TV documentary on collapse readiness

In June 2024, Dutch TV broadcast a documentary film on how people like Professor Jem Bendell have been changing their lives after concluding that modern societies are breaking down due to environmental and other factors.
More information on this topic is available from: www.jembendell.com
You can support the organic farm school that is featured in the film via:
chuffed.org/project/bekandze

[@markfrancis5164]

Instant new sub: I had my climate awakening 20 years ago but never formally joined any climate aware or activitst organisation. I soon realised nobody wants to hear the bad news which seems so far away from their current expectation of life for themselves or their family. I have not flown for 20 years, I buy a lot less consumer crap and eat better and live life without media domination. Your documentary was a random KZbin recommendation that became a watch from beginning to end and I felt compelled to leave a positive comment. Thank you for your communication and presentation, your new life experience and how we come to terms with ourselves and our world, and our lifestyle and it’s contradiction to life in the wider world. Action is the antidote to despair, my action is personal and one to one, Hope is illusionary, acceptance is peace.

[@magnushomestead3824]

Well stated. I first realized our situation in the late 60's and have been observing it worsening ever since. I like what you said "Action is the antidote to despair, my action is personal and one to one, Hope is illusionary, acceptance is Peace." A quote from Sting goes "Men go crazy in congregations, they only get better one by one." And there are no magic wands. Peace my Friend, Namaste

[@MentallyRetardedHamilton]

Nothing can be done. A resistance needs secure comms. That will never happen.

[@JamesHawkeYouTube]

The climate isn't changing.

[@melaniehowd2331]

@@JamesHawkeKZbin Changing as it always has done but a slight of hand has attached human activity to this cycle.

[@MentallyRetardedHamilton]

@@JamesHawkeKZbin explain please? or just just leave the podcast name

[@Livingthewild]

Sadly, when we walked away from the wild, we walked away from ourselves. Thanks, Jem.

[@MentallyRetardedHamilton]

We were dragged. Old family trees were very important to us, but plants did not glow in the dark.

[@baneverything5580]

Yet the leftists despise "backwards" rural people who live on small farms much closer to nature than 99% of their own. The irony. Will he mention the Younger Dryas, Little Ice Age or Medieval Warm Period? What about the regular huge volcanic eruptions and asteroid impacts that wipe out huge regions, dim the sun and drop temperatures almost overnight? Most don`t because they`re uneducated fanatics. Does he know what mega solar events do to the gasses in the atmosphere? Will he ignore China & India to avoid being "racist"? How much money is he making while pretending to be a holy monk?

[@daniadejonghe4980]

we can at least begin to walk back to it.

[@Livingthewild]

On a personal level, at least.

[@michellecharlesworth970]

This is an extraordinary piece of work. Using all your skills from the old world to help rebuild our new. I worked with Skeena in XR and I remember her telling me that you had invited her to work on something big and she was excited. Since then I joined the Insulate Britain campaign and then Just Stop Oil. Went to prison. Twice. Am now volunteering in a climate emergency centre in my hometown which I cofounded. It’s been a struggle (family don’t support my actions) but so liberating. And I have met the most wonderful people. Totally connected. And now this film. I’m so proud of you and happy to be a part of this awakened community. We will keep working, sharing this terrible news and supporting one another in our grief. Thank you for your service to humanity 🙏🏻

[@clappedoutmotor]

Thank you so much for the sacrifice and bravery xx

[@peggygates6565]

Thanks to all of you who have tried to talk about the environment to others, and tried again... Being told that "everyone has their cause" so why must you bring everyone else down... etc. ad nauseum. And still get up every morning, awed by the beauty and life and sounds and smells of nature... and smile and cry and begin again... You are appreciated.

[@EnvironmentalCoffeehouse]

Thank you. I've been doing this for seven years, and still in reality people are not receptive to hearing the truth.

[@tomt55]

An excellent documentary. It's such a shame that so many people are not told the true state of our world. I appreciate your work greatly.

[@jannd8170]

We will be unable to deny it in a few short years. Just a shame they wasted decades of time when we could have made it less bad.

[@Emiliapocalypse]

A lot of people are faced with the truth, and when they are faced with it, they bully and shamed the people who are talking about it from making them uncomfortable. And their knee-jerk reaction is shaming. Talk about collapse and you’re an unhinged conspiracy theorist and a doomer with mental health problems. Problem is most people _don’t want to hear the truth_ and will actively avoid it, and try and prevent other people from speaking on it. The normalcy bias is so strong, and it’s frankly suicidal.

[@Brokentwobutton]

We have heard the message loudly for 65 years+. We need people that DO things to mitigate the stress and help the recovery, not pander to affluent arts majors.

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Welp, that long comment I left under yours disappeared but I’m still getting notifications. Weird. People also deny the truth, and don’t want to hear it.

[@jembendell]

True. It is rare that any of this makes it into the mainstream, or even onto popular podcasts. Then we face 'visibility filtering' by bigtech for being too alarmist for their corporate-funded 'fact checkers'. Something I mentioned in the concluding of a project to warn policy makers: jembendell.com/2024/07/03/no-more-warnings-needed-an-intransigent-managerial-class-must-be-sidestepped/

[@janevt1200]

Every time someone talks to me about "hope"... I ask them "hope for what?"

[@Brokentwobutton]

Make anything up. JFC. These people are lost

[@scottstrand1874]

Have a positive attitude! I'm positive dangerous climate change is here NOW!

[@alexspringett]

hope that a civilisation living unsustainably can carry on living the same life but somehow in a sustainable way, people hope for the impossible. it also really helps if you are completely uneducated on the topic, which would appear to be most people.

[@user-ej5gx7ph7q]

Future generations. For what we can accomplish in securing them their future

[@user-ej5gx7ph7q]

The Green New Deal is a first step in bringing humans together in cooperation for each others health and well being. There may be others, but bringing humans together to care about more than our individual "success" is core

[@MoTimmy]

I'm on the second listening to breaking together. Things are happening fast now and your book came at the perfect time for me. Thank you so much for all of your work and sacrifice.

[@achenarmyst2156]

This is so surreal: this video being several times interrupted by ads promoting ultimately brainless high gloss consumerism.

