Five “No-Regrets” Actions for Tumultuous Times
Uncertain times are uniquely suited to an approach I call “multisolving” – acting in service of multiple goals with a single action.
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Crude capitalism: How oil greases the wheels of the world market
Put differently, oil’s power is assumed to derive from the natural properties of the commodity itself, separate from the social system that gives these properties meaning and significance.
Scaling up democratic ownership: Adapting the employee ownership model to build truly democratic businesses
Democratic forms of ownership, such as worker-owned businesses, worker co-operatives, and stakeholder co-operatives, decommodify ownership by linking it directly to those who participate in production.
Somebody’s Gonna Win
In today’s Frankly, Nate reminds us that the realities of our accelerating predicament go way beyond election results.
The Globalized, Industrialized Food System Is Destroying the World—We Urgently Need to Support Local Food Economies
Our food system is linked to an economic system fundamentally biased against what’s good for people and the planet.
Feeling the illusion of individualism breaking
In the day-to-day we can easily forget how entangled we actually are with others and the planet. But we are not separate from each other or the planet. We’re part of one large organism, a complex system with many interconnections and interdependencies.
Kari Stoever: “Planetary Health Check: The State of Earth’s Critical Systems”
There has been much discussion lately of Planetary Boundaries – the 9 biophysical systems and processes that regulate the functioning of life support systems on Earth, and ultimately the stability and resilience of the Earth system as a whole. But how close are we, today, to pushing these systems past their ability to function and recover?
The Day of the Dead
It is the Day of the Dead. It is the end of yet another season of growth and the beginning of another season of decay. The spiral is turning… It is time to honor our debts to time. Without fear…
In the Business of ‘Thriving’ with a Cambridge Pracademic
Visser issues a bold call to respond to our biggest societal and biospheric challenges and convert them into opportunities to ‘thrive’.
Tractor Man Speaks
So… now that I’ve earned a little carbon credibility by passing up the opportunity to fly to North America for a book tour, it’s time for a confession – we have a tractor and a mini digger on our holding.
Force for Good
When it comes to building community resilience—or building community at all—we have our work cut out for us.
The American food system creates chronic diseases; the medical system ‘manages’ them
“Metabolical”, a book by a medical researcher and physician, tell us that the relationship between our diet (heavy on processed foods) and chronic disease is far more profound than we’ve been told.
