Ukraine | the Green Road of Ecovillages – Communities that Protect
The Green Road has seen the global and the local Ukrainian ecovillage and permaculture communities involved in ongoing emergency support for people fleeing the war.
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Building a regenerative future
Many of us are already nurturing the potential of a regenerative future and regenerative cultural impulses are connecting people and communities to their places and bioregions.
Exit Stage Left: What Might It Mean for US Climate Policy
Staffers are to politicians as canaries are to coal miners. When they stop singing, there’s a problem. Key Biden staffers are beginning to leave the administration.
Will Joe Save the Union and What It Means for US Climate Policy
The most powerful Joe in Washington has some decisions to make. No, no, not that Joe. Although he too has some critical choices confronting him. However, it’s a tale best told another day.
What it means to have children
We devote much of our lives to our children, the messages we send to the future we will never see.
A Livable Path
I think we can all agree that a livable future is one that uses much less of this planet, one that manufactures less, that transports less, that does less.
Democracy Rising 19: Dialogue in Dixie
The literal heart of Dixie (the U.S. Deep South) is the very last place one might expect to see a community rallying around the idea of acceptance and inclusivity—especially if the community is a small town in Alabama declaring itself a safe, nurturing, and inviting space for LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Deep Roots of the Racial Wealth Gap—and How We Undo It
The growing divide between White wealth and Black wealth is a product of economic systems designed to extract wealth from Black, Indigenous, and other people of color and redirect it to the wealthy, almost uniformly White elite.
Herriges Rezoned: A City Shaped by Many Hands
Incremental development is a practical means to an end. And that end is beautiful, livable, resilient, financially sound places.
Making things that last again
Rather than everyone becoming individual survivalists, we would be better served by restoring some of this basic infrastructure to once more create things that last.
Deliberative Democracy and Gaianism: Natural Complements
Deliberative democracy (DD) shares some key features with Gaianism and is intrinsically compatible with it, to the point that Gaians might think about taking an interest in practicing and promoting DD.
How activists can fight through doom and gloom to be more effective
One of the most frequent questions I get from Sunrise Movement members and other young activists is: “How do you keep going considering all the tough situations you’ve been through?”
