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The Lifeboat Academy
@lifeboatacademy.bsky.social
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Our mission is to support the creation of a fleet of "lifeboats" - place-based resilience networks that share information, resources and aid as we collectively navigate social and economic collapse.
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Emotions are relational intelligence.
They show what we’re committed to, what we value, and how we find our way back to one another.
They’re the root of our moral intuition.

#Interdependence #Farmastery #LifeboatAcademy #EmotionalWisdom #dacherkeltner
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "Emotions are signs of our commitment to others; emotions are encoded into our bodies and brains; emotions are our moral gut, the source of our most important moral intuitions." — Dacher Keltner
November 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Courage and vulnerability are not opposites.
They’re interdependent — two parts of the same motion toward honesty and connection.
A gentle step into being seen is often the strongest move we make.

#Courage #Vulnerability #RelationalPractice #LifeboatAcademy
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "I can't find a single example of courage that didn't require vulnerability." — Brené Brown
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Paul Hawken reminds us that GDP has never measured what truly matters.
Naming this theft of the future is part of witnessing grief honestly — and part of practising peace as a discipline rather than a distant ideal.

#RegenerativeEconomics #EcologicalGrief #PeaceAsPractice #FutureCommons
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “At present we are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it gross domestic product.” — Paul Hawken
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Courageous curiosity is a relational act.
Each honest question deepens the ecology of trust.
Truth isn’t a position—it’s a practice.

#LifeboatAcademy #Farmastery #CarlSagan #CourageToQuestion #RelationalInquiry #TruthPractice #BelongingThroughInquiry
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good." — Carl Sagan
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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On a day like today, the grief is real.
And so is the invitation:
peace isn’t the prize — it’s the practice.

#RemembranceDay #PeaceAsPractice #RelationalRepair #LifeboatAcademy
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Hot take:
Ecological care = basic manners.

(The bees agree.)

#EcologicalManners #EnoughIsPlenty #RegenerativeFuture
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "The conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners." ― Barbara Kingsolver
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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The wheel exists.
The craft continues.
Building is belonging.
#CraftFutures #WeBuild
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "We don't have to reinvent the wheel but we do have to build it. - R.M., Farmastery Steward
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Our economy shouldn’t punish what we love.
We deserve systems that nurture life, not extract it.

#RobinWallKimmerer #SystemsChange #Cultureshift
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "We've surrendered our values to an economic system that actively harms what we love." — Robin Wall Kimmerer
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Third thoughts are the ones that watch the world and think all by themselves.
Some nights, the goats get there first.

#TerryPratchett #ThirdThoughts #LifeboatAcademy #GoatPhilosophers
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "First thoughts are the everyday thoughts. Everyone has those. Second thoughts are the thoughts you think about the way you think. People who enjoy thinking have those. Third thoughts are thoughts that watch the world and think all by themselves." ― Terry Pratchett
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Water teaches us to belong to each other.
Care isn’t a resource — it’s a current.

“Mutual responsibility… our primary spiritual responsibility.” — RWK

#RelationalJustice #WaterSeason #EveningTide #FarmasteryFieldNotes #EarthMutuality #TendTheMoreThanHuman #robinwallkimmerer
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "We are investing again in communities of care and compassion, not only for one another, but for the Earth. I think what we’re really leaning toward is a kind of interspecies justice, to say that this mutual responsibility that we have for one another is our primary spiritual responsibility." — Robin Wall Kimmerer
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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If the pattern seems missing, maybe we’re just zoomed in too far.
Louise Erdrich knew scale changes everything.

#LouiseErdrich #LifeboatAcademy #DesignOfTheWild #RelationalIntelligence #BiggerThanWeKnow
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “There is no such thing as a complete lack of order, only a design so vast it appears unrepetitive up close.” — Louise Erdrich
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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If domination worked, we’d be free by now.
Let’s lay the old power games to rest.
Increase the love.
I’ll bring the soil.
#adriennemareebrown
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “If the goal was to increase the love, rather than winning or dominating a constant opponent, I think we could actually imagine liberation from constant oppression. We would suddenly be seeing everything we do, everyone we meet, not through the tactical eyes of war, but through eyes of love. We would see that there’s no such thing as a blank canvas, an empty land or a new idea – but everywhere there is complex, ancient, fertile ground full of potential.” — adrienne maree brown
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Letting go ≠ losing. It’s transformation in process.

