GCR.org's 

Theory of Change 

Inputs

• Interdisciplinary research and systems thinking

• Volunteer-led creativity and knowledge-sharing

• Collaborations with like-minded individuals and groups

Activities

• Developing accessible educational content (e.g., blogs, webinars, guides)

• Hosting “safe sense-making spaces” for dialogue and reflection

• Deconstructing dominant narratives around growth, technology, and sustainability

• Publishing research that distinguishes between false solutions (green growth, techno-utopianism) and deep transformations

Outputs

• An expanding global community of informed changemakers

• Richer public discourse about the future of civilization

• Clarity on what strong sustainability and degrowth really mean

Outcomes

• Increased psychological readiness for uncertainty and collapse

• Emergence of localized post-collapse experiments in community resilience

• Formation of networks for post-industrial world-building

Long-Term Impact

• A transition toward a life-sustaining, decentralized, and ecologically integrated civilization

• Reduction in systemic harm through proactive collapse-preparation

• Cultural evolution toward humility, interdependence, and regeneration