Making visible the commons
The love, nurturing, empathy, and mutual support of the care economy can serve as a catalyst for broad systems change in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Globalization and Decommissioning Democracy
Discussions of the threat to liberal democracy have neglected perhaps the most surprising source that is one of the major arcs of history of the last three decades: globalization.
A Socio-Ecological Contract for a Post-Pandemic Europe
To truly recover in the years ahead, Europe will need a new socio-ecological contract bringing together questions of inequality, climate and the digital economy.
The Nottingham Economic Recovery and Renewal Consultation – Part Five
The transition into this future will be painful but it will be even more painful unless we radically rethink what is going on and how we all need to respond.
Jimmy Buff and the Radio Kingston Commons
Radio Kingston may be the closest thing to a commons that I’ve encountered in the world of radio. It’s a community-minded, noncommercial platform that lets the people of Kingston, New York, and the Hudson Valley, see and hear themselves on the air.
The Nottingham Economic Recovery and Renewal Consultation – Part Four
In effect the current debt is managed by borrowing from the future, on the assumption that the future will be better off. But the underlying trend based on an energy analysis tells us a different story.
‘Footprint Justice’ and ‘Fair Earth Shares’ is getting more attention
The campaign for ‘Footprint Justice’ is gathering momentum with a call for UN member states to investigate the legal implications of enshrining a ‘Fair Earth Share’ as a human right.
The Nottingham Economic Recovery and Renewal Consultation – Part Three
Promoting economic growth is unethical because economic activity has overshot the carrying capacity of the biosphere and is degrading the ecological system.
Nottingham Economy Recovery and Renewal Consultation – Response Part Two
As the demand for help from food banks increases can we really expect that spending on the arts and culture will be getting top priority in how people allocate their available money?
Nottingham Economic Recovery and Renewal Consultation – Response Part One
This means that there are a number of ecological economic needs for a change in the structure of the Nottingham economy which will have to happen – above all relocalisation of economic relationships, particularly in food production.
Cooperation and Chocolate: The Story of One Colombian Community’s Quest for Peace
Two decades after its declaration of neutrality, the community still carries on its peace crusade. Despite many difficulties, they are hanging on to their collective work thanks to the precious cacao cultivation.
From global drag to radical regionalization
For regionalization, not everything has to be done on a small scale or regionally. It is a search for the optimal scale in terms of transport, energy use, production options, mineral cycle and many other aspects.