[@em945]

If you look at one of the early comments replied to by Jem, it is KZbin that has applied these. I think ' Documentary ' videos have it done as an algorithm feature.

[@achenarmyst2156]

@@em945 Surreal independent from the question if anybody „ordered“ or „arranged“ this…

[@woodypigeon]

Aren't there only ads if the channel chooses to monetize their content? I am blissfully unaware as my adblocker filters all the rubbish.

[@ppetal1]

I pay £12 a month. Well worth it, just to get rid of ads and do other tasks while listening in a box.

[@woodypigeon]

@@ppetal1 I use adblocker ultimate with the firefox web browser. Doesn't cost penny. I consider advertising to be a form of pollution. You shouldn't have to pay to be free of it.

[@therealdesidaru]

Funny how all the supposed solutions are by "doing more." Maybe do LESS (drive, eat, laundry....) It wont matter that much, but it sure is easier! The desire to be "useful" drives most consumption and waste. Be not ambitious, but seek that which is already there. Hear the Bodi.

[@alexcarter8807]

The Bodhi tree was/is a type of banyan tree that drops these little fruits, sort of figs the size of peas. My mom used to hate 'em and always bitch about them. It makes me laugh that the tree my mother disliked so much is the actual bodhi tree.

[@playinglifeoneasy9226]

Mr Cooper, my fourth grade science teacher in 1976 warned us about this-and here we are. Nobody has ever been willing to sit and listen to hear. My warnings is just too terrifying for them.

[@karlwheatley1244]

Yeah, no one wants to talk about it with me either. I'll say something about it but they never engage in the topic.

[@Whowhatwherewhen5]

In 76, they said it was an ice age that was coming. In the 80s, it was hole in the ozone . Then I think they discovered there always was a hole in the ozone. Then global warming, but that didn't describe what was happening, so now it's climate change. Co2 is .04 % of the atmosphere. The only thing people agree with is that a cleaner world makes sense. These climate models are not absolute. I see a lot of green new deal through the comments. What would that really accomplish . Like Carl Sagan said, if you can't get China and India on board with such a plan it wouldn't work. And they're busy pulling there population out of poverty so they will do what they have to do. The world isn't ending in 10 years because of climate change.

[@Whowhatwherewhen5]

Why is it the people who give climate hysteria also give transgender hysteria or right wing racists hysteria ....covid hysteria. Are they correct. ? Or hysterical 🤔

[@karlwheatley1244]

@@Whowhatwherewhen5 First, 7 million people died of COVID and Republicans died at higher rates then Dems, so the GOP shouldn't have pooh-poohed it. Second, racism has been a real plague on society for 500 years, and although it's much better, it still isn't fixed, so that's not "hysteria" either. Meanwhile, thousands of research studies and intensifying climate disasters prove that the climate crisis is real and threatens our future, so calling that "hysteria" just signals that you don't know the science. Take care.

[@mariGentle]

Great Doc, literally! Hi Jem I met you a number of years ago at ….I think Sacred Arts or Unicorn Camp, where the whole camp was devoted to this subject/collapse etc. i hated that camp. I have spent my whole conscious life eg age 16-59 trying so hard with the environment in the face of ever accelerating global destruction. The “message”, of what I knew any way left me with a paralysing gnawing fear for a number of years. It was about my children and their imminent destruction and that of their generation. I chose perhaps 2 years ago now to really talk to them about their feelings around the collapse. They had such strength and such acceptance that my fear dissolved. I now live doing my small part. I live in some acres in Kent, my land has always been devoted to the wildlife, I listen quietly to the whisperings of the universe. I honour tiny moments. I cannot stop the march but I will play my small part. So glad to see you well and happy in Bali, the grace of the Balinese can teach us much. So lovely to see Katie too. Blessings on you both, go well ❤️❤️❤️

[@Silks-]

‘I hated that camp’ caught me off guard and made me chuckle 😂

[@FacingFuture]

This film gave me a deep sense of peace and acceptance as I'm coming back from an illness and finding new direction as energy returns to do the work we share. Grateful to have come across this today - thanks, Jem and Skeena!

[@rdallas81]

Temperature in Palm Springs 🌴 yesterday hit a record 124F

[@Shiftto5D]

Its 125 in NV

[@rm6857]

Looks like summer to me

[@michelelee1876]

133 degrees 7/9

[@cabalavatar]

For everyone who's not a Yank, 124/125 in Freedom Eagle Units is 51C.

[@rm6857]

@@cabalavatar official proffesional weather station measuring air temperature?

[@JacquelineGordon-nf9yk]

I have listened / followed you from Sydney Australia and have since moved to a small village by the sea in Finland. It is a breath of fresh air to actually hear the truth regardless how bad it nay be. You have definitely changed my views on life and the importance of love for others.

[@TennesseeJed]

Jem is a gem!

[@Corrie-fd9ww]

Gotta admit, I smashed that like button before even watching 🤣

[@Bolanboogie10]

Saw what you did there.

[@TennesseeJed]

@@Bolanboogie10 yeah, low hanging fruit.

[@ninaallchurch3101]

Thanks Jem for your rootedness and truth ... Love from South Africa

[@JaniMelender]

I see myself in a lot of Jem's opinions and thoughts, especially the one about feeling alienated in one's own society. Here are some random ideas I've had. Basically, from a marketing standpoint, the idea should probably be one of 'pessimistic action'. "Yeah, hi, welcome to XR, we're pessimists but really that just means being realistic about the future of humanity. It's going to suck to change as much as we're going to have to, but it needs to be done, so let's just be "Pessimistic Together" and take action to save ourselves from the many of the even worse futures out there". So it's basically a message of "We know you're mostly not ready for what we have to say, but the world will change, very soon, and once you realize that what we've been saying was the truth all along, come join us! We're a brutally realistic bunch, but that's what it takes to survive this mess." Toxic/naive optimism needs to be purged from this world. It's just not constructive. "Doing things because they need to be done" is a message people can get behind. as it resonates with the working people, and human "itchyness to do something all the time", shall we say. Please use whatever ideas above at your own pleasure!

