From What If to What Next: with Dr. Wanda Wyporska and Chuck Collins
By Rob Hopkins, Rob Hopkins blog
In my latest podcast we are exploring how it would be if Feeney’s thinking were to be embraced by those holding the vast reserves of money that the world needs to address its complex problems right now. What if they shifted and recognised the need to let go of what they’re holding onto? And how would it feel to do so?
One Thing Jason Kenney and Elizabeth May Agree On
By Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee
All this week, the Alberta government will be in court challenging the constitutionality of the new federal Impact Assessment Act, with the goal of preventing Ottawa from assessing the impact of coal mining projects in the eastern slopes or new oilsands in situ projects.
Three Cities Switching To Life-Affirming Economies
By Chris Winters, YES! magazine
At its most basic level, doughnut economics is a way of describing an economic system that extends beyond strictly financial measures, like gross domestic product, to include environmental sustainability and healthy, thriving communities.
Capital Versus Biosphere: An Eco-social Agenda Fit for the Times
By Joan Herrera i Torres, Green European Journal
The push to ensure that public interests, the decommodification of fundamental rights, and cooperation prevail demands a new eco-social agenda that aims to be hegemonic. This agenda should focus on three key aspects: biodiversity, the local, and energy transition.
Waking Up To The Power Of Mushrooms
By Ursula Billington, ARC2020
Fungi were only granted Kingdom of Life status in the 1960’s, yet they possess a wealth of unique qualities and a dramatic potential to shape our lives.
The Energy Bulletin Weekly 1 March 2021
By Tom Whipple, Steve Andrews, The Energy Bulletin
Crude oil futures finished the week sharply lower as a stronger dollar and expectations of rising global supply pulled prices off a 13-month high of over $67 a barrel, seen earlier last week.
Sowing the seed of the future
By Andrew Curry, the next wave
Visionary fiction-writing is a practice we can use to imagine and prepare for the future together, to generate the ideas that we want to see more of in the world
The To-Do List
By Eliza Daley, By my solitary hearth
I’ve made a list that is as general as it can be. These steps will need to be taken in every community. This list is also practical. You can do all of it and all of it will make a difference to you and the rest of the world.