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Living the questions

If the way we’re operating in the world today is not leading to greater wellbeing for all involved, human and more-than-human, then how else could we be, work and collaborate together, across the divides of stories and sectors? 

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What is the World Ethic Forum?

The World Ethic Forum is a global organism inquiring into the preconditions for radically shared aliveness. We bring together diverse voices – thinkers, community leaders, elders, farmers, artists, activists and researchers across sectors, cultures and generations, as well as the many voices of the more-than-human – to explore the shared collective practices and capacities that define and enable a culture of care and kinship, in the service of all life.

  • Understanding Wider Ways of Knowing

    What we do depends on what we know. But how often do we pause to ask: how do we actually know what we know? This post explores epistemology: why it matters to WEFo’s inquiry, and what becomes possible when embodied, indigenous, and participatory ways of knowing are included in the way we approach knowledge.

  • Welcome to Our New Firekeepers 

    Our new Firekeepers will no doubt contribute to the richness and diversity of the circle. Their professional and personal engagements stretch across academia, community development, leadership, business, agriculture, and technology, with lives that span across continents, and a firm commitment to radically shared aliveness. 

  • Co-Creating a Culture of Care and Kinship: Our Learning Journey

    A culture of care and kinship cannot be designed or imposed. It has to be grown. This article shares the foundations of our ongoing inquiry into nurturing such a culture: as something we do together, through practice, presence, and a willingness to be changed by what we encounter.

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Radically Shared Aliveness

Our approach is anchored in a conviction that the world is alive, inter- and intra-connected. Yet our dominant cultural and societal models currently operate as if that wasn’t the case and keep perpetuating life-reducing and oppressive systems.

We believe that our current nexus of ecological, social and value crises, stems from deep disconnects, intentionally and unintentionally enhanced over centuries. We also believe that transcending today’s overlapping crises will come from a radical shift in our perception of and relation with all that is alive, including ourselves and the more-than-human: humans are called to support a society of all beings.

The World Ethic Forum is a Living Lab for this culture of radically shared aliveness.

ABOUT THE WORLD ETHIC FORUM

Our Thematic Priorities

01

Ethical Ground
Work

We explore the questions, perspectives and competencies that would help shape an ethic or a set of values enabling radically shared aliveness.

02

Decolonisation – Equity – Diversity – Inclusion

We gesture towards a future that transcends colonial patterns and integrates an inclusive, equitable, and diverse society.

03

Healing – Restoration – Reconciliation

We articulate and experiment with processes that can enable healing or repair fractured relational fabrics in the personal and the collective.

04

Kinship – Relating to all Beings

We engage in a world filled with relationships and root ourselves in a relational ontology where all beings are acknowledged and respected equally.

05

Responsible Economy – New forms of Economy

We investigate the blockages to radically shared aliveness that stem from our current economic, business, financial and material systems, and what we can do about them.

06

Stewardship of Bioregions – Agriculture and Food

We seek ways of shifting our relationship to the land, from one of ownership and extraction to one of care and custody, anchored in an organic bioregional approach.

07

Youth, Children, Elders, Parents – Intergenerational Learning and Dialogue

Inspired by a 7-generations principle, we look for ways of bringing together the voices and wisdom of different generations, and see ourselves as future ancestors in becoming.

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Firekeeping

Firekeeping is the practice at the heart of the World Ethic Forum. 

We bring together a circle of more than 50 people, united by a shared commitment to tend the fire of our collective inquiry. Individually, firekeepers are regenerative farmers, community builders, researchers, artists, activists, and engaged citizens from across the world. Together, they co-hold the relational, ethical and emotional fields of our work, as trusted stewards.

Firekeepers embody our shared values of kinship, dignity, and interdependence, including with the more-than-human. They listen deeply, and speak authentically. They bring questions from the circle back to their communities, and return with stories, insights, and responses from the wider world. 

Firekeeping is more than a role. Echoing ancient traditions, it is a way of honouring and enhancing life. It is our shared practice to reweave relationships, and nurture radically shared aliveness.

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