The book is now available. The paperback is $24.95. The hardback is $43.99, which is ridiculous, but it is what it is. The eBook is $9.95. The best deal for us is for you to purchase from the publisher’s website directly: https://www.xlibris.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/872999-possible-planet-pathways-to-a-habitable-future All proceeds go to our nonprofit, and we earn more when the book is purchased directly rather than… Read more →
And save the dates for future sessions: the last Wednesday of each month, 7-8:30 p.m. We had a modestly successful first introductory session on September 9, and I very much appreciated and enjoyed the participation of friends and colleagues from various walks of life. Our next session will, however, be quite different, with a briefer presentation by me and a… Read more →
As a long time colleague of the author, a “Serial Entrepreneur” in his words, I accompanied him on a three-day trip to Haiti right after their big earthquake. He navigated us around, geographically, culturally, linguistically, logistically, and social entrepreneurially as we tried to see how we could help. That included both diplomatically, on-the-ground, person-to-person or student, while experiencing a hairy… Read more →
We are launching Living the Book: Pathways to a Habitable Future—In Action through the Design School for Regenerating Earth as a year-long series of monthly dialogues with a specifically local and bioregional focus. We are holding the initial 90-minute dialogues on two Wednesdays, September 9 and 30,2026, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern. RVSP here Zoom meeting link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87289915944?pwd=Uv4zT66tsIIZIqGUx9rMHDiVCXT9SV.1… Read more →
Pathways to a Habitable Future—In Action is a year-long program of thinking, discussion, research, and action at a bioregional level, using the Genesee Finger Lakes as an example. It is based on the Possible Planet book as a basic starting point for an exploration of practical action. Here’s some of the background to this thinking. I’d like to incorporate two further… Read more →
Let’s think about translating the book into action. What it might take is what I call “Living the Book,” a year-long program, where we go through a chapter or two each month and decide what action we can take on it, if it implies an action (so maybe we have to re-examine the book and pull out 12 key themes… Read more →
Want a free copy of the eBook? Email me at jcloud@possibleplanet.org with the subject line “I WILL REVIEW” and text me at 908-581-8418 with your email address, and I will send you one of our recorded free copies to review and comment on. I would genuinely welcome constructive criticism. The book is intentionally broad, which is both its strength and… Read more →
I had ChatGPT prepare this for a colleague who said he was too busy to read whole books, though he still writes prolifically about some of the issues it covers: The book begins with a difficult premise: humanity has moved beyond a conventional environmental problem into a broader civilizational predicament. Climate disruption is only one dimension of it. We have… Read more →
I invite you to introduce this book to your friends and neighbors, through existing book clubs or reading circles, or by creating new discussion groups to go through the book together. Possible Planet: Pathways to a Habitable Future is meant not only to offer an up-to-date survey of the regenerative movement—its ideas, practices, networks, and emerging possibilities—but also to provide… Read more →
Development asks: What can we build here? Inhabitation asks: What kind of human presence would make this place more alive? That may be one of the most urgent questions of our time. We speak often about sustainability, resilience, regeneration, and restoration. Each word matters. But underneath them is a deeper civilizational question: How shall human beings inhabit the Earth? Not… Read more →