Cultural Emergence

Welcome to Cultural Emergence. I have been co-creating these empowering tools since 2016, with inspiration from many people. Around the world there are people who are using Cultural Emergence in their lives, families and communities for positive change. It is a joy to share Cultural Emergence with you, and to anticipate the positive ripples that may arise. I am excited to welcome you on this adventure into a hopeful future.

Looby Macnamara

Looby Macnamara
Author of Cultural Emergence

What is Cultural Emergence? 

Cultural Emergence is an invitation to create cultures of personal leadership, collective wisdom and Earth care. Emergence initiates breakthroughs that expand our thinking and enable us to build personal and collective resilience, and embody new ways of being and interacting.  It nourishes and empowers us to design the world we want to live in. 

NEW Design Adventures book

Discover a Creative Framework for Effective Change

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The GLOBAL RELEASE DATE 1st Sept 2025.

You can now pre-order Looby's NEW book Design Adventures 

Looby's new book will unlock your creativity, gifts and potential with the Design Web, a flexible, holistic, dynamic framework that empowers you to improve all aspects of your personal and professional lives.

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Cultural Emergence Book & The CEED Deck

Looby Macnamara, international thought leader and teacher, wrote the book Cultural Emergence - A Tool kit for Transforming Ourselves and The World. In it she brings to life a framework and toolkit that enables us to design the world we want to live in. It activates healing and revolutionises our approach to creating life-sustaining and regenerative cultures.

The Cultural Emergence Empowerment & Design Deck contains 96 easily accessible thinking tools, design tools, connection tools and reflection tools. The images had drawn by Looby and messages on the back will empower those who want to bring about cultural shifts in themselves and the world.

Cultural Emergence belongs in the hands of every change maker

Aranya
Author of Permaculture Design

Online and In Person Courses

Looby Macnamara has both online and in person courses coming up this year. Learn about Cultural Emergence, The Design Web and Mother Nature. Looby also has a FREE online Cultural Emergence taster course and runs regular FREE online workshops. Find out what's coming up below

2025 courses

In Person This Year

Cultural Emergence Gathering:

with Looby 25 - 27 July 2025

Advanced Design Adventure:

with Looby & Delvin 18-21 September 2025 

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With Looby Macnamara

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A FREE Online course

A great place to start your journey is with the Cultural Emergence Taster Course. Participants learn from the on-line video tutorials and materials created by Looby

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