Deliberately Developmental Spaces

This is a call for the creation of transformational "deliberately developmental" spaces—spaces that cultivate the capacities to respond to the profound challenges we face.

Spaces grounded in the revolutionary research of the last half century about our personal and collective potential for growth and transformation.

These spaces can take a multitude of forms from courses and programs to physical environments like retreat centers, and even new forms of monasteries or universities.

These spaces are needed if we are to successfully meet the constellation of escalating and interwoven crises ranging from ecosphere degradation to political polarization—crises that are linked both in source and solution, rooted in how we envision ourselves, our societies and our civilization.