‘Salmon Nation’ Is Linking Builders of a Healthy Economy
Salmon Nation offers a radically old idea (living locally), but dresses it in new clothes on a fancy digital platform launched last year during the pandemic.
Act: Inspiration
Letter From The Farm | Welcome To The Herdade
I dream that one day all farmers of this planet will be really connected to the ecosystems they belong to, and to the social communities around them.
New York City considers a bold idea to keep people from being pushed out of homes
Now the question, in New York and elsewhere, is whether this growing call for community-controlled development can overcome the still widespread belief that the private sector does things best.
Awakening to Life
Awakening to life in this century of turmoil is far from a painless experience. It takes courage, authenticity, and the humility to reach out to others when the enormity of the loss becomes too unbearable to hold in your own heart.
Garment workers win historic victory in effort to transform the fashion industry
By March 2021, PayUp had secured $22 billion from brands who had initially refused to pay, and laid bare the exploitation fundamental to the global supply chain. It was one of the most successful labor rights campaigns in the fashion industry in modern times — and activists say they’re just getting started.
The Edible Houseplant Project
Thus began the edible houseplant and tropicals project. I’m hardly the only one doing things like this, but I’m determined to see what I can accomplish in particular, and how I can help others profit from it.
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
One way to reduce transport emissions relatively quickly, and potentially globally, is to swap cars for cycling, e-biking and walking – active travel, as it’s called.
Building Community Resilience One Window at a Time
In 2019 the Vermont Charlotte Energy Committee and Transition Town Charlotte (population 4,500) participated in an exciting initiative to make and install inexpensive energy-saving window inserts in ten Charlotte homes and one community building.
Around the world, Indigenous seed banks are helping to preserve culture, boost nutrition and protect the environment
From Guatemala to Oklahoma, communities are tackling multiple challenges by saving seeds of traditional agricultural crops.
Review – Work Won’t Love You Back
Love builds social movements. It is the connective tissue of collective action. And its potential is revolutionary.
Narrating inequality, eliding empire
Not accounting for the historical processes and legacies of colonialism in the construction of inequalities both within and across countries is a fatal flaw in Piketty’s analysis and undercuts the possibility of constructing a politics that could address the problems of our time.
COVID variants reach escape velocity
The dense worldwide transportation network constructed by humans is now powering so-called variants (mutations) of COVID-19 across the world from their countries of origin. The British variant (called B.1.1.7), the Brazilian variant (called P.1) and the South African variant (called B.1.351) are all racing across the globe.
