How we build an Ecocivilization - Metacrisis Salon #11

​It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. Jeremy Lent disagrees.

​Salon #9 asked whether empire is collapsing. Salon #10 asks: what do we build in its place?

​Described by The Guardian as "one of the greatest thinkers of our age," Lent has spent the last decade tracing how the patterns of meaning we've inherited — extraction, endless growth, separation from nature — are driving our civilization toward collapse. His award-winning books The Patterning Instinct and The Web of Meaning diagnosed the crisis. His upcoming Ecocivilization: Making a World that Works for All (May 2026) lays out what comes next.

​Not reform. Not incremental policy fixes. A fundamentally different civilization — one modeled on nature's own design principles: justice, mutuality, diversity, and symbiosis. From the global economy to housing to agriculture, every major system redesigned to work as a coherent whole.

​This isn't utopian fantasy. It's a concrete, researched framework for a world that actually works for all life.

​We'll be joined by:

​Jeremy Lent — Author of The Patterning Instinct, The Web of Meaning, and the upcoming Ecocivilization. Founder of the Deep Transformation Network and the nonprofit Liology Institute. Founding member of the Ecocivilization Coalition.

​Together, we'll explore what it actually looks like to build something new — not after collapse, but now.

​⚡️ Volunteer Early Arrival Starting at 4:00 PM, we'll open the space for volunteers to help cook and set up. If you'd like to contribute to shaping the container — cooking, connecting, and preparing the room — we'd love to have you. Volunteers get in free. Just send a message to let us know you're coming early.

​🗓 Evening Flow

​6:00 PM — Arrival & mingling
7:00 PM — Welcome & framing
7:15 PM — Jeremy Lent: Presentation + Q&A
8:00 PM — Break (10 min)
8:10 PM — Activities + Q&A
9:00 PM — Group discussion (25 min)
9:25 PM — Closing 9:30 PM — Mingling continues

​Community-made vegan & gluten-free dinner, snacks and drinks provided!

​No more voluneer slots available - We have a handful of FREE tickets available for Volunteers who want to support the setting up of the event (4PM) and/or cleanup (10PM).

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​In community with our friends at Denizen and PSYCA (Psychedelics for Climate Action).