Participatory Budgeting Includes Community Members in the Public Funding Process
As governmental authoritarianism intensifies, citizens “double down on democracy” through the participatory model.
In a North Dakota Courtroom, the Battle for Standing Rock Continues
Here are four cases that everyone should be paying attention to that could decide whether justice is dealt to the water protectors and the Standing Rock Sioux.
At the Corners of the Constitution: Climate Activists Beware
What’s to stop Trump from saying that under a national energy emergency, anyone who demonstrates in front of a federal building is guilty of an un-American activity in a time of danger? The courts?
Housing justice beyond consumerism – an excerpt from Defying Displacement
The struggles around urban displacement are some of the clearest fractures emerging from what has been called the New Economy, the Knowledge Economy, or the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an economic arrangement within contemporary capitalism that we might as easily name the Gentrification Economy.
The US Has Never Been More Divided on Climate. Here’s How to Build Bridges (and It May Surprise You)
Whether we are working at high-level strategy, on the ground in our community, actively influencing, organizing, showing up at our jobs, we can foster conditions that create safety and the ability to name our fears.
A Gandhian approach to dialogue: The adversary is not the enemy
In this blog, part of our Food Sovereignty and Spirituality series, AgroecologyNow interviewed Siddharta, founder of Pipal Tree India, about the role of spirituality and religion in social action for climate justice, gender justice and interfaith peace.
The 7 Fundamental Drivers of Overshoot
By over-consuming our environment—and ecosystem stability—in the short-term, we are putting our planet’s long-term stability and capacity to provide for future generations in jeopardy.
Why Wikis Are a Useful Tool to Protect Online Information From Being ‘Disappeared’
Wiki sites are at the forefront of a shift toward decentralized information sharing.
Threatened by Toxics, Some Communities Look for a Buy-Out: But will Trump’s FEMA Prevent it?
Buyouts are often the last best option for homes that repeatedly flood. They occur when homeowners voluntarily sell their properties to government entities at pre-disaster fair market value.
Scented dangers: Who regulates scented products?
Most of us think very little about the artificial scents that buffet us every day. They are often filled with hazardous substances and only very lightly regulated
Francis Weller — The Lost Art of Grieving: Grief as Ritual, Resistance, and Resilience
In this conversation, Nate is joined by psychotherapist Francis Weller to discuss the essential human need for grief.
Solandium 2063: Playing for Change
I believe that art and other forms of creative expression, including pop culture, can serve as catalysts for social change. Often artists are among the first to sense changes in societal currents and speculate about the future, and we have the imagination to find creative ways to communicate those topics to broad audiences.
