I keep thinking about #RobHopkins’ framing of a “cortisol economy” as “a society driven by chronic stress and anxiety, where the resulting overload of the stress hormone cortisol physically shrinks the hippocampus-the part of the brain responsible for imagination and future planning.”
May 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I keep thinking about #RobHopkins’ framing of a “cortisol economy” as “a society driven by chronic stress and anxiety, where the resulting overload of the stress hormone cortisol physically shrinks the hippocampus-the part of the brain responsible for imagination and future planning.”
Neighbouring trees draw water through different roots and still feed the same forest, leaving the patient observer with fewer certainties and a much larger world to inhabit.
The reflection:
medium.com/@emotusopera...
#LifeboatAcademy #RobHopkins #LivingSystems #CommunityResilience #SystemsThinking
The reflection:
medium.com/@emotusopera...
#LifeboatAcademy #RobHopkins #LivingSystems #CommunityResilience #SystemsThinking
June 12, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Neighbouring trees draw water through different roots and still feed the same forest, leaving the patient observer with fewer certainties and a much larger world to inhabit.
The reflection:
medium.com/@emotusopera...
#LifeboatAcademy #RobHopkins #LivingSystems #CommunityResilience #SystemsThinking
The reflection:
medium.com/@emotusopera...
#LifeboatAcademy #RobHopkins #LivingSystems #CommunityResilience #SystemsThinking
Individual action is too small.
Government action is too slow.
But community action — neighbours, groups, circles — might be enough, just in time. Hopkins reminds us this is the scale where real change can land.
#CommunityAction #LifeboatAcademy #RobHopkins
Government action is too slow.
But community action — neighbours, groups, circles — might be enough, just in time. Hopkins reminds us this is the scale where real change can land.
#CommunityAction #LifeboatAcademy #RobHopkins
December 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Individual action is too small.
Government action is too slow.
But community action — neighbours, groups, circles — might be enough, just in time. Hopkins reminds us this is the scale where real change can land.
#CommunityAction #LifeboatAcademy #RobHopkins
Government action is too slow.
But community action — neighbours, groups, circles — might be enough, just in time. Hopkins reminds us this is the scale where real change can land.
#CommunityAction #LifeboatAcademy #RobHopkins
![A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Emerging at the other end [of resilience transition], we will not be the same as we were; we will have become more humble, more connected to the natural world, fitter, leaner, more skilled and, ultimately, wiser.” — Rob Hopkins
Text superimposed on an image of mulched garden beds with a figure crouched over, digging in the soil to plant seedlings.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rxst5ur7jtijitfhnoldyniy/bafkreid7b4eb4677k3luqenemybv44xjnbgq4ivm5i3a6tl3vx7ugmy4su)
Real resilience doesn’t leave us unchanged.
Passing through transition reshapes us — humbler, leaner, more skilled, more connected to land and each other. Not better than before, but better suited to what’s real.
#RobHopkins #FairShareEthics
Passing through transition reshapes us — humbler, leaner, more skilled, more connected to land and each other. Not better than before, but better suited to what’s real.
#RobHopkins #FairShareEthics
![A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Emerging at the other end [of resilience transition], we will not be the same as we were; we will have become more humble, more connected to the natural world, fitter, leaner, more skilled and, ultimately, wiser.” — Rob Hopkins](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rxst5ur7jtijitfhnoldyniy/bafkreic5yab2wlpfpy7tx4ybhjt3jwkharybpfpf3qzvou2kmrfznkymje)
January 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Real resilience doesn’t leave us unchanged.
Passing through transition reshapes us — humbler, leaner, more skilled, more connected to land and each other. Not better than before, but better suited to what’s real.
#RobHopkins #FairShareEthics
Passing through transition reshapes us — humbler, leaner, more skilled, more connected to land and each other. Not better than before, but better suited to what’s real.
#RobHopkins #FairShareEthics
What the living world's already known — that nothing holds alone — turns out to be the one thing the moment actually requires of us.
The reflection: emotusoperandi.medium.com/so-be-it-res...
#LifeboatAcademy #StayHuman #RobHopkins
The reflection: emotusoperandi.medium.com/so-be-it-res...
#LifeboatAcademy #StayHuman #RobHopkins
June 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
What the living world's already known — that nothing holds alone — turns out to be the one thing the moment actually requires of us.
The reflection: emotusoperandi.medium.com/so-be-it-res...
#LifeboatAcademy #StayHuman #RobHopkins
The reflection: emotusoperandi.medium.com/so-be-it-res...
#LifeboatAcademy #StayHuman #RobHopkins
start your year!
📽🍿 https://transitiontogether.org.uk/when-rob-hopkins-helped-us-fall-in-love-with-the-future/
#transitiontown #lovethefuture #CommunityAction #ClimateAction #robhopkins
📽🍿 https://transitiontogether.org.uk/when-rob-hopkins-helped-us-fall-in-love-with-the-future/
#transitiontown #lovethefuture #CommunityAction #ClimateAction #robhopkins
January 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Ministry of Imagination Manifesto released as the world goes to the polls @robhopkins ❤️ https://www.robhopkins.net/2024/04/15/ministry-of-imagination-manifesto-released-as-the-world-goes-to-the-polls/
Ministry of Imagination Manifesto released as the world g...
And so 'The Ministry of Imagination Manifesto: an imagina...
www.robhopkins.net
December 10, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Ministry of Imagination Manifesto released as the world goes to the polls @robhopkins ❤️ https://www.robhopkins.net/2024/04/15/ministry-of-imagination-manifesto-released-as-the-world-goes-to-the-polls/
"It's good that all our ideas are so similar...it would be easier to make the change if we put our minds to it". Student, @cnschool.bsky.social
The film from W/S 2 - a day of imagination & time travel with #RobHopkins for #FutureStreetsOxfordshire is now available on youtube. 👇🏽
shorturl.at/5mA6f
The film from W/S 2 - a day of imagination & time travel with #RobHopkins for #FutureStreetsOxfordshire is now available on youtube. 👇🏽
shorturl.at/5mA6f
Future Streets Oxfordshire Rob Hopkins 2026
YouTube video by Oxfordshire Liveable Streets
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June 2, 2026 at 10:15 AM
"It's good that all our ideas are so similar...it would be easier to make the change if we put our minds to it". Student, @cnschool.bsky.social
The film from W/S 2 - a day of imagination & time travel with #RobHopkins for #FutureStreetsOxfordshire is now available on youtube. 👇🏽
shorturl.at/5mA6f
The film from W/S 2 - a day of imagination & time travel with #RobHopkins for #FutureStreetsOxfordshire is now available on youtube. 👇🏽
shorturl.at/5mA6f
New #RobHopkins book coming out in June
How to fall in love with the future - a time traveler’s guide to changing the world
How to fall in love with the future - a time traveler’s guide to changing the world
March 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
New #RobHopkins book coming out in June
How to fall in love with the future - a time traveler’s guide to changing the world
How to fall in love with the future - a time traveler’s guide to changing the world