The Ecology of Resilience
As part of Commonweal’s Omega Resilience Awards’ narrative research initiative, the Ecology Team of researchers led by Alejo di Risio—journalist, environmental consultant, and cultural strategist—set out to document emerging stories of resilience grounded in environmental stewardship, land connection, and sustainable practices across the Global South. In this conversation, Host Susan Grelock-Yusem will talk with Alejo to explore their journey and what they learned about ecological imagination, narrative as resistance, local wisdom at global scale, and the power of community. Following the conversation, join us for a live interactive dialogue with the full Ecology Research Team.
Narrative, Resilience, and Social Change
What’s happening in our world—and how do we respond? For the past four years, Commonweal’s Omega Resilience Awards project has been exploring this question with fellows and research teams across Africa, India, and Latin America. Now we’re ready to share what we’re learning. Join us for a conversation with two of the researchers, who will share […]
Welcome, Wild Times: Conversation with Resilience Leaders in the Global South
In session number three of our Wild Times conversation series, join Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Anabella Museri and Sofia Nemenmann from Asociación Argentina de Abogados/as Ambientalistas/Colectivo de Acción por la Justicia Ecosocial in Argentina.
Welcome, Wild Times: Conversation with Resilience Leaders in the Global South
Join Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Manisha Gupta from Start Up! in India in part 2 of our series talking with the co-creators of Commonweal’s Omega Resilience Awards global resilience community.
Welcome, Wild Times: Conversation with Resilience Leaders in the Global South
Join Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Nnimmo Bassey from Health of Mother Earth Foundation in Nigeria, in part 1 of our series talking with the co-creators Commonweal’s Omega Resilience Awards global resilience community.
Rising to the Occasion: Practical Hope in a Global Polycrisis
Host Michael Lerner joins Commonweal board member Katherine Fulton in conversation with Graham Leicester, who has pioneered new ways to navigate and even thrive in this complex era.
Maristella Svampa, Enrique Viale, Host Tom Kruse (Spanish-only)
~In Spanish language only~ ~Co-presented by The New School and the Omega Network~ Dr. Maristella Svampa and Enrique Viale join Host Tom Kruse from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to explore “Ecosocial collapse” in Latin America. They contextualize ecosocial collapse as part of the history of unjust extractive dynamics between Latin America and the Global North. […]
Stan Cox and Hosts Michael Lerner and Joan Diamond
Managing increasing demand for water, clean air, minerals, energy, and food is rapidly becoming one of our greatest challenges. What strategies are available to us? Are there alternatives to winners and losers? Join hosts Michael Lerner and Joan Diamond for a conversation about the issues of scarcity, justice, social order, and planetary limits.
Tatsujiro Suzuki and Host Michael Lerner
~Co-presented by The New School at Commonweal, OMEGA Network, Millennium Alliance for Humanity and Biosphere (MAHB), and the Resilience Project~ Join this rapid-response webinar on the nuclear implications of the invasion of the Ukraine. Host Michael Lerner talks with Tatsujiro about nuclear threat and risk of nuclear weapon use (nuclear security), nuclear power plant safety […]