References & Resources for ideas behind Any Human Power
Many of the books, articles and websites featured below belong to guests who have appeared on my podcast, Accidental Gods, so that’s a great place to start!
This page will be updated as often as I can. But our field is growing on a double exponent: in size/breadth and in time – which is to say it’s getting bigger faster, which makes it hard to keep track of.
We’ve organised these into broad categories but there is a huge amount of overlap, so please explore areas that aren’t immediately familiar: this is how we spread our net.
Most of our links are UK-based. Please do find their equivalents in your own territories.
Inner/Spiritual Work
Books:
Eben Alexander, Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife
Eben Alexander, Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Heart of Consciousness
Raymond Moody, Life after Life
Michael Newton, Memories of the Afterlife
Christopher Bache, LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven
Blogs/Articles:
Woodford Roberts, How to Be Happy at the End of the World
Initiation Cultures vs Trauma Cultures, Frances Weller and Alnoor Ladha
Websites:
Sophy Banks, Healthy Human Culture
Bioneers
Podcasts/Other Media:
Politics, Democracy and Alternative Systems of Governance
Books:
Indra Adnan, The Politics of Waking Up
Peter MacFadyen, Flatpack Democracy 2.0
Nathalie Bennet, Change Everything: How we can Rethink, Repair and Rebuild Society
Nathan Schneider, Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
Audrey Tang and Glen Weyl, Plurality
Blogs/Articles:
Audrey Tang and the Sunflower Revolution
Danish Design Centre: Why systems change will lead to democratic renewal
Websites:
Flatpack Democracy: Reclaiming Local Politics
The Alternative
Humanity Project
Dark Matter Labs
Reactionary International
Podcasts/Other Media:
Nate Hagens, The Great Simplification
800 Hours, Audrey Tang Episode
Economics & Business
Books:
Max Ajl, A People’s Green New Deal
Kate Raworth, Doughnut Economics
Jason Hickel, Less is More
Grace Blakeley Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom
Blogs/Articles:
B. Lorraine Smith Substack
Richard Murphy Tax Research Blog
Websites:
Doughnut Economics
California Doughnut Economics Coalition
Riversimple Movement Future Guardian Governance Model
Podcasts/Other Media:
Upstream podcast
The Circular Economy Podcast
Economics for Rebels
Toxic Impacts of Business:
PFAS causing infertility
PFAS in drinking water
Monbiot on toxins in fields
Cryptocurrency, Alternative Currency, Regenerative Finance, Blockchain
Books:
Josh D’Avila, Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix it
Vitalik Buterin, Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains
Websites:
Podcasts/Other Media:
ReFi
Green Pill
Blockchain Socialist podcast
Josh D’Avila: Blockchain Socialist on YouTube
Accidental Gods on Cultures of Commoning
Regenerative Farming, Food, and Agriculture
Books:
Ross Mars, The Basics of Regenerative Agriculture
Gabe Brown, Dirt to Soil
Jesse Frost, The Living Soil Handbook
Chris Smaje, A Small Farm Future
Matt Powers, Regenerative Soil: The Science and Solutions
Judith Schwartz The Reindeer Chronicles
See Permanent Publications and Chelsea Green Publications for many, many more
Blogs/Articles:
Zero Input Agriculture – Substack by Dr Shane Simonsen
Websites:
The Principles of AgroEcology
Chris Smaje: Small Farm Futures
The Sustainable Food Trust
Food, Farming and Countryside Commission
Podcasts/Other Media:
Farm Gate
Sustainable Food Trust podcast
Six Inches of Soil
The Regenerative Agriculture Podcast
Grazing Grass podcast
RegenAgri Podcast
The Regenerative Journey with Charlie Arnott
The Regenerative Integrationist
Kiss the Ground (Film)
Into the Soil: The Wisdom of Regenerative Farming (YouTube)
Climate Smart Farming (YouTube)
Soil Health for Urban Growers (YouTube)
Regenerating the world’s degraded soils (YouTube)
The Return of Old Growth Forests (YouTube)
Darren Doherty of Regrarians (YouTube)
Going to Seed Podcast w Dr Shane Simonsen
Power/Utilities/Corporations
Design & Regenerative World Building, Community Building & Alternative Modes of Citizenship
Books:
Sarah Ichioka and Michael Pawlyn, Flourish
Jon Alexander, Citizens
Douglas Rushkoff, Team Human
Paddy Le Flufy, Building Tomorrow
Blogs/Articles:
Websites:
Moral Imaginations
Daniel Schmachtenberger/Consilience Foundation
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
ReWorlding
Grassroots2Global
The Consilience Project
Trust the People
Design School for Regenerating Earth
Planet Local Summit
7Gen Cities
Project 00
Radicle Civics
Richard Bartlett
Podcasts/Other Media:
Accidental Gods
Flourish Systems Change
Team Human
From What If to What Next
What Could Possibly Go Right
Global Governance Futures
Frontiers of Commoning
Education & Activism
Books:
Louis Weinstock, How the World is Making Our Children Mad and What to Do About It: A field guide to raising empowered children and growing a more beautiful world
Rupert Read, Parents for a Future
Zac Stein, Education in a Time Between Worlds: Essays on the Future of Schools, Technology, and Society
Blogs/Articles:
Websites:
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