#Becoming #LaoTzu #ChangingTimes #PracticeChange #LifeboatAcademy
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." — Lao Tzu
November 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Overconsumption called.
It wants its entire living room back.

Time to redecorate the future.

Too-Too, Much-Much by Thomas Hirschhorn, 2010 (installation view, dimensions variable, found objects)

#thomashirschhorn #RegenerativeFutures #QueerEcologies #ClimateAction #CultureShift #Overconsumption
An entire museum filled with tens of discarded furniture, thousands of aluminum cans and other discarded items, forcing visitors to navigate through an overwhelming environment of consumer waste.
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Love reveals who we are beneath the masks.

#JamesBaldwin #Authenticity #NightWisdom #QueerVoices #CommunityCare
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within." — James Baldwin
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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We don’t choose the times — just the work that’s ours to do.

What feels like the right work for you today?
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf. “And so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” —J.R.R. Tolkien
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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The future is built by people who plant shade they’ll never sit in.
#Stewardship #Interdependence #RabindranathTagore
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “The one who plants trees, knowing that they will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.” — Rabindranath Tagore
October 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Our crises and our breakthroughs both begin in imagination. What new doorway are you sensing coming alive?

#Imagination #RegenerativeFutures #BillPlotkin
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Compassion is radical realism.
When another’s suffering spills over, our task is not to punish but to help.

#lifeboatacademy #livingthequestions #deepadaptation #soilandsoul #thichnhathanh
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "When another person makes you suffer, it is because they suffer deeply within themselves. They do not need punishment; they need help." — Thich Nhat Hanh
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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We don’t inherit the Earth — we borrow it.
The question is, how will we return it?

#farmastery #lifeboatacademy #reciprocity #collapseaware
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” — Attributed to Indigenous teachings
October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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This infographic from IPBES explains the four "method families" for assessing the values of nature. It highlights that the global biodiversity crisis is linked to how nature is valued in decisions.
#IPBES #BiodiversityLoss #metacrisis #valuesassessment
IPBES ASSESSING THE VALUES OF NATURE The causes of the global biodiversity crisis and opportunities to address them are linked to the way nature is valued in political and economic decisions at all levels. But how can we assess nature's values? THE 4 "METHOD FAMILIES Nature-based valuation Gathers, measures or analyses information about the properties of nature and its contributions to people. Statement-based valuation Directly asks people to express their values. Behaviour-based valuation Identifies how people value nature by observing their behaviour and practices. Integrated valuation Brings together various types of values assessed with different information sources. There is no one-size-fits-all valuation method. The use of complementary methods helps to make a wider diversity of values visible, while improving the quality of the information generated to support decisions. IPBES #ValuesAssessment
October 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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The question isn’t what to buy — it’s how to live ethically when everything feels broken.
#collapseaware #livingthequestions #lifeboatacademy #jonathansafranfoer
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "The real choice we face is not what to buy, whether to fly or if we have children, but whether we are willing to commit to living ethically in a broken world." — Jonathan Safran Foer
October 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Amanda Gorman reminds us that healing asks for courage, grace, and a willingness to grow together.

#Farmastery #LifeboatAcademy #CourageToGrow #SoilAndSoul #ResilientTogether
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “We ignite not in the light, but in lack thereof, For it is in loss that we truly learn to love. In this chaos, we will discover clarity. In suffering, we must find solidarity.” — Amanda Gorman
October 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Some things are worth holding on to, even when it takes everything we have.

#lifeboatacademy #farmastery #reciprocity #resilience #degrowth
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "Hold on to what is good, Even if it's a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, Even if it's a tree that stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do, Even if it's a long way from here. Hold on to your life, Even if it's easier to let go. Hold on to my hand, Even if someday I'll be gone away from you". ― Crowfoot
October 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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The economy we need grows from care, not extraction. Degrowth invites us to live richly — with less stuff, more relationship, and room to dance. 🌾💚
#Degrowth #RelationalEconomy #Farmastery #LifeboatAcademy
October 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM