In PIMA's 50th Bulletin, there is acknowledgement that we are living in the times of ‘the great unravelling’ where we are navigating the poly-crisis of environmental and social breakdown. (Post Carbon Institute, 2023) We are challenged to grapple with the prospects of far more difficult futures across environmental and social systems in complex ways, in many places and with different results. While the Marrakech Framework for Action (MFA), which resulted from the CONFINTEA VII conference in 2022, urges us to harness the transformational power of ALE, many conditions we confront are new – we can’t necessarily rely on our past experiences. As suggested in threads through the bulletin, this demands cross-disciplinarity, humility to know that we don’t know, and to be inspired to explore the complexities through collaborative relationships which lead to co-constructing new ways of knowing/thinking.