Briefings

LCLI Briefings

LCLI Briefings share items of interest and information plus occasional notices.
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Briefing #44 (2025 August)
lcli_briefing_44_-_aug_2025.pdf
Synopsis of chapters - new book:
Taking Responsibility for the Life of Complex Human Ecosystems: Deep Accountability
by Gary & Jim, with LCLI Fellows

Briefing #43 (2025 June)
lcli_briefing_43_-_june_2025.pdf
- New LCLI Fellows:
° Linda Alexander ° Lauren Gunderson
° Annah Kuriakose ° Aaryaman Singhal
° Thembisa Cochrane ° Cagn Cochrane

Briefing #42 (2025 May)
lcli_briefing_42_-_may_2025.pdf
- About LCL Learning Modules
- 'Baobab Gathering': launch of the Handbook on Religion & Health at the University of Cape Town

Briefing #41 (2024 August)
lcli_briefing_41_-_august_2024.pdf
- News of Handbook on Religion & Health
- Link to The Unmeasurable Heart
- New LCLI Fellows:
° Thandeka Cochrane ° Tobias Müller
° Geordan Shannon ° Monte Roulier

Briefing #40 (2023 June)
lcli_briefing_40_-_mar_2023.pdf
~ On hope (extract from Daily Maverick)
~ New LCLI Fellows:
° Dora Barilla
° Deon Snyman
° Sarah Crawford-Browne

Briefing #37 (2021 Oct)
lcli_briefing_37_-_oct_2021.pdf
~ 'Uncovering Camissa - Streams of
Humanity' (from Cape Town)
~ '(Inter)generativity' - Betty Reid Soskin
- 'God & the People: Prayers for a New New
Awakening' (Gary Gunderson, book)

Briefing #39 (2022 Dec)
lcli_briefing_39_-_dec_2022.pdf
~ LCLI Greyton Gathering report
'Being Deeply Accountable'
(On what we are accountable for and why in the face of growing political crises and climate change - an open discussion)

Briefing #36 (2021 Mar)
lcli_briefing_36_-_mar_2021.pdf
~ 'Emergent agency in a time of Covid'
~ 'Factfulness: 10 Reasons Why We're
Wrong About the World' (book)
- 'Front line of climate crisis' (report)
- 'Doom & gloom won't save the world'

Briefing #38 (2022 July)
lcli_briefing_38_-_jul_2022.pdf
~ News about Fellows & their activity
° Leslie London - traditional land rights
° Aziz Royes & Afghanistan
° Handbook on Religion & Health
° New Barefoot Guide - trauma/resilience
° LCLI Fellows Greyton Gathering

Briefing #35 (2021 Feb)
lcli_briefing_35_-_feb_2021.pdf
~ 'Looking for the LCL' (NCR)
~ 'Householder Seed Heritage' story
- 'Wounded Humanity & Planet' (Lapsley)
- Climate models & Bach's unfinished fugue

Briefing #34 (2021 Jan)
~  LinkedIn account
~  2 New Videos ('Flip to Life' YT Channel)
~  'Complexity Science & Assessing LCL'
- 'Underestimating the Challenges ....'

Briefing #33 (2020 Dec #4)
~ 2020 Vision
~ 'A Child is Born' (Heather Wood Ion)
~ 'Noah's Seed Bunker: Protecting Billions of Wild Plants' (Daily Maverick)

Briefing #32 (2020 Dec #3)
~ 'Stewards as Vital Deviants' - Confluence of Stewardship, LCL & Positive Deviance
~ Final set of 'Flip to Life' LCL/PD videos, including link to full set on YouTube channel

Briefing #31  (2020 Dec #2)
~  LCLI & 'Measurement' - A Challenge to LCLI Fellows and to the LCL approach
~  Next set of 'Flip to Life' LCL/PD videos
~  LCLI Website changes announced

Briefing #30 (2020 Dec #1)
~ Additional 'Flip to Life' LCL/PD videos
~ 'Climate Change & Religion: Politics, Perceptions and Radical Potentials (Panel discussion, Cambridge University)

Briefing #29 (2020 Nov #5)
~ Still more 'Flip to Life' LCL/PD videos
~ 'The Moral Imperative Around Climate Change (TED Talk: Pope Francis)

Briefing #28 (2020 Nov #4)
~ Still more 'Flip to Life' LCL/PD videos
~ 'The Positive Deviance Collaborative
~ Positive Deviance bibliography - over 240 items easily accessible

Briefing #27 (2020 Nov #3)
~ More 'Flip to Life' LCL/PD videos
~ What's still coming in our videos
~ 'The Space Between us is the Magic' - #TrustLifeProject

Briefing #26 (2020 Nov #2)
~ Two more 'Flip to Life' LCL/PD videos
~ 'In Times Like These' - Sharing a moving piece from LCLI Fellow Heather Wood Ion.

