Deep Adaptation Forum

DAF's July newsletter...

Perhaps less reliance on government funding isn’t a bad thing.

Disclaimer: science is good. Research is good. Scientists who conduct research funded by government are likely doing excellent and untainted research. The model is bad, not the people making a living in the current paradigm.

We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard. The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

Unbridled thirst for all things AI.

'Tallies of AI energy use short-circuit the conversation by scolding individual behavior or triggering comparisons to bigger offenders. Both dodge the point.'

Hi Jessica. Thank you for sharing and for your efforts overall.

Yes to processing feelings. Often, otherwise, forms of denial creep in. Awareness and acceptance are two very different things.

“Inner adaptation” also helps broaden prepping beyond the sphere of the individual or family.

The Opposite of Strong Isn’t Weak. It’s Dependent. Fragile cities are overextended, under-resourced, and deeply dependent on decisions made far away. New York City and Salt Lake City show us what this looks like.

An important angle on one of many converging crises. The story is US-centric but is likely applicable globally and for any size municipality.

"Fragility is what happens when a local government is overextended, under-resourced, and deeply dependent on decisions made far away."

@strongtowns.org

Earth Day is a good day. Earth Day seems worth celebrating.

Today is the day we have, no different than any other day. Make them count.

You are welcome to applaud this public service announcement.

‘All of his guns will do nothing for him’: lefty preppers are taking a different approach to doomsday Liberals in the US make up about 15% of the prepping scene and their numbers are growing. Their fears differ from their better-known rightwing counterparts – as do their methods

Deep Adaptation in the press.

Even though it’s a global collapse we’re talking about, it really is possible in the company of others to metabolize these feelings and find stability in your life.”

- DA friend David Baum @feralmystic.io

@aarongell.bsky.social and @alexsteffen.bsky.social here too.

@climatena.bsky.social
@climatepsychol.bsky.social

Current USG leaders are worried about “climate anxiety” and their solution is to disappear the phrase.

Makes sense on the same day they announced increasing coal production and meantime are decreasing environmental impact monitoring across the board.

Bonus: a graphic from Hunter's piece. Again, he's writing about particular issues in one specific country but his advice has much relevance to Deep Adaptation and the DA ethos as a whole.

Thanks to @daniel-hunter.bsky.social

10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.

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9. Handle fear, make violence rebound (times call for courage, it can be/it will be/IT IS hard, and exhausting, but here we are, embrace steps one and two for support)
10. Envision a positive future (YES! (enough said))

We hope DA followers find these posts and Hunter's piece valuable! 🙏❤️

...(do so carefully of course, speak (and act) truth to power but in so doing take care for self and others.)
7. Reorient your political map (this is another of the Four R's in the pinned post - Reconciliation)
8. Get real about power (getting real about everything is the heart of DA)
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...(those first two point to adrienne maree brown's wise maxim: "move at the speed of trust.")
3. Grieve (hello DA's inner adaptation!)
4. Release that which you cannot change (hello one of the DA's Four R's (see pinned post!))
5. Find your path
6. Do not obey in advance, do not self censor
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... to nearly any crisis that any DA follower may be focused upon. Daniel Hunter lays out a 10 point plan that reads like a DA playbook! Let's give a quick TLDR just because (and again, scroll down for Hunter's whole, worthwhile piece).
1. Trust yourself
2. Find others who you trust
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...usefully, for self and for others too, in the largest sense. The following article (you'll have to scroll down to get to the link) is making the rounds again, and though it focuses on what to do in response to one guy in one country (a distressingly powerful influence to be sure), it applies...

The predominant global paradigm is more off-kilter than usual because of one country's party in power. (It has long been off-kilter; this is merely a new-new added to the typical-usual.) Those who follow Deep Adaptation have long been reading these tea leaves and hopefully utilizing the knowledge...

Contentment is sexy.

Current events are not good and require participation while always keeping the wide angle view in the mix too.

Amusing Ourselves to Death

- Neil Postman

(image by Olivier Bonhomme)

OODA - Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act.

Mature adults consider reality, discuss potential responses, and take appropriate action.

Introduction: (Almost) everything you wanted to know about tipping points, but were too afraid to ask The evidence is mounting that vast changes are not only possible, but increasingly likely as the Earth warms. But how close the world is to crossing so-called “tipping points” is a matter of vigorous ...

Tipping points have been a key part of the Deep Adaptation conversation from the start. Nobody knows what’s going to happen in the future (nor tomorrow, for that matter) but biophysical limits exist. This is a helpful article with a suite of links on the topic.
h/t @ppmv.bsky.social

In the U.S. the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provide locally and globally vital information.

teamup.com/ksgwdbu1oxnh...

Upcoming Deep Adaptation Forum gatherings - see event link next post.

Practical adaptation:

Forest school / homeschool / unschool / fun = place-based learning in action.

Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side

And here's thirty specific things to do that might grab you right now. Ignore the person mentioned in the header. Many of these will manifest the greater good at any time, and many bring the party to the fore. One of them is, in fact, simply that: throw the best damn party you can imagine (#14).

If moxie is in short supply, if buzzy phrases like 'find your people' and 'build community' are falling flat, if you're flailing and bailing instead of showing up, if current events are sapping your power, a response is to focus on your stoke & seek agency on a scale that will succeed. Start here ⬇️

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"I walk on the ground and the ground’s walked on by me. I breathe the air and change it, I am entirely interconnected with the world.”

- Ursula Le Guin

Keep or bring back what is of value, let go of all that isn't, make peace with mortality.

This looks great. Kudos to our DA groups and friends in Hungary.