities, and Fuerza De Amor, a mutual-aid network cultivating bio-regional resiliency, in Costa Rica.

She is the Managing Director of Culture Hack Labs where she works to shift dominant cultural narratives to create systems change.