Briefing #25 (2020 Nov #1)
~ More 'Flip to Life' LCL/PD videos
~ 'Kufungisisa: Grandmothers to the Rescue'
~ 'Maverick Rewilders' - Turning back the tide of extinction'

Briefing #24 (2020 Oct)
~ 'Flip to Life' - new LCL/PD YouTube channel
~ 'Thriving Together' - Covid challenges, a far-reaching US document
~ Mexico honours LCLI Fellow Eva Moya

Briefing #23 (2020 Aug)
~ "Welcoming Fr Michael Lapsley"
~ "Ancestors: John Lewis & C.T. Vivian"
~ "Kenyan Boy's Coronavirus Invention"
~ "Pathfinder Series #2: Horst Kleinschmidt"

Briefing #22 (2020 July #3)
~ "Mycelium - the Future is Fungi"
~ "Eugene Marais - A Science Yet Unborn"
~ "Seeding Hope & Belonging" (LCL in practice)

Briefing #19 (2020 June #2)
~ "What 'remain in Mexico' really means"
~ "Feed World w/o Depleting Resources"
~ "Unfinished Symphony: South Africa"
~ "Community Action Networks & COVID-19"

Briefing #16 (2019)
This update brings you the lates on the planned LCLI Fellows gathering in El Paso with colleagues working on Positive Deviance, to take place from 16-19 April, 2020. It includes who's coming, what to expect, and more.

Briefing #13 (2018)
~ On Gary Gundersonls new book, Speak Life: Crafting Mercy in a Hard-hearted Time.
~ Also introducing new LCLI Fellow Matthew Bersagel-Brayley.

Briefing #10 (2017)
Several new Fellows were introduced in the LCLI Fellowship, including Emily Viverette, Shingai Ndinga, Nomvula Dlamini, and Beulah Tertiens-Reeler.

Briefing #7 (2016)
~ Two new Fellows: Joy Anderson, Jerry Winslow
~ Several LCL events in Cape Town
~ Other news, and publications

Briefing #4 (2014)
~ Reflections on "Life and Death, Fairness and Freedom" (LCLI Fellow Doug McGaughey)
~ A watercolour by LCLI Fellow Larry Pray

Briefing #21 (2020 July #2)
~ "Non-racialism & Education" (Alexander)
~ "Antiracism, More Equitable Society" (Kendi)
~ "Democracy & Capitalism: Do They Need Each Other?"

Briefing #18 (2020 June #1)
~ "Sikhs Feed Crowds in a Protest or Panic"
~ "'Hotel Corona', Palestinians & Israelis"
~ "The Bus & Community Health"
~ "M. L. King's Radical Anti-Capitalism"
~ "Yes to Life: Viktor Frankl's Lost Lectures"
~ "Cooling the Climate Mess: Walter Jehne"

Briefing #15 (2019)
~ See2See Road Trip: Soundings (book)
~ Generative Leadership: Releasing Life ....
~ New LCLI Fellows: Wecoming Arvind Singhal, Naiema Taliep, Maria Teresa Jones

Briefing #12 (2018)
~ "Water is a Crisis": Perspectives from Cape Town and Kabul.
~ Introducing new LCLI Fellows Aziz Royesh, Anita Marshall, Mosi Kisare, Getrrude Pswarayi, and Marcellino Jonas.

Briefing #9 (2016)
This one-pager serves to welcome Shingai Ndinga as part-time admin. assistant for the LCLI work. He tells us about himself.

Briefing #6 (2015)
~ Masana & Shingai - LCLI help
~ Emerging LCL themes
~ Notes on "Generative Leadership"
~ Some LCL-related publications

Briefing #3 (2014)
Extended notes on "Life and Power" from a discussion initiated by Gary Gunderson, with Fellows Jim Cochrane, Paul Laurienti, Doug Easterling, Doug McGaughey, Doug Reeler, Andy McCarroll, Joy Anderson and Teresa Cutts.

Briefing #20 (2020 July #1)
Welcome to 3 new Fellows ...
Introducing Eva Moya, Carla Alvarado, and
Anat Gesser-Edelsburg

Briefing #17 (2020 Feb)
~ Who's coming to El Paso?
~ Welcome to new LCLI Fellow,
Bobby Milstein
~ Notice of new, revised LCL Statement
... summary of the ideas & framework

Briefing #14 (2018)
~ See2See Road Trip, November 2018
... Four community-linked themes
~ Barefoot Guide on Generative Leadership
~ New LCLI Fellow: Tor Haugstad

Briefing #11 (2017)
In this briefing an extensive outline is given of the purpose and nature of the LCLI workshop on 'Generative Leadership', incuding the first full outline of the "Contents" that emerged from the workshop.

