Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society, and the Economy

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The black swan trajectories that now have the power to send our economies spiraling off into the abyss press in with increasing urgency, among them the climate and biodiversity emergencies that are increasingly obvious to ordinary citizens in the form of once-in-a-lifetime floods, droughts, and conflagrations.

Enjoyed this at the time but on reflection enjoyed reading the books challenging or debunking many of the claims within it. My wife and I were enjoying a beach vacation at Sodwana Bay along the South African coast of KwaZulu-Natal.Thriving applies equally to nature, society, and the economy, encompassing our health, organizations, infrastructure, technologies, resources, and ecosystems.

I wish this book had been written sixteen years ago when we first relocated, it could have saved us learning a lot of lessons the hard way! It is a time of great transformation in the world, when rapid changes are bringing innovative solutions to counter the great dangers we face. Sellerz-Jackson uses a conversational, direct tone and tremendous empathy to guide all readers to live as the best versions of themselves. Thriving … inspires hope to regenerate our planet before it is too late—not based on blind faith but based on a dazzling myriad of insights, data, testimonies, cases, role models, and stories of real heroes. Unfortunately i became bored after some 50 pages and thought I’d just go through it quickly trying to read the titles of the sections and reading only those parts that promised to be interesting.

Offering comprehensive, accessible advice on all aspects of ensuring that your life abroad will be as successful and happy as possible, it will prompt you to consider and discuss the many important decisions to be made that can often be rushed or overlooked in the excitement and chaos that international relocation can bring. THRIVING shows how innovation can regenerate nature, society, and the economy by taking us from degradation to restoration of ecosystems, from depletion to renewal of resources, from disparity to responsibility in communities, from disease to revitalization of health, from disconnection to rewiring through technology, and from disruption to resilience of infrastructure and institutions. You’re open to new ideas, you’re more creative and engaged with all that our multifaceted world has to offer. Adapting to change and being more resilient becomes second nature as you handle life’s disappointments and messy upsets more easily and with less residual impact.