(Webinar) Ecocivilization: Making a world that works for all with author Jeremy Lent
Co-hosted by Freda Wells from Goodlife Collective and Gareth Hughes Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa
18 November 2026
1:00 - 2:15pm NZT | 5pm PT
Online - Zoom
Described as “one of the greatest thinkers of our age” by Guardian journalist George Monbiot, Jeremy Lent is an author, speaker and organiser whose work investigates the underlying causes of our civilisation’s existential crisis, and explores pathways toward a life-affirming future.
You are invited to join this dialogue and Q&A with Jeremy about the imminent choice we face as a species: continue with a system built on extraction and endless economic growth, or reimagine civilization grounded in proven design principles of ecosystems and in humankind’s evolved inclination toward justice, mutuality and dignity.
We will engage with ideas from Lent’s new book Ecocivilization, what we can learn from nature’s patterns and principles, why our current systems are failing us, and what a genuinely life-affirming future could look like.
About the speakers
Jeremy Lent is an author, speaker, and organizer whose work investigates the underlying causes of our civilization’s existential crisis, and explores pathways toward a life-affirming future. His new book, Ecocivilization: Making a World that Works for All, lays out the potential for a fundamentally different world system based on life-affirming principles.
His earlier two award-winning books are The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning, which examines the way humans have made meaning from the cosmos from hunter-gatherer times to the present, and The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe which offers a foundation for an integrative worldview that could lead humanity to a sustainable, flourishing future.
He is co-founder and executive director of the Ecocivilization Coalition, and president of its parent, the Institute for Ecological Civilization. He is also founder of the Deep Transformation Network, and a board member of the Global Compassion Coalition.
Convenor & Facilitator: Freda Wells, Founder - Goodlife Collective
Facilitator: Gareth Hughes, Director - Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa
Goodlife Collective curates experiential events to amplify inspiration and wisdom towards a healthier world. Based in Aotearoa, they bring together thinkers, doers, and curious humans to explore what it takes to rehumanise our systems and create a world we love. Expect good conversations, connections, and horizon-expanding ideas that refuel your hope and agency. GC operates under charitable status through the Gift Collective.
WEAll Aotearoa is a non-partisan and independent ‘think and do’ tank working to redesign Aotearoa New Zealand’s economy around the wellbeing of people and te taiao. WEAll use an evidence-informed approach and focus upstream to develop practical, long-term solutions for the public good. WEAll is a registered charity and funded through philanthropic grants and donations.