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This summary discusses the challenges faced by local communities in the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch characterized by global human and nonhuman interconnectedness. It explores the struggles of indigenous groups and eco-villages in maintaining their unique practices and resisting global influences. The article also delves into the concept of sustainability, distinguishing between weak and strong sustainability, and emphasizes the importance of bridging the gap between global and local ways of knowing. It highlights the potential for technology-mediated experiences of the sacred to contribute to a sense of overall purpose in life. The text summarizes a special issue of Acta Borealia that focuses on sustaining local practices in a global world, covering topics such as imagination, expertise, learning, technology, and language. The authors argue for the crucial role of traditional handcraft skills and language in maintaining a meaningful connection to the local environment, as well as the importance of skill and craft in sustaining local practices and bridging communities. The summary concludes by acknowledging the contributions of the authors and expressing gratitude to the reviewers and editorial board. [Extracted from the article]

The article bridges the gap between ecology and mind in organization theory by exploring the role of psychological suffering for sustainable organizing. In particular, it shows how burn-out, experiential deprivation, and ecological anxiety prompt ecopreneurs within the Swedish back-to-the-land movement to become ecologically embedded. Three counter-practices illustrate how this suffering represents an inner revolt against the exploitative structures of modern society and growth capitalism, and a catalyst for alternative ecopreneurship. The article takes the first steps toward critical ecopsychology of organizations, which offers an ecocentric ontology and a moral-political framework for degrowth transition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines how agency should be conceptualized to manage the pressing problems of the Anthropocene in support of sustainable change. The article reviews and analyzes literature on agency in relation to planetary boundaries, advancing the relational view of agency in which no actors are granted a primary ontological status, and agency is not limited to humans but may be attributed to other actors. This understanding of agency can effectively contribute to sustainable organizations; on the one hand, it enables non-anthropocentrism and on the other hand, admits that networks bind actors. We conclude that boundary blurring (between actors) and boundary formation (between actors and networks) are complementary processes. Consequently, relationality is proposed as an applicable means of respecting planetary boundaries, while recognizing that all action flows through circuits of power whose obligatory passage points are the major conduits for intervention. Intervention occurs through regulation and nudging action such as ecotaxation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]