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Feb 25, 2013
by Joshua Nelson, Post Growth
Fermented beverages of one sort or another have played a part in every civilization. The evolution of fermentation by human hands has been a diverse one, too. From what is arguably the first fermented beverage, mead, found in ancient Greek, Egyptian and even Sumerian records, all the way to …
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Feb 19, 2013
by Shane Hughes, Reconomy project
My work at the REconomy Project has inspired me to believe that a credible alternative to our current system is now emerging at an incredible rate.
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Feb 15, 2013
by Gar Alperovitz, Gar Alperovits blog
The problem with pure worker ownership of large industries is that the worker/owners are under the same market pressures as any other company. They are therefore as likely to pollute the environment, for example, if they’re under competitive pressures to do so, as the next guys. So that …
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Feb 4, 2013
by Alejo Etchart, Reconomy project
The inability of economics to internalize social and environmental externalities makes it so that it essentially serves capital through a debt-based economic growth; thus moving away from its primary goal: the correct distribution of scarce resources in order to satisfy human needs. As a …
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Jan 17, 2013
by Charlotte Du Cann, Transition Norwich blog
This month is all about time. I have been running up against a major deadline with the new edition of the Transition Free Press and haven't had a minute spare to write any posts. Ironic then that this week's report should be an introduction to Playing for Time -a collaborative handbook about …
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Jan 3, 2013
by Gar Alperovitz, Keane Bhatt
, Alternet
Social pain, anger at ecological degradation and the inability of traditional politics to address deep economic failings has fueled an extraordinary amount of practical on-the-ground institutional experimentation and innovation by activists, economists and socially minded business leaders in …
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Nov 26, 2012
by Jon Walker, Resilience.org
What I love most about this book is the feeling you get that there is hope: solutions to environmental, social and financial crises do exist, they have been tried and tested all over the planet and all we have to do is get on with it.
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Oct 26, 2012
by Carl Etnier, Equal Time Radio
October is Co-op Month, and the U.N. has declared 2012 the Year of the Co-op. Two guests give us more insight into why people form and join co-ops, the main barrier to forming more co-ops, and what it's like to form a grocery co-op in Barre.
