October 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to our October 2025 Newsletter. Here you will find our community, research, Second Renaissance, and the Bergerac Praxis Hub updates from the month of October.
🚀 Upcoming Explorations 🚀
John Vervaeke and Thomas Hübl join Rebecca Henderson at the Second Renaissance Online Conference
Just announced - John Vervaeke to join the Second Renaissance Online Conference. John Vervaeke known for his award-winning work on the meaning crisis, wisdom, and intelligence, and Thomas Hübl, who bridges the insights of great wisdom traditions and modern science to heal collective and intergenerational trauma, join Rebecca Henderson, Professor and Author of Reimaging Capitalism in a World on Fire at the Second Renaissance Online Conference: Transformation in a Time of Metacrisis. They invite us to explore how wisdom, science, and community action can meet the complexity of our moment with depth, discernment, and heart. Earlybird tickets available until 8th November - use WISDOM25 for an extra 25% off all tickets.
Oasis Special Edition: Second Renaissance Fair
Step into the Second Renaissance Fair, a one-of-a-kind virtual showcase where changemakers and visionary organizations share their projects in a lively, interactive format. Explore “faire market” meets “science project” style booths, connect with new and familiar organizations, ask questions directly, and discover fresh ideas shaping the Second Renaissance. You can choose to join as a fair-goer or as a presenter in a booth here: https://luma.com/7b1k9412
🌻Conscious Collectives🌻
Over The Mountains #1 | The devil’s trick - invisible ideology behind techno oligarchy
This is episode #1 of a new sub-series Over the Mountains: Finding a Path to the Second Renaissance
🌅 Second Renaissance 🌅
In the Oasis calls this month we explored the dance of leadership and surrender in Lead or Follow, sharpened our awareness through the Noticing Game, and tuned into subtle alignment with Inner Resonance. As Halloween approached, Spooky Time invited us into mystery, laughter, and shared playfulness. Our tents included GiveWiser, Life Guild, Intentional Ventures, Research & Sensemaking, Greenhouse, and the Navigators Guild.
Join us in a call in November.
Some of our top forum posts over the past month have included:
London based? Join Second Renaissance London and Long Now London, at Shaping Wiser Futures on November 9th. A participant-led gathering bringing together aligned London-based communities — and newcomers alike — to share projects, exchange ideas, and practice together. Learn more and register: https://luma.com/wb8c77i0
💡Life Itself Research💡
The Life Itself Research group explored topics including AI, approaches to knowledge commons, and Gabriel Marcel’s concept of the ‘broken world’ (recording below).
The group also undertook some strategic reflection, resulting in a new rota system with regular presentations of work-in-progress, and clarified research approach.
🌳The Bergerac Praxis Hub🌳
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