[@jembendell]

Yep, in the book I talk about positive pessimism. In a recent talk in Hungary, I went further to recognize the full power of sacred pessimism. jembendell.com/2024/04/29/sacred-pessimism-a-talk-to-mark-5-years-of-a-new-movement/

[@Silks-]

I’ve got the book and showed my dad the letter. It didn’t change his perspective (not because it’s a bad letter, it’s just denial’s easier). It wasn’t that he didn’t believe it per se, but he said he doesn’t know what to believe anymore. I can understand that because he never looks into what scientists are saying. It bewilders me, on such a vital topic, people’s aversion to allotting time to have a proper look into it, especially seeing as there are experts like Jem that have collated evidence from various disciplines into a single book that’s easy to understand if you go into it with an open mind. Loved the book btw 👌

[@Corrie-fd9ww]

Totally agree with your frustration. It’s not that hard, to commit to a learning process. Especially when it’s a topic that has everything to do with every aspect of life lol Reading and listening and then discerning a bit, to weed out what’s maybe only partially true or warped and distorted info, and then quite simply arrive at such a sane, grounded and undebatable understanding of collapse. Most minds alive today could manage this. And they don’t and won’t. Purely choice.

[@therealdesidaru]

My father was up front with me when I asked him if man-made climate change was real. "Yes." was his answer. When I asked what can be done about it, "Not much." This was 40 years ago.

[@Silks-]

@@therealdesidaru he should write a book, really has a way with words.

[@JaniMelender]

It's not his fault, it's by design. Ever notice that even the leftest, most progressive news outlets just... don't really talk about climate change? There's no effort - at all - going on in society to try and inoculate against denial, right-wing propaganda or conspiracy theories. And that's because the rich own the media. They have an agenda to just... tone it down. Your dad is a victim of intentionally bad education.

[@jembendell]

Yep, the corporate corrupting of the scientific process, its communication and application, has led to many people distrusting authority on matters that involve science so they are then mislead by opportunists on social media, or disengage. I have had to accept that this distortion of knowledge and communication is itself an aspect of societal collapse and I will continue to share insights from rational, diligent, systemic and salient analysis without the likelihood it either makes a significant impact at scale in society or reaches all the people most important to me. It is why I gave a whole chapter to the topic of 'critical wisdom' soundcloud.com/jem-bendell/freedom-to-know-critical

[@Mike80528]

I have been having very difficult conversations with family and some friends about this for several years now. Most really don't want to talk about it because the inability to change what is coming makes most people extremely uncomfortable. The speed at which climate has been changing versus what we were told has made me extremely uncomfortable. I am deeply morning the world I grew up in and wanted my children and grandchildren to be able to live in. Now, simply *living* in the future will be a struggle; not the distant future but very near future.

[@gigiartstudiowithartistvir3919]

Same. I am terrified for the kind of world my kids and their children will experience. It's happening now and I'm sick over it. If last summer didn't get people's attention I don't know what will. They all think their air conditioners will keep them safe and it's business as usual. It's totally bonkers.

[@technotarzan4044]

I love the Kintsugi buddha introduction. Could not have started this conversation more poignantly...

[@LivingintheTimeofDying]

Beautiful film! Also beautifully made. Enjoyed you speaking more on the spiritual dimension in all of this Jem.

[@NelsonMartin-hp3js]

Neitzche defined hope not as a technique for extending one's torment.

[@boembo6627]

Eh?

[@JamesCurcio]

Pandora's box. What was left behind (hope) was the curse.

[@bonniepoole1095]

A little activism helps the dispair: stop or reduce your meat and dairy consumption. Stop buying stuff packaged in plastic- -plastic water bottles are incredibly stipid and the grocer has cases of these polluting, disgusting things! Buy quality clothing that will last and then learn to mend them! Stop driving around for pleasure or driving one mile to get a one pound loaf of bread. Stop flying on vacation and learn about the town or city you live in. Plant a garden. THINK about your carbon footprint EVERY time you buy something.

[@danielfaben5838]

Better late than never for sure. Realizing how destructive a typical act like shopping or vehicular travel is surely is an initial part of waking up. Of course that doesn't mean it will end just because it is non sustainable. Soon enough (an eventuality) folks will find collapse will rob them of the fantasy of escape into consumerism and holding on to the status quo. It will be too late to find the personal center that had required attention for many years. So start now. Sit on the floor till it hurts. That may be the beginning of activism.

[@rdallas81]

Meat and dairy? Grow up. Stop driving for pleasure. Stop running your AC to 65 when it's 100 out. Pick up someone else's trash. Everyone wants everyone else to do the work but they themselves don't budge. No one wants to make any sacrifices. Especially Westerners and especially USA citizens

[@rdallas81]

KZbin blocking comments again

[@antonyjh1234]

Increase you meat intake if it's not the daily recommended amount, we feed more crop waste than feed we grow for them and the little bit we do grow specifically for them, is not going to replace all that we get and crop based is all around profit and increased turnover. Eat the fat, beef or lamb is mostly grass fed on non arable land, so it's the cleanest food available and most environmentally friendly. Stop eating crop foods that are destroying the planet and eat less, overall.

[@valoriethechemist]

A small percent of an eight billionth of 6 percent of the issue doesnt doesn't do much. Blaming individuals is literally fossil fuel marketing. If we don't entirely shut down the top 100 polluters who represent over 70% of the issue there's almost no point whatsoever to individual efforts (many of which are not actually having any meaningful impact and in some cases are exacerbating the problem. Even those you mentioned. Yes, we should be examining a "less" economy. Less need for pointless jobs and businesses. Less need for massive commuting. Less need for industrial plastics and fossil fuels and mining. But we should be examining these issues as a collective society. Not as individuals. And we should be demanding such societal efforts and condemning anyone who pretends individual actions amount to much. As he said in the film, most people are dependent on the societal structure. Asking that person not to depend on it is completely unrealistic.

