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• Welcome to The Academy!

  Right now so many of us are burnt out and overwhelmed: by the pandemic; by the uncertainty of the future; and by huge challenges like climate change, systemic racism, and inequality. The Long Time Academy is an immersive and...

  22 okt 2021 280 sec.

• Part One: How We Got To NOW

  Life is short, but time is really, really long. So long that most of us can’t really comprehend more than a few years at a time into the future. It’s time to take a longer view. In Part One, we will look at how we’ve arrived at a...

  5 nov 2021 3827 sec.

• BONUS Part One Practice: Human Layers

  This practice has been created by Ella Saltmarshe & Hannah Smith. It is inspired by the work of deep ecologist, Joanna Macy. It enables us to walk across the generations, developing an emotional connection to the lives of past and...

  5 nov 2021 677 sec.

• Part Two: How To Stretch Time

  NOTE: this episode contains discussion around death which some people may find difficult. In Part Two we learn how to stretch time! We journey back to the beginning of life on earth, and forward into the far, far future, we learn from...

  12 nov 2021 3934 sec.

• BONUS Part Two Practice: Death Meditation

  Written and read by end-of-life specialist, Alua Arthur, this meditation asks us to imagine what it is like to die, in order to bring about a deeper appreciation of being alive. It’s a life-affirming practice that’s best done in its...

  12 nov 2021 1164 sec.

• BONUS Part Two Practice: The Well of Deep Time

  Read by Kessonga Giscombe, this immersive and transformative meditation takes listeners back through time, and through the 4.6 billion year evolution of our living Earth. Experience a unique perspective of deep time! The Well of Deep...

  12 nov 2021 1069 sec.

• Part Three: Once Upon an Economy

  Greta Thunberg famously chided world leaders for pursuing “fairytales of eternal economic growth”. In this episode we learn how short-termism is baked into our current economic story, and why we need to change this narrative. Ella meets...

  19 nov 2021 4075 sec.

• BONUS Part Three Practice: Loving Kindness for Future Generations

  This Loving-Kindness-meditation-with-a-twist asks us to generate care for people around us today, and for those in the future who have yet to be born. Co-created by Ella Saltmarshe and Headspace teacher Dora Kamau, who also reads the...

  19 nov 2021 884 sec.

• Part Four: Future Tense Politics

  How can we do politics with a Long Time lens? So often it feels like our leaders are firmly stuck in the short-term, motivated by getting re-elected every four or five years and the sway of vested interests.  In this episode we meet the...

  26 nov 2021 4012 sec.

• BONUS Part Four Practice: The Words Before All Else

  A gift to the students of the Academy from Mama Bear, Bear Clan Mother for the Mohawk Nation Council. This traditional Haudenosaunee practice expresses gratitude and empathic connection to all of creation. Usually delivered whenever...

  26 nov 2021 1272 sec.

• Part Five: Decolonising The Future

  Whose imagination are we living in, and how does that feel? The last few years have highlighted the raw urgency of the struggle to ensure the future is not dominated by white-supremecy. But what do visions of an alternative future look...

  3 dec 2021 3974 sec.

• BONUS Part Five Practice: Decolonising Your Imagination with Afro-rithms

  This imaginative and interactive meditation exercise gives you a unique opportunity to experience elements of the Afro-rithms from the Future game with its co-creator, Ahmed Best. Feel the right hemisphere of your brain awaken with new...

  3 dec 2021 1450 sec.