Briefing #8 (2016)
Seven new Fellows, including: Kevin Barnett, Elias Bongmba, Shirley Fleming, Sandy Lazarus, Kirsten Peachey, Somava Saha (then Stout), and Herman Tolentino.

Briefing #5 (2015)
~ Four new Fellows: Sunny Anand, Ellen Idler, Jeremy Moseley, and Tom Petersen
~ Way Forward: Supporting what Fellows do
~ 7 LCL-related publications

Briefing #2 (2014)
~ On Power
~ New Fellows introduced: Fred Smith, Marlese van Broembsen, Rachel Sinha, Bret Nicks, Doug Reeler, Horst Kleinschmidt, Heidi Christensen, Leslie London, Evance Kalula, Malusi Mpumlwana, and Craig Stewart.

​LCLI Briefings

Briefing #22 (2020 July #3)~ "Mycelium - the Future is Fungi"~ "Eugene Marais - A Science Yet Unborn"~ "Seeding Hope & Belonging" (LCL in practice)​

Briefing #16 (2019)This update brings you the lates on the planned LCLI Fellows gathering in El Paso with colleagues working on Positive Deviance, to take place from 16-19 April, 2020. It includes who's coming, what to expect, and more.​

Briefing #13 (2018)~ On Gary Gundersonls new book, Speak Life: Crafting Mercy in a Hard-hearted Time.~ Also introducing new LCLI Fellow Matthew Bersagel-Brayley.

Briefing #10 (2017)Several new Fellows were introduced in the LCLI Fellowship, including Emily Viverette, Shingai Ndinga, Nomvula Dlamini, and Beulah Tertiens-Reeler.

Briefing #7 (2016)~ Two new Fellows: Joy Anderson, Jerry Winslow~ Several LCL events in Cape Town~ Other news, and publications​

Briefing #4 (2014)~ Reflections on "Life and Death, Fairness and Freedom" (LCLI Fellow Doug McGaughey)~ A watercolour by LCLI Fellow Larry Pray​

Briefing #21 (2020 July #2)~ "Non-racialism & Education" (Alexander)~ "Antiracism, More Equitable Society" (Kendi)~ "Democracy & Capitalism: Do They Need Each Other?"​

Briefing #15 (2019)~ See2See Road Trip: Soundings (book)~ Generative Leadership: Releasing Life ....~ New LCLI Fellows: Wecoming Arvind Singhal, Naiema Taliep, Maria Teresa Jones​​

Briefing #12 (2018)~ "Water is a Crisis": Perspectives from Cape Town and Kabul.~ Introducing new LCLI Fellows Aziz Royesh, Anita Marshall, Mosi Kisare, Getrrude Pswarayi, and Marcellino Jonas.

​Briefing #9 (2016)This one-pager serves to welcome Shingai Ndinga as part-time admin. assistant for the LCLI work. He tells us about himself.​

Briefing #6 (2015)~ Masana & Shingai - LCLI help~ Emerging LCL themes~ Notes on "Generative Leadership"​~ Some LCL-related publications​

Briefing #3 (2014)Extended notes on "Life and Power" from a discussion initiated by Gary Gunderson, with Fellows Jim Cochrane, Paul Laurienti, Doug Easterling, Doug McGaughey, Doug Reeler, Andy McCarroll, Joy Anderson and Teresa Cutts.

Briefing #20 (2020 July #1)Welcome to 3 new Fellows ...Introducing Eva Moya, Carla Alvarado, and​Anat Gesser-Edelsburg​

Briefing #14 (2018)~ See2See Road Trip, November 2018 ... Four community-linked themes~ Barefoot Guide on Generative Leadership~ New LCLI Fellow: Tor Haugstad​​

Briefing #11 (2017)In this briefing an extensive outline is given of the purpose and nature of the LCLI workshop on 'Generative Leadership', incuding the first full outline of the "Contents" that emerged from the workshop.

Briefing #8 (2016)Seven new Fellows, including: Kevin Barnett, Elias Bongmba, Shirley Fleming, Sandy Lazarus, Kirsten Peachey, Somava Saha (then Stout), and Herman Tolentino.​

Briefing #5 (2015)~ Four new Fellows: Sunny Anand, Ellen Idler, Jeremy Moseley, and Tom Petersen~ Way Forward: Supporting what Fellows do~ 7 LCL-related publications​

Briefing #2 (2014)~ On Power~ New Fellows introduced: Fred Smith, Marlese van Broembsen, Rachel Sinha, Bret Nicks, Doug Reeler, Horst Kleinschmidt, Heidi Christensen, Leslie London, Evance Kalula, Malusi Mpumlwana, and Craig Stewart.