[@ScottRiddleArtist]

What’s fascinating is the psychology behind why society is not taking this seriously. Because I’ve always grown things since a child. I developed a unique sensitivity in regards to feeling our planet. Decades ago, I developed a suntan lotion for my plants because I noticed even the most sun, loving vegetables, experiencing solar stress. a few years ago we bought a small property and I just have known for decades that things are getting warmer and will continue to get warmer faster than anyone realizes. So what did I do? I started planting plants that are wanted to grow zones higher than we are designated here. And the frightening thing? A local culture specialist. Just told me that our zone has already changed to 10 a or 10 B when it was. Just 9B. So I guess my instincts are right on?

[@paulbarber3201]

Thank you so much Jem. I deeply relate to your experience and to your change in direction. I started my quest at 17, and exchanged a life in London for one in rural Mexico. In year 2000 I moved onto my small holding to become a self-sufficient farmer. For me it is the only way to make a difference. Un abrazo fuerte, hermano.

[@rdallas81]

...Beryl, hurricane was the earliest hurricane to form and within a couple days became a cat 4 then a cat 5 hurricane killing several people and causing irreparable damage.

[@slap4154]

It’s supposed to hit Texas on Monday. Not past tense yet.

[@markc1234golf]

I sincerely hope people grasp the fact that there are those that want to play god are diddling with the weather right now as is increasingly now being admitted. Enough said

[@rz9305]

This is excellent well done Jem Guy McPherson talks much about leading with love during these times

[@peterlind3847]

The terminus of walking the path to enlightenment is the Cave at the End of It All. Weary travellers reaching the cave entrance will find a flickering hearthfire beckoning from within. And, upon crossing the threshold, and coming full circle, the traveller will realize that once again, home has been redeemed. It has been an awfully long walk, from the cave mouth to the City of Gold and back, but now the journey is at an end, and the homefire awaits. Cast off your raiments, discard your baubles, and squat beside the campfire. We all belong here, and always have. And never should have left.

[@Silks-]

it’s a shame in that cave awaits a huge fuck-off bear that tears everyone to shreds

[@chetisanhart3457]

Grew up in farm country. AirForce Fireman, EMT, Dispatcher, retired, Correctional Officer, and private security. My Ex is an RN. Trust that your system(s) is/are not prepared.

[@maryroestenburg4451]

I fully understand this career and academia pressure because I come from South Africa. But in my early thirties, unlike the rest of my generation, I gave up job and career possibilities and started travelling. In the end I landed up in Switzerkand where training in crafts is very well developed and well paid. This leads to much less pressure for individuals to go to a university even if one is not made for acedemia. This policy brings a lot of peace and satisfaction and a very high standard in practical jobs. This academia for everyone is a scary mass sickness

[@goodnatureart]

Tis true. And there is nothing we can do. It is magical we don't know what happens after collapse. In fact-- this idea that collapse is some time down the road is the only part of our collective narrative that is bonkers. The temps are cresting to 90's here in Seattle this weekend. The west coast is burning from a heat wave. We're in it. Mutual aid and recognizing that our losses are what connects us is a gift of perspective. Better to be a calm beam of light than pull your hair out.

[@Knifymoloko]

Word up brotha

[@playinglifeoneasy9226]

It’s been burning up here 😢

[@LilyGazou]

So what exactly are you doing in Seattle to change things?

[@Livingthewild]

​@@LilyGazouNot judging would be a good start for you.

[@juanitaschlink2028]

Yes. Be both helping people into the lifeboats and fiddling 🎻 away while we sink.❤

[@LandscaperGarry]

We needed to stop the greed decades ago to have a slight chance of surviving. Pretty clear to me we're on our own...no loving all-powerful god is going to pull off a miracle...

[@primesoftnz]

I was at that UN investment forum presentation. In fact you made mention of a UN inspired blockchain currency but effectively saying it was too late. I spoke to you about it afterwards, you were quite short, I now understand where your head was at.

[@mendyboio3917]

Breaking together, perfect words for our times. Thank you for caring enough to share, take care.

[@em945]

Thank you, Jem and Creators of Documentary. ✌❤

[@nescop13]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2160">36:00</a> I feel the same way, when i enter a city. It is, as if you can feel the stress and negative vibes of everybody. The polution, the noise...absoulutely disgusting

[@NancyBruning]

I live in a compact city In a mixed-use neighborhood where I can walk to just about everything. When I go to the suburbs which are so sprawling and wasteful and so car dependent, that’s when I feel disgust. I guess we’re all disgusted by something.

[@friederikeernst7985]

Sending lots of love to you, Jeremy. And thank you for sharing your path. It creates peace to watch this video. I appreciate much having met you at a beautiful place! Friederike from former Alexandros.

[@jembendell]

Thank you. I hope you get to convene people for wonderful connection and expression via a new venue!

[@kevinmayer8055]

Beautiful film. I was struck by how the XR messenger was personally attacked so that they could avoid dealing with the truth of her message of reality. Also the words of Joanna Macy so strong and simple and true.

[@jembendell]

Yes, wonderfully clear, the good and the bad.

[@chielbloos]

This documentary resonates very much with how I feel about the changes that are coming. Not addressing the root-causes ( a systemic shift is needed ) and carrying on the way we have done for centuries will not bring about the change the earth needs right now. It's like talking to a brick wall in my opinion. It will have to come from local incentives. Small endeavours. Communities discovering how to work together to get things done, where everybody's effort is appreciated as a part of the whole. Thank you for sharing your insights. It means a lot... 🙏

[@Servant_of_1111]

It’s amazing how consciousness is waking up to its true nature by unique ways by overcoming fear of death. Aum Shanti 👼🙏🦋

[@javert8425]

Big long term fan that have bought your Breaking Together book. Love you have put a complete yet brief enough version in video form to share for the people who would not read the book but watch a video. Also love how your is one of the very few messages that moves further from clichés and propose future attitudes for the future that is to come. This also dissects the meaning of hope and dismantle its naive interpretations that too often are coopted by the current system to stall any change. I'll be spreading the word while also trying to align my life and principles around this new reality. Greetings from Mexico.

[@Changeworld408]

I was in thailand 30 yrs ago. The peace and exxuberant nature is common to bali and i truly long for more slow living close to nature. Love hand pan music.❤

[@missrachael1709]

You are what we need, great thinkers & communicators, however not enough are taking notice. Terrence McKenna had the same view. Peace.

