Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Sparked into action by Rachel CarsonāsĀ Silent SpringĀ John Todd and his wife Nancy Jack-Todd, together with their friend Bill McLarney, founded theĀ New Alchemy InstituteĀ (N.A.I.) in 1969Ā āto restore the land, protect the seas, and inform the Earthās stewards.āĀ
Lackan Cottage Farm is the product of permaculture design, which can be seen in everything from our natural building products, to our waste and water treatment, energy production, and food growing. It is constantly evolving and growing with our own permaculture experience.
We are old climate veterans who have tried to do our part, in every way we know how, to keep our fossil-fuel addicted civilization from driving off a cliff. Are we tired? Sure. Discouraged? Absolutely. Pissed off? Yep. Sad? Call it broken-hearted. Quitting? Nah.
The organizationās Native American Seed Request program distributes up to 10 free or low-cost traditional seed packets, annually, among individual Southwest Native Americans, and regional tribe members who live elsewhere.Ā
Environmental activism is meaningless if it does not grapple with issues of injustice and expose the links between environmental devastation, colonial history, and the exploitative relationships of the North and the South. But does this mean that campaigns focused on our connections to the natural world and the suffering of non-human animals are irrelevant?
Explaining the many barriers former sex workers, abuse victims, and the homeless face at getting a fresh start in life, TĆ¼krĆ¼kĆ§Ć¼ says her personal experiences helped her understand that what is needed mostĀ to build a new life is skills.
By āconservativeā I am not referring to anything resembling Republicans or European ācenter-rightā parties, or positions yet further to the right on the liberal-conservative continuum as it is commonly understood today.Ā
In 2014, I founded theĀ Palestine Heirloom Seed Library. The Library and associated El Beir Arts and Seeds symbolize this core belief: that agriculture is truly comprised of both āagriā (traditional farming practices) + ācultureā (the associated lifestyle/livelihood traditions essential to a communityās identity).
Hopepunk is about fighting for a better future and taking action and doing radical kindness. A lot of times people want to soften it, and think that it is about fluffy self-care, and thatās certainly a part of it, but I want to emphasise that āpunkā is the operative half of the word hopepunk. Itās about actively taking action…
350 not only networks people together at the grassroots level, but connects fellow climate change activist groups and unites them for major conglomerate projects and demonstrations. It helps smaller organizations make big changes together. There may not be a more significant presence in climate change activism thanĀ 350.
As a legacy of the #Mammaiaaa project in #Matera2019, a Social Food Forum will be launched, in March, to help the social food movement grow.
For over a year now, Transition Centre has been seeking to address what it sees as an emerging challenge: Are we running out of time to achieve a sustainable future?
