We are a global community engaged in inquiry and action over the long arc of sustainability transformations.
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UPDATE: How are we practising transformation in changing times?
📍 Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
📅 11–14 October 2027
Save the dates. Programme and participation details will follow soon.
❗Save the dates: bit.ly/3TJWkr5
#Transformations2027 #TC27
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How can research contribute to just and sustainable futures, and what might that ask of researchers? Applications are open for Utrecht University’s 2027 #TransformativeResearch for #Sustainability Challenges PhD course.
Deadline: 27 Sept.
🔗 uu.nl/en/news/apply-for-the-…
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What helps a collaborative network grow stronger—not simply busier? The five-month Learning Collaborative from Collective Mind offers practical assessment, coaching and peer learning.
Early bird: 4 Sept | Registration: 25 Sept
collectivemindglobal.org/net…
#NetworkLeadership
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What does it take for ocean science to become genuinely transformative? 🌊
Lessons from a decade of IMBeR explore inclusive collaboration, equity, research networks & stronger science-policy connections.
Read: doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsag…
#OceanSustainability
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When AI enters transformative practice, what gets reconfigured?
In the 5th #AI4ST Practice Lab, participants explored how AI can reshape participation, reflexivity, agency, judgment & relationships.
🔗 Read the reflections: transformationscommunity.org…
#ResponsibleAI
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Leading through change takes clarity, trust & shared leadership.
@IISCBlog & @curtisogden hosts a workshop on navigating uncertainty with humanity and intention.
📅 Aug 27, 3–5 PM ET
🔗 interactioninstitute.org/tra…
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What becomes visible when we move from the census to the senses? @uncertainatlas explores mobility, art, knowledge & #urbanfutures across Accra, Nairobi & Johannesburg.
✨ Explore the project & connect: transformationscommunity.org…
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What helps communities and organisations become more resilient, equitable and regenerative? @curtisogden and @GaiaEducation’s 7-week online course explores energy flows through living systems, with 6 live sessions and new case studies. Starts 28 Sept: gaiaeducation.org/energy-sys…
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We’re #hiring an Operations & Integration Lead. The work: help TC hold the threads. What’s active? Who owns it? What’s stuck? What needs follow-through? Not a conventional EA. Not a heavy PM. An integrator for a small, relational organization.
🔗 transformationscommunity.org…
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⏰ Reminder: you can still register for tomorrow’s TCAI Practice Lab kickoff session. Join us at 4:00 PM CET for an expert-facilitated peer space on how AI is showing up in sustainability transformations work.
Register here: transformationscommunity.org…
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Save the date: Transformations Conference 2027 (#TC27), Oct 25-29, 2027 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, hosted by @EqualSeaLab @cretus_usc @UniversidadeUSC.
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Otto Scharmer & Michael Pirson open a recent blog post with a question about the role of education in an age of rupture and regeneration. What they offer is not a finished framework, but a first draft and an invitation to prototype the future together.
thefifthelement.earth/opinio…
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In a recent Medium post, Tending to the Grassroots, Anna Birney reflects on staying close to where change is actually happening - in grassroots, lived work and supporting what’s already growing rather than trying to scale from a distance.
medium.com/school-of-system-…
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We’re inviting you to join the launch of the TCAI Practice Lab, an expert-facilitated, peer space to explore how AI is actually showing up in sustainability transformations work.
Join us April 23 or April 28 (8:00 AM MT / 4:00 PM CET).
Learn More:
transformationscommunity.org…
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At a time when large-scale change efforts are meeting resistance, Curtis Ogden points to “Trojan mice,” small, unassuming experiments that can bypass rigid systems more effectively than a single large “Trojan Horse.”
interactioninstitute.org/how…
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Karen O’Brien reframes “scaling the good stuff” as something that emerges from shifts in values, relationships & ways of being, not just the spread of solutions. "We need to scale the good stuff. Kindness. Care. Generosity. Compassion. Love. For all...
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At a recent global biodiversity convening, Future Earth delegates described how scientific findings were negotiated line by line with policymakers and governments. It’s a reminder that turning knowledge into action is not automatic...
futureearth.org/bridging-kno…
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Call for Contributors: Doing Sustainability Work Amid Disruption
We're seeking 4–5 short (10 min) reflections for a symposium at the National Sustainability Society conference - Aug 17–19, Denver, CO.
Deadline: April 12
transformationscommunity.org…
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Instability is no longer temporary but ongoing, requiring layered responses. Effective action integrates inner resilience, relationships, and coordinated systems. The deeper signal: a shift toward preparing for continuous disruption, not reacting to crises. #SystemicResilience
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Networks are under pressure to move beyond connection and trust into coordinated action. Relational strength isn’t enough; it needs shared direction, structure, and execution. The signal: many communities feel aligned but lack ways to move together. #CoordinatedAction
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