[@barbaratubiolo9404]

Congratulations on the life change. I sure pray we all smarten up. I wish I didn’t see the plastic bottle of water on your desk next to your computer this made me shiver 😢

[@pennysmith3803]

Hi Gem. I’m really interested in how ritual has changed your life. It sounds like it’s brought about a massive shift from the anthropomorphic world view to a more animistic sense of being and reciprocity.

[@LizabettRusso]

I would like to hear more about the rituals too in detail if possible - I would like to implement them in my life.

[@pennysmith3803]

@@LizabettRusso 👋 there are 2 books I can recommend for further reading. Root and Ritual by Becca Piastrelli and Rituals for Life by Isla McCleod. One American and one British

[@davidjohnzenocollins]

Speaking of rituals, how about that Extinction Rebellion protest? Singing, like they were in a church singing hymns, and getting arrested, like they were doing something worthwhile. Bunch of idiots.

[@pennysmith3803]

@@davidjohnzenocollins I think they hope to raise awareness by peaceful protest rather than the oft destructive and disruptive attention sought by Stop Oil. Perhaps it’s a way for them to feel part of a collective voice… I’m not a member I’m just thinking how people choose a response that feels right to them.

[@woodypigeon]

I don't trust anyone with such perfect teeth.

[@pennysmith3803]

This was a beautiful offering thank you for sharing Gem

[@Ak75Production]

Very good! Thank you. I feel less alone by watching. May everyone allow everything to come up and be touched and transformed in a positive way by this.

[@leviahimsa]

We can reduce suffering as we come to an end. Please consider not eating (killing) other feeling beings. ✌️💖🐕

[@pepeespanol3312]

Well...stop eating plants,cause they are also feeling beings. The fact that you are not able to feel their emotions just shows you are not as conscious of life as you believe yourself to be.

[@leviahimsa]

@@pepeespanol3312 What do the animals you eat, eat before you eat them? Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, habitat destruction, water pollution, ocean dead zones and *species extinction* . -United Nations FAO Animal agriculture uses 83% of farmland and only provides 18% of calories. When we switch to a plant based food system, we can restore/reforest 76% of farmland AND be able to feed everyone. -J. Poore, Oxford, journal Science If you believe you are conscious of life or care about plants or believe you're intelligent, do you think contributing to the leading causes of plant deaths is hypocritical? FYI - Plants, unlike us animals, do not have a brain or nervous system to experience pain or emotions. But even if we pretend they do, those that kill animals are responsible for all the plants those animals killed, including the forests killed to grow those plants.

[@pepeespanol3312]

@@leviahimsa First,l don't eat animals. Second:: agriculture is the main reason for life decline. To provide you all the vegies you need,million after million of animals and plants are poisoned every day to keep your crops "" healthy" and productive.I grow my own food,so,l know what l am talking. After harvesting,before anything gets to your table,transportation is needed.Thousands of miles of roads and railways,with all the destruction and pollution they entail.Plus,trucks,trains and ships

[@user-jc4xe5cs4t]

I'm a uk beef farmer, I can see what I'm doing I can see the wrong in it. But, like every normal being I'm stuck in a cycle that needs me to earn money and there is no money left to change path. I have an agreement with myself thst when this doom loop ends I'm becoming self sufficient vegetarian

[@leviahimsa]

@@user-jc4xe5cs4t I really admire your sharing and principles of changing the cycle. It's so important that we support farmers like you - they provide sustenance for so many. 🙏 The TransFARMation Project by Mercy For Animals offers help to change the cycle and continue to provide for themselves and our communities as we continue to grow. 🌎

[@grasje1]

How can I prepare? As a modern city dweller I know so little about farming or nature in general.

[@jembendell]

Take that question and many others u will have to the community at www.deepadaptation.info

[@valoriethechemist]

Exactly what we should be asking.

[@johnglad5]

The 7 year trib is upon us. Horrific times just ahead.

[@mtn1793]

Humanity is in every way a social animal. That is our greatest strength. The more we live up to it the stronger we are. The more we ignore it the lower and weaker we become.

[@gabriellacordova6099]

Oh Jim, you are not alone I think for all of us who walk away and turn towards the soil and towards the sun and towards the rain that we all feel the way you do

[@thegrand4965]

"You paved paradise and put in a parking lot Dont it always seem to go you dont know what you've got till its gone" Big yellow taxi. Joni Mitchell

[@kp6215]

Exactly

[@harry664]

lovely stuff, thanks for the documentary

[@jembendell]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Spice1_]

Thank you

[@JamesHawkeYouTube]

The climate isn't changing. We've woken up. Well some of us with a brain.

[@mishaguevara]

It's called Weather Warfare.

[@stven8363]

Thank you for spreading this message, through my awakening journey I've found my own creativity which has come out in ways I never would've thought possible ✌️❤️

[@mikeyoung7086]

Mother Nature has a way of correcting things

[@peterjol]

I wanted to change the world but nobody wanted to lose their job !.....and the only possible solution I can see to that problem would be to make it financially worthwhile for people to SHARE the jobs we NEED people to do and work much less...it would be the end of this useless infinite growth system... it would ensure people could stop doing their planet destroying jobs and EASILY find another one . ..and It would change the world very quickly without causing any hardship or collapse because everything we NEED to have done will still be getting done.

[@alanj9978]

Yeah and who feeds and houses the people who don't work? Know a lot of welfare communities where people live healthy, happy lives? No? We already need everyone who's willing to work to do so now to pay for all the retirees and people who don't.

[@peterjol]

@@alanj9978 good grief...If you read my post you sure as hell managed NOT to understand what I said.

[@jowljawjean1]

What stuck in my head, was from the beginning of this about the loss of the poles reflecting light, surely we can do something to try off set this a bit, like if every roof was white.

[@valoriethechemist]

Polar reflectivity is a bit different than just the color. Unfortunately, we could paint every surface we can find but the impact would be local. Your home would cool differently for example... but in terms of the reflectivity... the heat reflected in such cases is just reflected into the atmosphere. And the thermal equilibrium of the planet doesn't change. The poles do a lot more than just reflect light and do so on a massive scale. Not to say we shouldn't think about such solutions. We should. But this one also comes with problems of its own for rather minimal localized effect.

