Description:
In a world on the edge of social, ecological, and economic upheaval, Collapse reveals the forces that are unraveling modern civilization-why systems are faltering, how they are interconnected, and what comes next.
Brief description: Juan Pablo Quiñonez is a mestizo Latino who has been ruminating on the predicaments of modernity for over a decade. His writing aims to bridge ancestral and Indigenous perspectives, psychology, spirituality, resilience, systems thinking, science, and deep ecology, exploring where we are and our roles in facilitating what emerges.He was born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico. As a teenager, he completed basic training in the French Foreign Legion but left shortly after he received his parachutist badge. He studied at MRU in Canada, where he met his wife, Jennifer Ford. After graduating, they paddled into the boreal forest, where they spent six months foraging in isolation to supplement their minimal rations.Juan Pablo has spent a hundred days in the forest foraging in the solitude of the boreal winter. In 2021, he won the ninth season of the reality TV series Alone after surviving solo for seventy-eight days in the subarctic lands of Labrador during the fall, where he underwent a multi-week water fast. In addition to being an amateur collapse researcher, he is also a wilderness survival expert specializing in the boreal forest and has written the survival book Thrive. He lives in the boreal forest in Canada.
Review Quotes:
"If you're new to the global discussion about civilizational collapse, this book will acquaint you with the best thinking on the subject. Collapse is scary to think about, but if you're intelligent and paying attention to the world around you, it's an unavoidable subject. Juan Pablo Quiñonez is an informed, kind, and thoughtful guide to why civilization is coming apart and what to do."
-RICHARD HEINBERG, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, author of Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival
"My experience is of a book with a deeply compassionate intention, to reach those that need this guide right now . . . For some of us this perhaps so that we can face what is and stand up together, meeting the times we are in as a collective body. And that isn't for everyone. Juan Pablo is not here to tell us how to respond, he is more brotherly. He offers signs and tools for our different responses; this being a journey, with complexity and nuance, with inner and outer implications."
-GAIL BRADBROOK, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion
"Contemplative analysis of civilization's potential for collapse, with holistic answers."
-BOOKLIFE BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Quiñonez's analysis of global crises . . . will appeal most to those who already agree with the author's assertions."
- KIRKUS REVIEWS