Collective Learning

A joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law. 

By: Robert Macfarlane

2026 marks the ten-year anniversary of the Indigenous resistance at Standing Rock in North Dakota. This book is a must-read history of the movement.

By: Nick Estes

Here are five resources our Magic Canoe staff found in 2025 that oriented us to the moment, and to a promising future.

By: Magic Canoe

A Peabody-nominated podcast from the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University tells the story of the world’s dominant economic system—how it emerged and evolved over the centuries—and explores how it might be transformed.
This podcast series by Katy Shields and Vegard Beyer tells the true story of why The Limits to Growth (1972), after positive initial reception, was fought against and has since been largely ignored.
“Salmon Wars” is a six-part podcast series that tells the story of salmon in the Northwest through the voices of one Yakama Nation family who have been fighting for salmon for generations.
We've distilled research into a pattern of interconnected principles that underlie systemic health to represent the eight pillars of regenerative economic vitality.

By: Capital Institute

Grab a paddle. It’s time to work together.

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