[@fritzsmith3296]

Since the 1960's environmentalist have been trying to alarm us into taking action to save the environment. And expert after expert have been telling us "all is ok, it's all sustainable". We've been hearing that slogan for over 60 years and things have been getting worse. Why" We have short memories, and after the experts tells us "all is ok and it's sustainable" our minds relax and in a few months we've forgotten the fight - forever. The word "sustainable" has morphed over the years to mean "kicking the can way the hell down the road out of sight and mind." Over 90% of the commercial fish in the ocean are gone. There are over 10,000 desalinations plants sucking out water from the ocean and returning the salt back to the ocean. Fracking has destroyed our fresh ground water... and the list goes on and on... Just where do you all think this is going to end?

[@rinnin]

Hoping listening to this will give me perspective on whether I should reconsider current thoughts of "maybe I should just go buy a house". A decision I've been putting off for decades. Not getting any younger & house sharing sucks. Would prefer to join a co-housing community, but they're just too few & far in between in the UK. Born at the wrong time.

[@noahfranks984]

Trying to figure out if i should move back home next year or wait it out a couple more years. It's so hard to know

[@johnglad5]

At 21 miutes the truth comes to bear. The changes that need to be done will not be done . And here we are facing a cliff like collapse.

[@birgenschwendinger3604]

We must stop work for money and industrie... Stop War the Earth stop War all Life.. Work Peace Work Life

[@dreaming_butterfly1970]

We would need some significant genetic mutations for that

[@dreaming_butterfly1970]

We would need some significant genetic mutations for that

[@leskuzyk2425]

Collapse risk, excellent word choice. Increasing. I've been climate crisis aware for a couple decades. Researching the science, and publishing some papers. And more recently climate speculations ... google Pinatubo II set in 2027.

[@StressRUs]

Thank you, Namaste'

[@urallwyz3498]

I'm not sure we can repair things. I'm feeling heat, I'm feeling extreme winds, I'm living through ongoing floods. I've seen the ecosystem and weather breakdown in my life. I e seen the ocean die. I can see the soil loosing water and carbon. I can see people cutting regrowth vegetation all around me, I can see sewerage in the sea, I can see the extraction highways and railroads being built. I can see them drilling the coast of south Africa for fossil fuels, I can see the last wild animals compete with extractive agriculture and free ranging livestock, can see the population in rease and food get too expensive. South Africa is is looking harsh. Not sure how food will thrive when the wind blows so hard it breaks the teees, then they rot, then they burn, then people cut rhe last. I had a dream when we startedXR that the last tree on earth was cut down. This can become a reality.

[@richardv.2475]

Remember: exponential growth not only means exponential growth in energy consumption, but also exponential growth in environmental harms. The global industrial civilization in its last year will cause more damage on the environment than the last five years before, the last five yeas before will cause more damage on the environment than the last twenty years before that and so on ...

[@marissadower-morgan3313]

I've got to admit it's getting better (better) A little better all the time (it can't get no worse)

[@raimondomancinelli2654]

Great documentary

[@billytollerton4220]

Be a prepper, seek out like minded people and do it quietly . I've given up on most people when I tell them about the coming solar cycle .

[@justincase3108]

It is interesting that we don’t hear more about this. I’m beginning to wonder if the lack of discussion on this is purposeful and not just a coincidence.

[@mauralancaster]

Can something be done about the jarring, crass advertisements that interrupt every few minutes? (The grotesque irony alone is enough to set one back.) I watch plenty of long form peices on KZbin with no interruption. Sadly, I will have to miss what I'm sure is a great documentary.

[@DJJonPattrsn22]

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2803">46:43</a> marvellous personal explanation of purpose for meditation (and the fundamental shortcoming of Christianity)

[@matthewdolan5831]

Thx Jem.

[@anned6913]

Thank you so much for this. I have been thinking about this for a long time now. Wish I could run away to Bali or other far corner, among people living close to nature. Please don’t think that I'm criticising you. I think it's wonderful what you are doing. Thank you, I have just bought your book.❤ You seem to think your parents, in their 70s, are past it in some way. I am on the brink of 70, what do you suggest I can do ? Am I just to continue as normal and wait for death, however that might come ?

[@LilyGazou]

My friend lived to 105. Farming to the end.

[@amadeolopes1406]

we cannot change anything in a chauvinistic mindset.

[@calebcase80]

Let's be pc while the earth burns

[@leonstenutz6003]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1260">21:00</a> Bellringer: Absorbing the emotional agression & toll.

[@russtaylor2122]

Collapse watching just has to be easier from Bali, though? No offence, but dreary England collapse will be harder mentally...?

[@juliebarks3195]

Yes, and I can see it all around me. UK

[@russtaylor2122]

@@juliebarks3195 And yet all we hear from politicians is 'growth, growth, growth' and 'have more babies'! Groan...

[@playinglifeoneasy9226]

@@russtaylor2122 omg yea the people demanding a baby bubble. 🫧

[@LilyGazou]

@@playinglifeoneasy9226the newcomers are having the babies. The most common name?

[@antonyjh1234]

"Dreary England" is supposed to get dryer with a slowing Amoc and with that the thermal equator is supposed to move south towards Bali, so that would become hotter.

[@TheMighty_T]

@Jem, look up Jerry Lopez (famous surfer) while you are in Bali. You guys might even be able to do a great interview together, about respect of nature and spiritual peace?

[@BaliFoodTreePlanter]

For now.... "Awestruck With Wonder Events™" Awestruck with wonder!!!! I step into my earthly Regenerative garden, to align with self and incorporate Nature's evolving wisdom into my daily nourishment, both giving back food to Earth and imbibing nectar from earth." --Diana Trees, Bali, 21 June, 2024

[@ninjagaiden2277]

I hope advancements in robotics and free energy will break the spell of our created illusion - Thanks for the upload.

[@Jadstar1]

Rich people concerned about the environment. Poor people concerned about food and rent.

