PHASE 1: THE ORIGIN (How we got here)

Week 1: Waking Up to the Crisis

• The Big Picture: Understanding the environmental challenges we face.

• The Personal: Identifying the stories we tell ourselves to avoid looking at the future.

• Practice: Take a break from digital noise to see the world more clearly.

Week 2: How We Ended Up Here

• The Big Picture: A look at how our society moved from local community living to the current model of constant growth.

• The Personal: Validating the feeling of being unsettled as a sign that you are paying attention.

• Practice: Note down moments when you felt that the modern way of living did not quite fit.

PHASE 2: THE WITHDRAWAL (Managing the pressure)

Week 3: The Growth Trap

• The Big Picture: Why the system demands infinite growth on a finite planet.

• The Personal: Recognising how shopping or constant busyness acts as a temporary distraction.

• Practice: Track your daily choices and notice why you make them.

Week 4: Facing Our Feelings

• The Big Picture: What is happening to our home?

• The Personal: Tools for processing climate grief and finding emotional resilience.

• Practice: Spend time in a local green space to reconnect with the natural world.

Week 5: Moving Beyond the Individual

• The Big Picture: Why personal guilt is often a distraction from systemic change.

• The Personal: Moving from shame to shared power.

• Practice: Separate what you can change yourself from where you can help others.

PHASE 3: THE RECOVERY (Building a new life)

Week 6: Navigating the System

• The Big Picture: Identifying the voices that encourage us to keep consuming.

• The Personal: Learning how to say no to the pressures of daily life.

• Practice: Practice choosing your own path when the world demands conformity

Week 7: Finding Your Balance

• The Big Picture: Why the system needs us tired and anxious.

• The Personal: Practices to stay calm and grounded.

• Practice: A five-minute ritual to stay connected to your own values.

Week 8: Reclaiming What Matters

• The Big Picture: How we swap real human needs for brand labels.

• The Personal: Defining the good life based on your own terms.

• Practice: Identify what is truly important to you and where it conflicts with your habits.

PHASE 4: THE FLIGHT (Action and Enrollment)

Week 9: The Power of Small Actions

• The Big Picture: Why local cooperation is so powerful.

• The Personal: Finding your way to contribute.

• Practice: Support a local independent business or group. Tell one person why you chose to do it.

Week 10: Your Manifesto for the Future

• The Big Picture: Understanding your role in a changing world.

• The Personal: designing your future behaviour.

• Practice: Create your 12-month plan for living differently and inviting others to join you.

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As a good first step please read the book www.hummingbirdeffect.org

Interested in taking part in the course when we finally get it together? - drop me a line in the box below

While writing The Dragon & the Hummingbird, I began to see how the stories we are told about the absolute sovereignty of capitalism shape and effect how much we believe we can change the status quo.

These narratives act as a barrier to real change, particularly when we confront the urgent crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.

That realisation was a turning point for me and prompted a shift in my thinking that led to the development of the Hummingbird Effect.

Since then I’ve wanted to help others experience that same transformative shift in perspective and provide the tools they can use to act upon it.

So now, my wife Sarah, who is a qualified counsellor, is working with me to distil this journey into an online course.

If you're interested in taking part or have any questions, please let me know in the box below.

Thanks,

Gramskii & Sarah

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