Dear friends,
Welcome to another edition of In Correspondence! Newsletters are great and all, but I really hope to see you in person at the Futurecraft Residency in Costa Rica, 12-19 Dec 🥭🦜🥥🌴🙊
What I’ve been up to
I attended the Planet Local summit in Bristol where I particularly appreciated Lyla June Johnston, Rutendo Ngara, Alnoor Ladha, Lynn Murphy, Iain McGilchrist and Jeremy Lent, and also recorded a podcast with Ma Earth (out soon)
I attended the Inner Development Goals summit in Stockholm where my highlights were Indy Johar, Phoebe Tickell and the closing party with Louisana Avenue
I saw Daniel Schmachtenberger and Nora Bateson in conversation and had the pleasure of meeting Daniel in person for the first time
I joined the Stockholm Zen Center ○
I open-sourced the notes from the Life as Practice course I taught in Sep 2022
Futurecraft Residency
I am really looking forward to the Futurecraft Residency that I’m co-facilitating at the inspiring Brave Earth in Costa Rica, 12-19 December. Join us for a week of exploring regenerative and resilient futures, individual and collective, through embodiment, song, dialogue, technology and imagination. Mention this newsletter when applying for a $100 discount, applications close 12th November
Introduction to AI
My sold out Introduction to AI course will take place again in January 2024. Take a highly practical, four-week deep dive into the promise and pitfalls of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Book your place
Knowledgegraph
Since last time, I read the brilliant I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor and shared 39 items to my knowledgegraph. Some highlights:
A great introductory presentation on the metacrisis by Joshua Williams
The Possibilities of Regeneration: short film narrated by Lyla June Johnstone
Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh: free-to-view feature film accompanying the book by Local Futures founder Helena Norberg-Hodge
Reforge The Ring #2: Distribution, Contextualization & Instantiation on the foundations of a positive-sum economic system
Transformers Are Secretly Collectives of Spin Systems: A statistical mechanics perspective on transformers in machine learning
Plans for the future
Come Together on Ekskäret, Stockholm, 19-22 Oct
Earthed Summit, London, 11 Nov
Hermes Amāra annual retreat, Devon, 1-8 Dec
Futurecraft Residency, Costa Rica, 12-19 Dec
Soulmaking Dharma retreat with Catherine McGee & Juha Penttilä, Finland, Feb 2024
ÖTILLÖ Sprint Utö, Stockholm, June 2024
Offerings from friends
Over £2.2m worth of tickets have now been sold via Dandelion, the platform for regenerative events and co-created gatherings, of which I’m the lead developer - give it a spin for your next event!
Make It Rain: An 8-week coaching journey to get support in making a meaningful impact and thriving collaboration with Jocelyn Ames and Jonas Gröner, starts 24 Oct
Epic Love: 4-week course on cultivating empowered relationships with Gaia Harvey Jackson, starts 1 Nov
Shamanic healing immersion at Madreselva, 2-5 Nov
The Call: Meaning, Purpose and Direction Weekend Men's Retreat with Conor Cregg, 4-5 Nov, London
Power Play - Introduction to Loving Domination with Roisin Green, 10 Nov, London
The Body Knows A Six Week Immersion: The Gift of Somatic Resource with Dani Tonks, 9 Jan - 13 Feb
Meditation & Movement Colive Experience, 13 Jan - 10 Feb, Portugal
The Garden living lab.s, residencies in northern Portugal
Mettā,
Stephen
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