[@jembendell]

Climate disruption is pushing up food prices around the world. People who care about poorer people care about that reality. x.com/jembendell/status/1808491851277906167

[@Jadstar1]

@@jembendell your out of touch as hell, shut up.

[@Jadstar1]

@@jembendell and youtube censored my reply. all I can say is youtube stop recommending this c $ r a-p to me. thanks.

[@Whowhatwherewhen5]

Printing money is what's driving up food prices. Co2 is .04 precedent of the atmosphere. Even if all your molded are 100% correct, which they're not , nuclear is the only answer. At least Bill Gates knows this. Oil is dirty, and scarcity is a problem, and if other technologies replace it... good. Listen to people regarding the logistics and reality that go with your "solutions" to these issues. All the comments I read are from left minded people with the " others are the problem" solution to everything. Then it becomes political, and that's the motivating factor.

[@President_NotSure]

@@Jadstar1 enjoy the hot house effect

[@pamgconley]

Loved this😘

[@Silks-]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1948">32:28</a> I don’t really get why she’s criticising(?) Jem’s privilege, ironically sat in a big posh house while doing so. I mean so what if he’s privileged, he’s left his profession and doing a massive amount to help everyone. Privileged is a loaded descriptor and, to me anyway, that speech sounded like it was adding unnecessary negativity, raising a subject that wasn’t relevant or called for. I probably misinterpreted what she was implying though, could someone enlighten me?

[@umalaurenbowman7276]

Personally I think it was a good thing to at least mention privilege, and the fact that Jem was able to move to Bali, which is literally one of the most desirable places to live in the whole world (remember the movie Eat, Pray, Love?). Not everybody is able to do that.

[@Silks-]

He hasn’t gone there for a knees up. He’s developing a school for regenerative farming, he’s helping people that really want/need the help. I’m not saying he’s doing it completely selflessly either, the way of life there could be a big influencing factor in his decision but so what? He’s tried informing The West for years to no avail. I imagine directly helping those in need who appreciate it is far more rewarding. I just see calling him privileged undermines his efforts considering the amount he’s already contributed and continues to do so. On the other hand I could be reading too much into it.

[@theurbanthirdhomestead]

​@@umalaurenbowman7276 Not everybody is able to come up the way my husband and I have either, but it wasn't our privilege that got us here. In fact, I'd say being discriminated against was part of our struggle. People say I'm privileged to own 40 acres, but I worked 2 jobs for 20 years to get here. My husband and I pooled our resources by communicating and making compromises, I studied and learned how to buy a fixer upper, pay extra on the principal, minimize all other bills, no cable, no subscriptions, no clothes, no restaurants, no vacations, even no trash service at one point. When we sold, we were homeless for 6 weeks waiting to close on our new property, which still needed heating, plumbing, and insulation before winter. Every last penny was used to purchase our new place. We had to get groceries on our credit cards. Our car was robbed and our shoes stolen. We were locked in our storage unit by employees who didn't like our pale skin color, my husband's bald head, and my dreadlocks. We've been at our property 9 months and still haven't paid off the credit card, and my shoes are barely existing, water and thorns come up through the holes in the bottom. There was not much privilege in my story, more oppression if you ask me. But sure, call it privileged when a white person gets something amazing that they've worked hard for.

[@jembendell]

Thx for engaging in the issues raised. I chose Bali as it suits my personal needs, while also enabling me to create something (the regen farm school) that I could never do in a more expensive country. That is because I reached a point where I wanted to enact my ideas not just spread them. By working at the level of farming, I am learning more clearly why the systems remain as they are... the economics is terrible for anything at the base of a supply chain, which makes internalizing environmental and social costs impossible for most. Therefore the farm and school cant charge our participants, and we rely on donations to offer what we do and to develop further with accommodation for our paid student interns. chuffed.org/project/bekandze

[@umalaurenbowman7276]

@@jembendell Sounds good

[@Encephalitisify]

When the power shuts off and people have to live in 100 plus degree weather without AC, that’s when people will care.

[@President_NotSure]

you're so close to working it out.. no, the pretty women that all the men cater too, will *finally* care we do what they want including destroying the planet

[@ChrisInToon]

Wrong, the cold is a lot more dangerous to humans, you have been put into a fear state.

[@kp6215]

​@@ChrisInToonexactly.

[@Andreas-hh9yg]

@@kp6215 Wrong. Medical research shows that in the future because of global warming the death toll by heat combined with humidity will drastically increase. The lower latitudes will become uninhabitable in the second half of this century and lead to a few billion refugees. That's simple physics and biology.This year you could already see the beginning of this all around these latitudes from Mexico to India to the Philippines.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

Haley Reinhart has a great song called "Be the Change"

[@newenglandgreenman]

I appreciate this, but I have to say, it doesn't help me know what to do with this knowledge where I live, in the suburban USA. Relocating to a less developed place is not an option for me for a number of reasons, nor do I think I belong somewhere else. But what do I do here?

[@jembendell]

There are many ways to respond as there are people in the world. Don't copy me. I always said the opposite. That's why I founded www.deepadaptation.net for people to discuss with each other and find their own best way to live with this awareness. Good luck!

[@joyful-dc9gn]

Sometimes you have to quit to win! But do so without regret always remember that all our ancestors had made thier way thur great floods ice ages ages and countless other challenges ,,,,,,,,

[@ubpuj]

Anas ibn Malik reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If the Final Hour comes while you have a shoot of a plant in your hands and it is possible to plant it before the Hour comes, you should plant it."

[@TJB_333]

Oh man.....

[@daniadejonghe4980]

Our hope is in adaptation, and doing what we can to turn aside from the worst aspects of industrial civilization that brought this about. We can't fix it. That train has left the station. We owe it to the children and all the innocent fellow creatures who will suffer, to do as much as we can to walk away from a life of consumption and excess. Of greed and selfishness.

