Homeless
So for all that the house is central to our economy (mind that definition, friends!), we are still homeless. We do not have a place that is part of us as we are part of it, that is valued for its own sake and cared for, that is who we are.
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Hide Enomoto on his new book about the story of Transition in Japan
If everyone in every local community starts to believe that and starts to take action, then there will be a synergy and this kind of community transformation would accumulate.
Credibility from Apparent Hypocrisy
But next time someone deploys the hypocrisy weapon, think about flipping the script: perhaps it exposes just how hard it is to change and only reinforces the weight of the alleged hypocrite’s message.
7 Things I Learned by Collaborating with Indigenous Wisdom Keepers
This model of cooperation is something that can be applied to any other skill area—from architecture, to agriculture, to medicine-making, to river restoration, and fire literacy—to amplify Indigenous voices, so that we can support each other more effectively in building a future that works for all of us, for generations to come.
David Graeber: The Power of the Imagination
For almost every important political moment in Western Europe and North America over the past 20 years, there was an article or book by David Graeber that could be said to have helped define it.
The problem with too much power
If we modern humans are, in effect, addicted to power, perhaps we need something like a collective twelve-step program.
The Spatial Dimensions of Citizenship as an Antidote to Mob Rule
It is only by means of direct political participation, that is, by engaging in common action and collective deliberation, that citizenship can be reaffirmed and political agency effectively exercised.
Teaching (or cultivating) sustainability or (or inhabitance) ten years on
Philosophers from Aristotle to Polanyi have consistently argued that nothing can so engage people as real tactile experience, and real practical work.
Reflecting on the Modern Myth of Narcissus
As Postman argued in a speech-turned-book in the 1980s, the future will probably look more like Brave New World than 1984, as we willingly numb ourselves—with media rather than Soma—and become passive and oppressed without even realizing it.
A few thoughts on transition education
What are the chances that societies defined today by consumerism, profit-driven production, and plutocratic governance will transition to societies that instead enshrine ecological limits, needs-based production, and democracy, in the face of what is likely to be unprecedented opposition from corporate elites, without an effective mass education effort?
On the Myth of Debatable Science
Science is not a debate. It is not a conversation between opposing points of view. It is not a balanced discussion of belief systems.
The Three Horizons of innovation and culture change
The ‘Three Horizons’ framework is a foresight tool that can help us to structure our thinking about the future in ways that spark innovation.
