Cycles of Crisis: Renew Your Mind, Restore the World
Drawing on scripture, systems thinking, and the insights of the Amazon e-book Cycles of Crisis, this school equips you to understand why growth-at-all-costs is breaking our world — and how a mindset of reduce, restore, and revive can help heal it.
Perfect for: Thoughtful adults — whether faith-motivated, environmentally conscious, or simply alarmed by global instability — who want to move beyond anxiety and despair toward a grounded, values-driven response to the world's interconnected crises. No prior academic background is required.
The World Is in Crisis. But So Is the Story We Tell Ourselves.
Economies falter, ecosystems collapse, communities fracture — and yet the default response from governments, corporations, and individuals is almost always the same: grow more, produce more, consume more. What if that response is itself part of the cycle? In this school, we go to the root. Inspired by the Amazon e-book Cycles of Crisis and the timeless scriptural call to be "transformed by the renewing of your mind," we examine how civilisations repeatedly fall into the same traps — and how awareness, values, and deliberate action can break those patterns.
A Different Kind of Economics — and a Different Kind of Hope
This isn't doom-scrolling dressed up as education. This school is built on a profoundly hopeful premise: that crisis is also a turning point, and that ordinary people who change how they think can change how communities, businesses, and ecosystems function. We explore what it means to shift from a "grow the economy" mindset to one centred on reducing waste, restoring natural and social systems, and reviving what truly matters — health, meaning, community, and planetary resilience.
From Insight to Action — Starting Now
Every lesson connects big-picture historical and ecological patterns to practical choices you can make today — in your household, your work, your community, and your inner life. Whether you come from a faith background, an environmental movement, a background in economics, or simply a gut feeling that something is deeply wrong, you will leave with a clearer framework, renewed purpose, and a concrete personal action plan.
Why Act Now?
The subtitle of this school echoes the message of Cycles of Crisis directly: we must act now. Not because the situation is hopeless, but because the window for meaningful, transformative action is open — and history shows it does not stay open forever. Join a community of people who refuse to be paralysed by the scale of the challenge and are choosing, instead, to be part of the restoration.
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise the recurring historical and ecological patterns that define 'cycles of crisis' and explain why conventional growth economics perpetuates them.
- Articulate the philosophical and spiritual case — including scriptural foundations — for a 'reduce, restore, and revive' worldview as an alternative to endless growth.
- Identify the specific crisis patterns most relevant to your own community, region, or industry.
- Apply a practical personal audit to map where your own habits, work, and consumption either feed or break the cycle.
- Develop a written personal action plan with specific, realistic reduce-restore-revive commitments you can begin immediately.
- Explain the concept of 'mind renewal' as a precondition for lasting systemic change, drawing on both spiritual tradition and modern behavioural science.
- Connect with a community of like-minded learners to share strategies, hold accountability, and multiply local impact.
- Communicate the core ideas of Cycles of Crisis clearly to others, becoming an informed voice for transformation in your own sphere of influence.
Curriculum
6 modules · 17 lessons
Your teacher
David Clilverd
I've spent years watching the same patterns play out — in history books, in news headlines, and in the communities around me. Crisis follows crisis, and the standard response is always to push harder on the very levers that created the problem: more growth, more production, more consumption. That troubled me deeply, and it drove me to write Cycles of Crisis, now available on Amazon, where I mapped the recurring patterns that trap civilisations — and the pathways that have allowed communities to break free. I believe, as scripture teaches, that lasting change begins with the renewing of our minds. Not optimism as denial, but a genuine transformation in how we see the world and our place in it. That conviction shapes everything in this school. My goal isn't to overwhelm you with the scale of the crisis — it's to give you the clarity, the courage, and the practical tools to become part of the restoration. I'm glad you're here, and I believe that the fact you've found your way to this school means you're already ready to act.
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