Learn from the beasts!

“What we have to do is maintain interpersonal relationships,” he says. “In our own daily lives with the people that we interact with, if we can reunite—even in the face of conflict—then I think that’s a recipe for maintaining peace.”

You can't do anything if the world explodes tomorrow, so be happy today. And help people.

Find Community at Our Weekly Meetings: Do you feel alone and isolated with your knowledge of collapse? In a Collapse Support meeting, you will join like-minded people in a safe, structured space to discuss your concerns about our world’s converging crises. www.collapseclub.com/collapse-sup...

Collapse Club The practice of love, compassion, and intentional responsibility.

Meetings at Collapse Club

We convene weekly meetings online to provide a safe space for people to metabolize the difficult emotions that arise from becoming aware of collapse. We join together in conversation and action to find meaning in a collapsing world. www.collapseclub.com

This is fun!

Chaos leashed! - Meetings and times during the interval of dislocation Our clocks are askew, so here are some specific links to make sure we can be together.

Here are specific links to the times of our upcoming meetings, to cope with our misaligned clocks.

Emotional Resilience Find Community at Our Weekly Meetings Do you feel alone and isolated with your knowledge of collapse? Do your family and friends not understand what you're seeing and feeling? In a Collapse Club meet...

The USA changed to Daylight Savings Time last weekend, so please be sure to check the calendar on our website for the meeting time in your time zone for the next couple of weeks: www.collapseclub.com/emotional-re...

The further you go into it, the deeper it gets.

In our Emotional Resilience meetings, we create a safe and structured space to experience despair, and to mourn our fantasies, in the compassionate presence of others. This opens the path to “enlivenment,” even in the face of collapse.

collapseclub.com

You, an individual, cannot "fix" the whole world. You can act at the scale of your life. You should act at the scale of your life.

Podcast: 'Transcendence' Sacred and mundane, emotional and relational, personal and universal.

Latest podcast, with Matthew & David. "Transcend" means to climb beyond limits to cross a boundary, but there are lots of ways to do it.

As we strolled outside
my friend unzipped his coat
and with a sigh declared:
“I can’t decide if
the world is crashing down,
or if it’s gorgeous out today,”
to which I replied:
“the world is crashing down,
and it’s gorgeous out today,”
and in response
my friend just sighed again.

Synthesis The coming together of Emotional Resilience and Solidarity Prepping

Why Emotional Resilence and Solidarity Prepping "only make sense together."

www.collapseclub.com/blog/synthes...

"I take comfort in this: The authoritarians are not in charge; the guys with the guns are not in charge. The planet is in charge; the Universe is in charge. That's who I surrender to." ~KP

This is the practical power of mutual aid.

Nashville winter storm: Community aids those without power - Nashville Banner Effects of historic winter storm leaves in Nashville linger, with community aid and volunteers stepping up to provide food and warmth to those in need.

Heroic mutual-aid is hampered by the fear of government cruelty. People won’t open their doors to accept free, warm food.

Prosecute ICE!

“We know that those are tactics that have been used in other cities and we don’t put it past them to come after a community in the midst of a crisis.”

The Cookie Theory of Collective Action Build community, bring snacks, and other tips from an occupied city

late-night reminder to get involved in some way and it even counts if you do something small like buying snacks or hand warmers or making cookies

take care of your community, bit by bit. it all adds up.

'Accelerating Collapse' - with Matthew & David - Collapse Club Collapse is accelerating, both in the realm of climate and in politics. The weather is becoming unreliable, and the governments are turning fascist. David Baum and Matthew Painton, Conveners at C...

NEW PODCAST EPISODE!

How is our "inner work" holding up as collapse accelerates? Matthew Painton and David Baum talk about the challenges of accepting that collapse is real, and how our work in Collapse Club keeps us centered in our wisdom and humanity, even in the face of increasing dangers.

For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org

The Eye of Every Storm An Appalachian anarchist involved in responding to Hurricane Helene discusses what they have learned and how to prepare for the disasters to come.

"The best way to prepare for a disaster is not to stockpile supplies, but to build trust in your community and nurture a healthy web of relationships. The best way to accomplish this is to start doing mutual aid projects in your community before an acute crisis arises." #Mutual_Aid #Disaster_Relief

“Just because I’m feeling scared doesn’t mean I’m not going to show up.” Courage is required to practice mutual aid in defense of the community.

Home - WARMLINE.ORG Directory by state of WARMLINES. A WARMLINE is staffed with Peer Specialists who can offer hope, strength, and knowledge gained from their own personal experiences living with mental health issues and...

A member of our community shared these resources for help with holiday depression.
(www.warmline.org)
(findahelpline.com)
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
Callen Lorde (LGBTQ): Text CALLENLORDE to 741741
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
The Trevor Project (LGBTQ, 24 years and under): 866-488-7386

Units of Survival And updates

“It's time for us to form our groups, online and off. It's time to build the knowledge and skills. It's time to divest from the noise. It's time to build trust.”

www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/units-of-sur...

Relationship and service are the keys to resilience.

Just want to let everyone know: We WILL be having Collapse Club meetings this week on both Wednesday and Thursday at the usual times. Hope to see you there! #collapseclub

Meeting Report - 1 November: How do we organize power? Let's find out what knowledge we have among ourselves and start spreading it around.

We’re going to try topic-based “pods.” Here’s the report from the Preparedness Support Group’:

Preparedness Support Group meeting - Saturday, 1 November 2025 We want to learn responder skills, so let's organize ourselves like responders (and see if it works!)

The Preparedness Support Group will meet Saturday, 1 November. Complete information is posted! Hope to see you.

❤️ David B.

#FeedYourNeighbors

Rise in persecution of climate defenders in Europe slammed by UN expert Climate activists worldwide are facing increased persecution and criminalization by governments, with some of the most severe measures coming from Europe, according to a United Nations human rights ex...

“You [member states] know what to do and you just don’t do it. I hear a lot of crocodile tears in this room, and I see a lot of serious hand-wringing.”

We will all die of the growth mind virus.

Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says Exclusive: Poverty rapporteur says governments must rethink welfare state as essential to fabric of society

So here is evidence for the basic liberal proposition that the government should provide for the welfare of the people. But when the system is built for profit and growth, evidence doesn't matter. The liberal vision is bankrupt because it has capitulated to the money-power.