The globalised civilisation we see around us is emerging from various economic and political assumptions, such as :

• The nation state
  
• Resources are unlimited
• Transport becomes cheaper
  
• Economic growth through consumption is good
  

The very "success" of this model may well be its downfall...

For example, it has been argued that the concept of the nation state is being eroded through trans-national trade, resources are becoming scarce (not just difficult to find and extract) and are increasingly a source of conflict, oil fueled transport systems are looking vulnerable (and make us increasingly vulnerable to global plague),  consumption is consuming social cohesion while continual industrial output is fueling climate change.  

From this standpoint it seems likely that one of the four horsemen - Death, Pestilence, War, Famine - will soon be paying the species, as a whole, a visit.

This stream assumes that some form of catastrophe is unavoidable. Our societies vested interests, habits and values, are simply too deeply ingrained to pre-empt disaster.

What would you do in the event of a global plague?  a global economic meltdown?  a third world war?

Fatalism will doom us to repeating our old mistakes. 
We aim to think ahead, to see a brush fire not as a disaster but as an opportunity for new growth.

The aim of this stream is to bring people from across the political and religious spectrum together to realistically consider :

a) what the future may bring
b) practical advice based on historical evidence for how we can preserve ourselves and the best of what we have learnt during a prolonged crisis
c) blueprints for rebuilding a global society along a new set of economic and political assumptions