Connected Critics: Branding for A People-Centered Food System
Connected critics argue from the edge, but not from the outside. They do not burn constitutions. They offer amendments.
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How Collective Intelligence can Change your World, Right Now
This document offers a systems approach derived from my own work and experiences to articulate a way of approaching these crises through the lens of ‘collective intelligence’.
Why do Societies Collapse? Diminishing Returns are a Key Factor, a New Study Says
Why do civilizations collapse? It is a question that has been haunting the nebulous entity we call “The West” from the time when Edward Gibbon published his “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” in 1776.
Solidarity Economy Roads
When we say “solidarity economy” we are asserting the necessity of introducing solidarity into the economy, incorporating solidarity into the theory and practice of economics.
Could this Local Experiment be the Start of a National Transformation?
They launched Every One, Every Day in November 2017, opening two shops (the first of five) on high streets in Barking and Dagenham. The shops don’t sell anything but are places where people meet, discuss ideas and launch projects.
UN Backs Seed Sovereignty in Landmark Peasants’ Rights Declaration
On December 17, the United Nations General Assembly took a quiet but historic vote, approving the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other People Working in Rural Areas, by a vote of 121-8 with 52 abstentions.
Red Tides of a Different Sort— Although Just as Polluting
Deniers—particularly those in political circles—are intuitively sensing just what the surveys seem to be suggesting—people’s increasing confidence in mainstream climate science based on their own experiences.
Climate Advocates Underestimate Power of Fossil Fueled Misinformation Campaigns Say Top Researchers
Climate action advocates have underestimated the strength and sophistication of decades-long fossil fuel-funded misinformation campaigns and need a coordinated set of strategies to fight back, say leading academics.
The Dark Side of Innovation for Family Farmers: Reflections on an International Symposium on Innovation
This post explores rapid rise to prominence of the term ‘Innovation’ within agricultural development, and presents some reasons why it is an inadequate framework to address the deep injustices in contemporary food systems, especially as they relate to family farmers and other small scale food producers.
Panic is on the Agenda at Davos – But it’s too Little too Late
The solutions to this crisis will not be handed down from a mountain top to the grateful hordes: they will rely on us taking power for ourselves. Three decades after Reagan, the nine most laughable words in the English language are: “I’m from the elite and I’m here to help.”
Escaping Growth Dependency One Step at a Time
Nowhere in Escaping Growth Dependency is it assumed that ending fractional reserve banking is the only option for positive change. But the report does claim that monetary reform is often overlooked as a viable area of work for the ecological project.
Cllr Matthew Brown on the Preston Model and the Economics of the Imagination
I just want to see a culture, both economically and politically, and in the community, where people are encouraged to come forward with new ideas and they’re listened to.
