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Orb Tranz Research & Broadcasting Foundation (a Section-8 company registered in Mumbai since 2021) is the flagship initiative of Global Crisis Response (GCR)
WHO WE ARE
Global Crisis Response (GCR) is a budding Trans-national Think Tank and social change movement that is currently driven mostly by volunteer participation.
We exist to support and empower individuals and communities in understanding and navigating the rapidly unfolding Global Crisis—a convergence of ecological, social, technological, and economic breakdowns—by fostering deep reflection, meaningful dialogue, and bold systemic transformation.
What is Global Crisis (GC)?
Globalized Industrial Civilization (GIC) can be compared to an ‘ICU’ system which has an extremely low thresh-hold for disruptions and can quickly escalate into irreversible existential consequences. The ‘un-thinkable’ cascading collapse of GIC is surprisingly plausible in the near-term due triggers from any or all of the potential sources (supply-chain shocks, exponential tech risks & breach of ecological ‘tipping-points’) etc..
We articulate Global Crisis (GC) as
Inevitable Civilizational Collapse in the near-term and possible Planetary Collapse in the long-term (the worst-case consequence of humanity’s current BAU & ‘techno-utopian’ trajectory )
Humanity’s existential predicament:
Should we deploy current resources to ‘fix Globalized Industrial Civilization (GIC)’ in order to avoid the inevitable Civilizational Collapse?
or
Should we recognize its inevitability and prefigure it?
Global Crisis (GC) is a risk analysis and problem framing approach that factors in the confluence of emergent risks from multiple lens:
Ecological lens
· Breach of Planetary Boundaries or 'Tipping points' (already 6/9)
· Resource (depletion) & Sink (pollution) constraints
· Humanity is already in the state of Overshoot (175% in 2020) i.e. unsustainable economic throughput (Energy + Eco-footprint + material footprint) that could lead to Planetary collapse
Economy & Energy lens
· Treating economy in monetary or financial terms rather than in material & energy terms
· Peak FOssil Energy- Rapidly rising Energy Cost of Energy (EcoE)
· 'Energy-descent' or rapid contraction of global economy due rapid phasing-out of fossil fuels to mitigate run-away Climate Change (Climate - Energy Double-bind)
· Fossil Energy (Dense, portable, Flexible) cannot be replaced by new RE (Solar, Wind) within the constraints of scale, functionality and time
· Risk of ‘bubble bursts’ (Real asset & financial) due to and declining prosperity (Output minus ECoE) that may trigger a global financial meltdown
Civilizational Complexity (Systemic) lens
· GIC has reached the stage of diminishing returns on complexity & problem solving (key to collapse of civilizational collapse in the past)
· BAU pursuit of energy intensive, high tech global economy dependent on long supply-chains weakens the overall systemic resilience of ‘Key-stone hubs’ sustaining the GIC (like the Energy price-infrastructure, Critical infrastructures, Grid, Banking & Finance, Economy of scale etc.)
· Any severe trigger (like a pandemic or cyber-attack on grid, energy crisis) can tip the global system into a cascading collapse scenario
Run-away exponential technologies lens
· Run-away & unregulated proliferation of Dual-use technologies like Nuclear, AI, Bio-tech & Nano-tech enhance welfare but can also be weaponized that independently risk Societal as well as Biospheric Collapse
This crisis framework ensures that any consensus response to address Global Crisis will factor all dimensions of the existential risks without exception.
Creating impact by empowering Changemakers
Changemakers include
- activists,
- scholars,
- community builders, and
- storytellers
dedicated to imagining and enacting life-sustaining futures. Many feel disillusioned with conventional activism and are searching for deeper, more systemic paths. GCR offers them clarity, resilience, tools, and community.
GCR.org specifically invites visionary and maverick philanthropists, changemakers, scholars, and all who recognize the scale of humanity's predicament to collaborate in this vital research and action initiative. The organization seeks collaborators and funderswho have the opportunity to catalyze transformative change at a time when conventional approaches are failing to address existential threats to civilization and planetary systems.
