037 - A Metamodern Solarpunk Regenerative Vision

At Portals we're seeing more and more that emerging and potentially world - changing ideas and perceptions are arising at points all over the planet. In this conversation we speak with Joe Lightfoot , a creative and dynamic thinker, writer ( A Collective Blooming ) and podcaster who is opening new pathways toward creating communities and grass roots engagement that he believes can radically transform our inner and outer worlds. Joe describes the Liminal Web, an emerging digital ecosystem that includes the people, platforms and communities pioneering visions that seek deep systems change. In this he traces the impulse for "radical belonging" among millennials seekin g to give rise to new pods and meta - tribes as an alternative to the isolation and loneliness felt in the absence of community in the postmodern, technological age. Joe re - imagines the big systems – economics, agriculture, politics – that would be par t of a truly regenerative planetary culture. A transition not based in the destruction of the modern world, but rather prepared to harvest the best to nourish an evolutionary process. There also is a shift in Joe’s thinking to the inner journey of transfor mation required before a person might be able to engage fully with larger world and systems changes. Join Aviv Shahar and Joe Lightfoot in this expansive and fascinating exploration. For information about upcoming special events visit our events page. TWEETABLE QUOTES “Suffering can be a really amazing teacher and guide because you just don’t get to give up. I just had to keep going deeper and deeper for years.” (Joe)“So what comes after postmo dernism is a fascinating question. And one idea is metamodernism where we kind of integrate the wisdom of modernism and postmodernism, and we oscillate and move between the two to synthesize that.” (Joe)“I think we need to be compassionate and understand ing and students of history and sociology to make sense of how we ended up where we are now. And this idea of loving the system while you deconstruct it I think is really potent and really powerful because, if you can understand the drivers and the forces that have led us where we are, you can make better sense of how to change that.” (Joe)“What I’m seeing is that the outer work really is dependent on how much of the inner work we’ve done.” (Joe)“I boil it down to this: Until we can create the right vib es together, I don’t think we’re go ing to be able to create any kind of future that we’re imagining.” (Joe)“We need to have fun while we’re doing what we’re doing or it’s not going to last, and it’s not going to be worth doing.” (Joe)“I’ve been completely drunk on the highs of connection, and love, and togetherness. And I’ve watched these contexts heal us in ways that I wouldn’t have thought possible. And it allows us to get to the heart of our inner stories, and ease up, and let go of a lot of the weight that we’re holding. That, for me, is a pathway forward.” (Joe)“Trust the process. There seems to be these inherent and beautiful natural unfoldings to our journey that, if you listen to the inner voice that’s directing you towards wh at you’re passionate about, and you just keep moving towards that, naturally over time you will gather the experiences that will lead you on the path you need to go down. And it’s a slightly unsatisfying answer because it’s what a lot of the old sages say. But if you just let go, the path emerges before you. And all you need to do is follow your bliss.” (Joe)RESOURCES MENTIONED Portals of Perception WebsiteAviv’s LinkedIn Aviv’s TwitterAviv’s Websitehttps://www.joelightfoot.org/https://www.joelightfoot.org/acollectiveblooming