Abigail Hopewell

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  • Deep Adaptation

    Deep Adaptation

    I first became aware of the concept of Deep Adaptation in 2018 when I read Professor Jem Bendell’s self-published paper which, at the time, went viral. You can read more about my climate breakdown ‘awakening’ journey here. Then in 2021 Bendell edited a book in partnership with Rupert Read titled Deep Adaptation: Navigating the Realities…

    Abigail

    October 26, 2022
    Blogging, Climate Emergency
    climate breakdown, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, deep adaptation
  • One year on: placing people at the heart of the climate emergency

    One year on: placing people at the heart of the climate emergency

    Follow-up blog originally published on NHS Employers about the role of OD Practitioners in response to the Climate and Ecological Emergency

    Abigail

    October 22, 2022
    Climate Emergency, OD
    Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, OD, Organisation Development, Organisational Development
  • Active Hope

    Active Hope

    Active Hope is a book exploring how to navigate the profound uncertainties facing society today.

    Abigail

    October 15, 2022
    Blogging, Climate Emergency
    Active Hope, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, Hope
  • Slumberella

    Slumberella

    Insomniac stirred by a bladder then a cat. Thoughts circling around mounds of memory vales of worry paths of imaginary future possibility. Desperately searching for Slumberella… She’s waiting casually in the shadows, drawing me in slowly. Finally we embark on a three-minute stand So deliciously seductive and smooth. Then the clock strikes six; Oh but…

    Abigail

    May 5, 2022
    Blogging
    Insomnia, poem, sleep, Writing
  • Lessons from… a new series

    Lessons from… a new series

    This year, like every year, I have a goal to read more. I have a growing pile of unread books towering somewhat precariously on top of my small filing cabinet…an almost daily reminder to me whenever I settle down to work in my make-shift home office. Not only that, I also have a virtual pile…

    Abigail

    April 7, 2022
    lessons from
    #lessonsfrom, Book, Book Review, learning, lessons, lessons from, Reading, Writing
  • Bridge

    Bridge

    WordPress has started a new thing called #wordprompt where every month I receive an email with (amongst other things) a word prompt from which to write a blog post. This month the word is ‘bridge’. May as well give it a go. I am prompted to write a short poem on something I have been…

    Abigail

    March 31, 2022
    Blogging
    #wordprompt, poem, Writing
  • Time to Change Our Socks?

    Time to Change Our Socks?

    I love the blog post below which I am reposting here following world downs syndrome awareness day earlier this week. It was written over a year ago but speaks to the stigmas which maybe unwittingly reinforced by well-meaning awareness campaigns. In spite of marathons of progress over the years, Downs Syndrome continues to be a…

    Abigail

    March 24, 2022
    Blogging
    downs syndrome, Writing
  • What does OD have to do with the Climate and Ecological Emergency?

    What does OD have to do with the Climate and Ecological Emergency?

    In February 2021 I wrote a blogpost for NHS Employers which was published here. For posterity’s sake (websites for professional organisations do change over time, and things sometimes disappear!) I have decided to post this into my personal blog. At the time of writing, over a year has passed since its publication – a lot…

    Abigail

    March 17, 2022
    Climate Emergency
    Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, Communication, Development, OD, Organisation Development, Organisational Development, Organization
  • What the Apophenia?!

    What the Apophenia?!

    Apophenia is not a word you hear too often. It can be defined as “the human tendency to find meaningful patterns in unrelated things”. The most common form of Apophenia, which most people can probably relate to, is Pareidolia – the perception of images or sounds in random stimuli. How many times, for example, have…

    Abigail

    March 10, 2022
    Blogging
    apophenia, Moon, pareidolia, Patterns
  • We are the first generation

    We are the first generation

    “We are the first generation to feel the effects of climate change, and the last generation to be able to do something about it”. Barack Obama, 2014 What an immense privilege and responsibility it is to be alive at this time. Generations of the immediate and distant future depend on the choices and actions we…

    Abigail

    March 3, 2022
    Climate Emergency
    Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency
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