Our times call for something extraordinary. It’s not just climate change. It’s not just the current virus. We have a society that operates in many ways to undercut our life-support system. This cartoon sums it up: On this call we will consider the question. How can we inspire mainstream commitment to turning things around? The […]
Kitchen Table Conversations training report March 2020
I recently conducted a Kitchen Table Conversations training with a local group in the Blue Mountains. Kitchen Table Conversations explore the topic What major drivers in our society make CO2 emissions worse? They are a cross between a conversation and presentation. We help people connect the dots and see a much bigger pattern of connection […]

What will it take to provide real hope for young people?
I think there is only one thing. Young people will have hope when they see that society as a whole is passionately committed to transitioning to a life-affirming global culture, rather than continuing on our present course of ecological self-destruction and societal breakdown. How would they know that this commitment exists? Just as in wartime […]
How volunteering transforms our life
Volunteering at a charity can be quite a humbling experience and can reach deep into your own life, as you reflect and think deeper about the wider world. In a recent volunteering experience at Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, Stuart Barrett was transformed at one of the largest support centres for homeless people in Sydney. This is […]
What will it take to provide real hope for young people?
Inspiring Transition Founder Andrew Gaines believes hope for young people comes from a massive social transition to a life-sustaining society: The daughters of friends of mine have learned about global warming an ocean acidification in school. Frightening stuff! On current trends they will certainly experience traumatic societal breakdown as global food supplies unravel and ever […]