A way for practicing
wisdom
We tailor wisdom workouts to your ability, ensuring you're less foolish today and undeniably wiser tomorrow. It's our commitment to your life and the planet’s.
Wisdom isn’t a noun to be acquired, it's an entangled verb to be practiced.
The modern world is facing a crisis of wisdom.
Many of us feel it acutely. It’s not a lack of desire—we genuinely want to live meaningful lives connected to each other and the planet. It’s not a lack of effort—we try to navigate the overwhelming complexities like climate change, species extinction, collapse of trust and other existential threats.
The problem is that we don’t know how. We are handed a false choice: apart from technological and political solutions, we are offered shallow self-help that promises easy fixes but ignores the whole, or abstract philosophy that offers deep thoughts but feels powerless in the face of real, messy everyday life. We are left without a genuine path for practice.
We believe the way for the future begins with wisdom - not as a static noun to be acquired, but a dynamic, entangled verb to be practiced. We call this practice the way of wisdom-ing.
To that end, we design resources, practices and events to help you deconstruct old patterns, practice new ways of being, and craft a life that is both radically yours and in service to the whole.
WISdom-INg is the way for personal & planetary transformation
How we can help
Our signature format in which you will train muscles like:
Radical Inquiry: The ability to question your deepest assumptions with courage and curiosity.
Re- & Deconstruction: Of what it means to be human.
Whole-Self Integration: The art of weaving together your mind, heart, body, and shadow into a coherent self.
Emergent Purpose: The skill of discerning your unique contribution as it unfolds, rather than trying to force a predetermined plan.
And more
Backed by science, rigorous, yet intuitive.
philosophy Gyms
Reach out to us directly if you want to bring PhilosophyGyms to your company or university.
Wisdom can’t be taught. Life as a Lab therefore turns everyday life into a space for bold experiments in wisdom. No gurus, no quick fixes, no shallow promises—real-world experience and curious explorations held in community.
Coming soon.
LIFE AS A LAB
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Wild:philosophy is our weekly exploration of entangled wisdom-ing.
Transmission from the emergent edge. We share essays and explorations that weave together philosophy, culture, and ecology to illuminate a practical path. No easy answers, only better questions.
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2024 Conducting sustainability research in the anthropocene: toward a relational approach
2023 Inner and Outer Transformation in the Anthropocene: a relational appraoch
2022 Sustainable lifestyles: towards a relational approach
2020 Transformative education: towards a relational, justice-oriented approach to sustainability
2020 Towards a relational paradigm in sustainability research, practice, and education
Wisdom is a
team sport
Our resources are meant to be used in community – a place where deeply ingrained ways of life-ing are repatterned in the way of wisdom.
Freely available resources are coming soon.
