Dear friends,
We are in a time between worlds, and many of us feel it before we can name it. Everything we’ve published over the past few years—the conversations, the essays, the gatherings—has been an attempt to sit honestly with that feeling and ask what comes next. Today, all of this culminates in a new name: Seeds of Renaissance.
Life Itself and Seeds of Renaissance
Over the last few months you may have noticed that Life Itself’s media presence, like YouTube and Instagram has been gradually renamed to Seeds of Renaissance.
Seeds of Renaissance emerges from Life Itself and is home to the greater vision and movement building—where our media, community, courses, events, and public work live. At the same time, it is much bigger than Life Itself. Seeds of Renaissance will welcome other people who come in their own way, without necessarily being part of Life Itself.
Life Itself will continue to operate. What is changing is that its public-facing work around ideas, media, events, and community has moved to Seeds of Renaissance. Life Itself will continue as the originating collective and current steward of Seeds of Renaissance, and as its own experiment in shared life through its hubs and Developmental Spaces acting as an incubator for further projects.
PS: If you do want to check out behind-the-scenes activities at Life Itself we still have a Life Itself Daily instagram account where you can follow along.
Below, you can read more about what’s new at Seeds of Renaissance or check out the full details of the launch, including FAQs, in our blog post on the new site.
You may also join us for the launch of a new series of weekly Global Connection Calls starting tomorrow, Thursday, 29th October, 20:30-22:00 CET:
Why seeds?
A renaissance doesn’t arrive all at once. It begins small, in soil that’s been turned over by loss and hope: a conversation, a practice, a group of people meeting once a week to work out what comes next.
We wanted a name that says that plainly. We aren’t announcing a new world. We’re tending the first green shoots of one, and we don’t have it all figured out. We’re working it out together, with your help.
Our new mark carries the same idea that we started years ago. A swallow, the bird whose return means spring is coming after a long winter, rises through a circle of fingerprints. Many hands around something taking flight.
What Seeds of Renaissance is…
Seeds of Renaissance is a movement of people making sense of this moment and practicing what comes next, together.
A Media House: where we make sense of things: the podcast and YouTube conversations, essays, our white paper series, a printed magazine, and this newsletter.
Gardens of Change: where we practice together: WhatsApp chats, weekly Global Connection Calls, courses, and events.
Nothing you value is going away. The conversations, the writing, and the community are all still here, now under one name, one look, and one home. The podcast you may know as Over the Mountains is now simply the Seeds of Renaissance podcast.
Where to find us now:
Our new home on the web is seedsofrenaissance.org. The old Second Renaissance links and URLs will bring you there.
Our YouTube channel is the best place to watch and listen to our new podcast episodes, and you can now find links to our white papers and essays on their own dedicated pages on the new site.
Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SeedsOfRenaissance
Join us! We have online courses with proven practices people can implement into their existing life, community, and interests, while in-person meetups and online events such as our weekly Global Connection Call provide the necessary opportunities for community and the skills to build Gardens of Change.
Next call: Thursday, 29 October, 20:30–22:00 CET
If you haven’t already, follow us. It’s the easiest way to hear about new conversations, gatherings, and what we’re growing next.
Instagram: @seedsofrenaissance
X/Twitter: @SeedRenaissance
Facebook: Seeds of Renaissance
LinkedIn: Seeds of Renaissance
BlueSky: @seedsofrenaissance
And if any of this has meant something to you, the kindest thing you can do is pass it on to someone who feels what you feel.
Thank you for being here, through the old name and into the new one.
With warmth,
Sylvie, Rufus, and the Seeds of Renaissance Team and Community