Potential participants include those working within existing intentional communitieswho can contribute practical experience in alternative living arrangements, researchers and academics who can contribute to the validation and refinement of the TERRA and GCRS frameworks, and individuals with resources who can support either the research foundation or implementation aspects of the work. The organization's approach emphasizes participatory action research that engages communities as co-researchers, suggesting multiple entry points for involvement beyond financial support.
Given the cross-disciplinary integration of insights from ecology, economics, sociology, and indigenous knowledge systems, GCR.org welcomes expertise from diverse fields that can contribute to understanding and addressing the Global Crisis.
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FAQ
The true strength of GCR.org lies in the powerful intersection and synergy between the A and B Project Series, creating an integrated approach that moves beyond theoretical discussions to tangible, transformative action.
- The A-Series provides theoretical rigor, validated frameworks, and strategic communication approaches that inform and guide the practical actions of the B-Series.
- Conversely, the B-Series provides crucial real-world grounding and feedback for the A-Series, with practical experiences and lessons learned from establishing bioregional communities providing vital input for refining the TERRA and GCRS frameworks.
This synergistic relationship creates a virtuous cycle of theory informing practice and practice refining theory, maximizing impact and effectiveness. The integration ensures that conceptual development remains grounded in practical reality while community-building efforts are guided by rigorous theoretical frameworks. This approach allows GCR.org to simultaneously work on shifting global discourse while building tangible alternatives, creating multiple pathways for transformation that reinforce each other.
B-Series projects constitute GCR.org's strategic response for catalyzing bottom-up societal transition, focusing on cultivating deep resilience in India and South Asia with scalability for the global south. While A-Series develops theoretical foundations, B-Series focuses on the 'how' and 'where' of building tangible, resilient alternatives from the ground up. Key B-Series components include
- demarcating and mapping bioregions based on ecological, economic, and cultural coherence,
- identifying and mapping existing intentional communities to weave them into stronger interconnected movements,
- creating interactive online bioregional platforms that serve as digital hearts for community building,
- developing practical blueprints for functional resilient local communities, establishing physical Bioregional Facilitation Centers, and
- researching the integration of volunteer-based civil defense systems with official disaster management structures
B-Series projects provide geographical foundations for reorganizing society along more sustainable lines while creating visibility for pioneering efforts and facilitating knowledge exchange. The series establishes physical demonstration sites that anchor local community building and experimentation, providing tangible examples of the principles developed in A-Series work.
Our Approach
GCR.org distinguishes itself by fundamentally rejecting the prevailing narrative of "sustainability" that focuses on incremental adjustments within a paradigm designed for endless growth on a finite planet and powered by cheap fossil energy.
While most sustainability efforts operate within what the organization classifies as "Weak Sustainability," GCR.org champions "Strong Sustainability" - approaches that are effective without relying on industrial inputs, abundant cheap energy and without causing further ecological degradation.
The organization's approach is built upon the understanding that focus must shift from mere "sustainability" within a failing paradigm to "survivability" and the active prefiguration of a post-collapse "new-normal".
This paradigm shift is operationalized through two powerful conceptual frameworks: the Existential Risk and Response Assessment (TERRA) Framework and the Global Crisis Response Strategy (GCRS), which together provide essential architecture for understanding the crisis, identifying viable responses, and implementing practical response measures at multiple scales.
Rather than attempting to reform existing systems, GCR.org works to anticipate and shape the inevitable transition to alternative ecological futures characterized by radically reduced consumption and complexity, powered by traditional renewable systems.
Volunteer Experience!
Javed Khan (Tata Pro-engage Volunteer, HRBP -Tata International Ltd., MP, India)
Board Recruitment Strategy
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Working with GCR on the strategic project “Board Recruitment Strategy” has been a milestone on my personal and professional developmental journey
Anjali Butley (Tata Pro-engage Volunteer, TCS, Delhi)
Editorial Strategy
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"This project has given me challenging and thought provoking learning experience"
Arthur Caffier
User Experience (UX) Researcher
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"Working with GCR has been an incredible learning experience, where I had the opportunity to apply my knowledge in user research and design thinking to a meaningful cause."