Inner worlds in times of multiple crises
Humanity is facing a period of multiple crises. These crises pose emotional burdens for individuals that however, often remain neglected in public discourse. However a sustainability transformation must address the inner crises in the same way as it requires finding solutions to the outer situation. In this event on 17 october, we therefore create a space to reflect and deal with our inner worlds.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the urgently needed sustainability transformation face new challenges due to Russia’s war against Ukraine. The German Environment Agency (UBA) considers the new global situation both a potential threat and an opportunity for the vision of a sustainability transformation (e.g., transition to renewable energy). Therefore, UBA hosts an online discussion series to reflect on the implications of the current crises with international experts. The series is organized by the International Academy Transformation for Environment and Sustainability (TES Academy) at UBA. The TES Academy aims to bring together international experts and practitioners on sustainability issues to advance transformation activities.
Humanity is facing a period of multiple crises: The COVID pandemic had created significant restrictions on people’s lives. Amid some normalization, Russia’s war in Ukraine undermined the feeling of safety characterizing the lives of recent generations and put severe pressure on people’s economic situation. Underlying all these problems hovers the existential threat of the climate and sustainability crisis that ever more requires rapid global responses. These multiple crises pose emotional burdens for individuals which, however, often remain neglected in public discourse revolving around these crises. Multiple crises are also inner crises, and a sustainability transformation requires dealing with these inner crises in the same way as it requires finding solutions to the outer situation.
In this interactive event, we explore forms of dialogue and reflection that allow us to become aware, express, and deal with the often-neglected inner side of the multiple crises we experience. Carolin Fraude and Thomas Bruhn will share insights from their research on mindsets for the Anthropocene. Together with other panelists, they will demonstrate alternative forms of dialogue and reflection that bring our inner worlds to the fore of the conversation. They have successfully worked with these communicative approaches at several UN climate change conferences. Participants of the event will also have the opportunity to experiment with these approaches themselves.
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RECORDING NOTICE: This online event enables an attendee to participate through a personal device's microphone and/or camera. An attendee may elect not to participate through use of a microphone and/or camera. The election of an attendee to use a microphone and/or camera constitutes a release and waiver of rights in the capture of the attendee's image, likeness, and/or voice for the exclusive use by German Environment Agency (UBA).
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