The EcoSystemic Return. An Anthology for Now

The EcoSystemic Return is an anthology of papers by and for systemic practitioners that uses an ecological, systemic lens to critically engage with environmental matters such as climate change and wider critical systemic implications. Several chapters address the urgent need for ecological considerations in our societal structures and decisions. Chapters also explore the challenging terrain of global health crises, particularly pandemics, using systems theory and new materialist thinking to understand our interconnected vulnerabilities and strengths.

This collection does not provide easy answers but invites you to participate in a crucial dialogue that is needed right now: it is a call to engage with these diverse perspectives, reflecting on the connections between systemic practices and ecological awareness, to reimagine our place alongside each other, other living creatures and our planet, Earth. It is a journey of rediscovery and reconnection, a voyage back to our roots, and a stepping stone towards a more sustainable future.

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The EcoSystemic Return started life as discussion in a group of systemic therapists about how systemic thinking can counter the problems of climate change and lost local knowledges and practices.

All chapters in this book were originally published as articles across different volumes of Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice - https://murmurations.cloud. The journal editors have kindly given permission to reproduce the papers in this book. The publisher, Everything is Connected Press is a not-for-profit community interest company which supports the independent, fully open access, peer-reviewed journal, Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice.