Towards a Polycrisis Consciousness

Challenges and opportunities of organizing amidst societal collapse

[Part one in our four-part series: “Local Organizing in a Polycrisis Era”]

The polycrisis, which is the result of the compounding pressure of simultaneous global crises, presents a unique threat in human history. Some experts on the subject, including Daniel Schmachtenger, go so far as to call it “the end of history,” – an “extinction-level threat.” While we cannot pretend to know the outcome of humanity’s long and winding road, we know that business as usual will no longer suffice. It will take nothing short of a global shift in consciousness at all levels in order to defuse the ticking time bomb that is the polycrisis.