Democracy Rising 26: Middle Schoolers as Deliberative Civic Actors
In addition to fostering communication and thinking skills, deliberation can lead to changes in how young people engage as learners and citizens.
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Havana: Its low-tech internet, its urban cultures, its informal networks
In a world where the digital footprint seems to be increasing every day (it will have tripled in 15 years according to the French GreenIT), we were looking forward to this stopover to study what is called “the low-tech Internet”.
Exploring alternative schools in Southeast Asia
Marginalized communities and their ability to organize themselves towards a common goal would attest that even amid multiple crises, they can cultivate notable practices that produce and reproduce transformative pedagogies, especially for the young generation of learners.
Rx for Heatwaves: Sacramento Needs a Comprehensive Plan for Extreme Heat
Yes, Sacramento is heat sick, but we have an effective treatment plan. This treatment plan requires an all-hands-on-deck, holistic approach to addressing the issues of climate change and human health.
All the king’s horses
It would be folly to continue building bulky, heavy, massively overpowered vehicles to move one or two passengers along roads, and therefore devoting a huge share of our still scarce clean power supplies to building and/or operating that oversized vehicle fleet.
What do calls for ‘abolition’ really mean?
What today’s abolitionists share is a concern with how we can care for one another, in the most expansive sense.
The End of Abundance
Nate shares what this watershed moment in the global political narrative means for Europe, the U.S. and the world – as we rapidly become less “energy-blind”.
The Café That’s Upending Capitalism
Inside this brick storefront, something much more radical is brewing: a business model that could upend the traditional capitalistic business structure.
Kris De Decker: “Low Tech: What, Why and How”
How does low tech differ from high tech and what does it feel like to live a low tech lifestyle?
If You Want People to Use Public Transit, Connect the Places Where People Want to Walk
In a nutshell, many American transit systems are underused not because the cities they serve are too small, but because the places they stop at are places people don’t want to be on foot.
Less is More
Given a vote, would not humanity choose a living planet over a colonized one? We stand at the juncture.
How free stores fight waste, connect communities and foster resilience
Free stores are exactly what they sound like: Physical places where people can donate items they no longer want and others can shop among these items and take what they want or need without paying cash for them.