[@Kiyarose3999]

To save the Earth from the worse case scenario of total biosphere collapse, we need to end animal ag so we can reforest the 78% of agricultural land that would be freed up. Which would sequester more atmospheric CO2 than is currently emitted. BUT we don’t have 10-20 years for enough people to go on a plant based diet and for the freed up land to reforest and mature enough to reduce atmosphere CO2 to a climate stable level of min 300ppm. So we also need a second rapid transition to a Decentralised Carbon Neg Algae Based Economy, we can use Algae to clean our waste water, landfill runoff & industrial gasses, that would sequester vast quantities of atmospheric CO2. Photo Bio Reactors(PBR) used to grow Algae are easy, cheap & quick to build and could be rolled out in every community within 5 years!.Algae produces valuable Biomass & Bio Oil that can be made into numerous Carbon Neg Compostable/Eco friendly products, that would create millions of new climate saving /Green jobs and bring £$€Millions to local communities/economies! 🌻🌎✊🏽

[@michaelzimmermann3388]

please have a look on what kind of ads run during your videos. it appears to me that they pretty much are in direct conflict with your position..

[@jembendell]

I have no control of that. This video is not monetised by me but by youtube for the producers of the featured music.

[@jembendell]

Watch on odysee?

[@NancyBruning]

To live that kind of rural life means the end of trade pretty much. It means the end of cars and other means of transportation besides walking and small boats. Am I wrong?

[@jembendell]

I don't see a managed transition, but a collapse, and I don't recommend we make predictions about how much that will take away, where and when, from modern life. But yes, precisely, I don't have hopes for modern urban living. I go into great detail in the book.

[@nancercize]

​@@jembendell I don't see a large-scale managed transition either. I'm concerned about the small-scale, neighborhood sized here and now and the near future, for those millions living in cities. How can we make life less agonizing, even more beautiful and meaningful, for so many of us in the meantime? How can we encourage and strengthen the community bonds between people, who are the only real means of support through the tough times ahead? How can we make the best and most sustainable use of existing infrastructure?

[@LeAndreWatts]

So lemme guess your Protege is Paul R. Ehlirch 😅

[@riffking2651]

It's not just about being a bell ringer though, Pierce Morgan is making an important point. How do we actually meaningfully shift things when even the people ringing the bells are dependent on the same lifestyle? The point isn't that you're a hypocrite, it's that if you want to be effective at all in the world you have to use all the rest of the stuff because we're in competitive dynamics which necessitate the use. This isn't a system in isolation, either. Economic might is a proxy for solving disagreements with the use of force geopolitically as well, so if we choose to become uncompetitive for the good of the planet as a society, we quickly become irrelevant on the world stage.

[@Michael0663-qo4wx]

Late Stage Capitalism is inevitable collapse

[@leviahimsa]

Animal agriculture uses 83% of farmland and only provides 18% of calories. When we switch to a plant based food system, we can restore/reforest 76% of farmland AND be able to feed everyone. -J. Poore, Oxford, journal Science Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, habitat destruction, water pollution, ocean dead zones and *species extinction* . -United Nations FAO

[@lynnelee4390]

The plants can't grow without the animal manure hon. They also can't grow without co2

[@FacingFuture]

@@lynnelee4390 plants CAN grow without animal manure. Nature has proven this... and for Co2 - the devil's on the dosage.

[@leviahimsa]

@@lynnelee4390 Why do you believe that? I live on a veganic permaculture farm in a rural part of a third world country. We use living mulch (Butón de Oro / Mexican Sunflower) that is much more powerful than chicken manure, and we also complete the nutrient cycles with humanure. We can grow plants without exploiting other animals. Do you think animal abuse is wrong? 925 million humans (1 in 9) suffer from hunger, yet 80 billion unnaturally bred animals on farms are given enough human edible food that could support 4 billion humans directly. -University of Minnesota

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

@@lynnelee4390 algae is our only hope to sequester all the extra co2. Oil and coal are from algae. Algae can sequester 100 gigatons of co2 per year - if only algae is focused on.

[@antonyjh1234]

The reality is that 76% is inarable land, meaning we don't do anything to it but we get a return. People, and I did when vegan, have to stop thinking it's just calories that need replacing. It is not. Like the gelatine that holds together your toilet paper or the activated carbon to filter your water or sugar, it's more than calories that need replacing. 83 minus 76 is 6%, so that would mean 6% of the land gives three times the calories, or another crop in its place would have to, arable land and what it can grow is 24% of the land, that we douse in pesticides and synthetic fertilisers and have literally destroyed the soil and turned it into dirt, so that it flies away in the wind, while we suck dry aquifers. "Agriculture" is the leading cause because humans that live there use it to live, if using the FAO : The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recognizes the critical role of livestock in supporting livelihoods, especially for poor communities. Here are some key points: Livestock and Livelihoods: Livestock production is essential for around 60 percent of rural households in developing countries. These households include smallholder farmers, agro-pastoralists, and pastoralists. Approximately 1.7 billion poor people depend on livestock for their livelihoods. 70 percent of those employed in the livestock sector are women. In summary, FAO works to enhance animal production systems sustainably, improve the quality of animal products, and uplift the livelihoods of poor communities while meeting consumer needs. Livestock contributes significantly to global food security and economic well-being, benefiting millions of people worldwide. So in affect it helps low income families to have animals, for you to say that "animal agiculture" is the main cause probably means all of our consumption in the modern world and this is categorically false, take soy for example. 92 percent of human usable soy is used for humans, 7% whole bean for animals and 1% of the oil, they take 99% of the waste, like all seed oils and other crops have waste. Humans take 6% of whole bean but 87% is processed into oil, which is in everything, either that or palm oil. Animals get fed more crop waste than what is grown for them and if in USA it's around one third of the corn crop. One crop, so no, it does not matter if animals are on land we can't do anything too, having other animals on it, wild ones isn't really going to change much environmentally. The one third of one crop and 8% of soy is not going to replace all the calories, or the rest of the inedible parts either that we use all of. The irony now is the more crop based people there are, the cheaper it is to raise animals, caged ones too.

[@1dantown]

What was the average temperature fahrenheit in 1200 a.d. ? Or 450 b.c. in Socratic Greece? How about 3000 b.c. China ? Nobody knows. Why ?

[@Andreas-hh9yg]

With a simple google search you can find the answers to your questions. Of course not for every place and every single country on Earth. But for the Earth as a whole we have very good data and that is what matters.