We are currently facing a multi-dimensional crisis that isn’t just a failure of policy, but a symptom of an exhausted civilizational model. The capitalist and patriarchal development paradigm has pushed life to the brink, prioritizing profit over the very ecosystems and communities that sustain us. In response, the Global Working Group Beyond Development serves as a critical convergence point for the urgent and the transformative. We are a transdisciplinary network of researchers, activists, and popular educators who recognize that the solutions will not come from the same systems that created the problem. By bridging diverse knowledge from both the Global South and North, we work to dismantle hegemonic narratives and amplify the radical alternatives necessary to restore our relationship with nature, deepen democracy, and reclaim the power of people to define their own futures.