Ukraine, Fossil Fuels, Inflation, and Climate Action
Somehow, we need to build a consensus of willingness to face hard trade-offs even as our leaders delay or outright refuse to take responsible action.
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The Mars obsession: Are two planets better than one to ensure human survival?
Those who offer Mars as part of a “two-planet solution” for the long-term survival of the human race are only distracting us from facing our very real problems on Earth.
Cooking Up Fairer Food & Farming Part 1
When a vegetable grower tells me he wants the cook to know what it is to pull cabbages in February in the rain – we have to find a way to communicate that.
New (and Free!) E-book from Island Press Spotlights Opportunities for Action in an Era of Change
In this hopeful and frustrating year, contributors to the Island Press Urban Resilience Project celebrated our collective progress, while highlighting how far we have yet to go.
We are not supposed to live like this
What if, in trying to heal ourselves, we also begin to heal the planet? Because, in a wonderful turn of events, it turns out that what is good for us, is good for the planet too.
The Significance of Emancipated Neighborhoods for the Project of Direct Democracy
When the inhabitants of a certain neighborhood or complex of buildings manage to institute a radically different mode of collective co-existance, then the self-managed units, of which Castoriadis speaks, begin to emerge.
Democracy Rising 11: Doorways into Deliberation
Deliberation is key to public engagement work as well, enabling people to discuss the consequences, costs, and trade-offs of various policy options, and to work through the emotions that tough public decisions raise.
The world’s food systems are in crisis, and big agribusiness is at its heart
Public finance has a key role to play in agriculture. Instead of propping up corporate interests, it should learn from local producers.
Learning from the pandemic: lessons for unnecessary travel and overconsumption
This post introduces the Reset series – a collection of briefings on lessons from the global pandemic on two vital areas for rapid transition: overconsumption and unnecessary travel.
An actual Gaian interpretation of the world
Indeed, this is where Jesus’ and Christianity’s teachings are so relevant: living simple lives—one might dare say “impoverished” lives at least when compared to the aspirational American lifestyle—in service to others and to Creation (i.e. Gaia) is an essential part of this transition.
Why the TMX Will Endlessly Spill Taxpayers’ Money
Now a project that the government swore would only cost $7.4 billion has soared to $21.4 billion. And it is not even half finished.
New municipalists in the UK must judge this moment correctly and calibrate accordingly
From Preston and Barcelona, to Naples and Jackson, USA, the last decade has seen towns and cities undergo a reimagining of how we can make them, and their economies, work for local people and communities.
