Game B & Meta-Crisis Thinking
Daniel Schmachtenberger – The War on Sensemaking (YouTube series)
- A deep dive into why our current systems are fragile and how to build resilience.
Jordan Hall (Greenhall) – Game B and the Great Transition (essays & talks)
- Frameworks for why “new games” are needed beyond competition and extraction.
Rebel Wisdom – rebelwisdom.co.uk
- Media platform exploring sensemaking, complexity, and community experiments.
Commons & Community Practices
Elinor Ostrom – Governing the Commons
- Nobel prize–winning research proving communities can self-manage shared resources effectively.
Transition Network – transitionnetwork.org
- Global grassroots movement building resilient local communities.
Repair Café Foundation – repaircafe.org
- Practical model for community repair and skill-sharing.
Shareable – shareable.net
- Stories and resources on the sharing economy, tool libraries, and commons projects.
Systems Thinking & Resilience
Donella Meadows – Thinking in Systems
- A clear, practical guide to understanding how systems work and where change is possible.
Nora Bateson – Small Arcs of Larger Circles
- Introduces “warm data” and how living systems learn together.
Circular Economy & Regenerative Design
Ellen MacArthur Foundation – ellenmacarthurfoundation.org
- Leading resource hub on circular economy principles and case studies.
Kate Raworth – Doughnut Economics
- A new economic model that balances human needs with planetary boundaries.
E.F. Schumacher – Small is Beautiful
- Classic text on human-scale economics and appropriate technology.
Indigenous & Cultural Perspectives
Tyson Yunkaporta – Sand Talk
- Indigenous patterns of knowledge applied to global challenges.
Ubuntu Philosophy
- Resources on African communal ethics: “I am because we are.”
Wangari Maathai – Unbowed
- Memoir of the Green Belt Movement and how grassroots action can restore ecosystems.