Enlightenment and Ecology: An introduction to Bookchin’s legacy
Throughout his life, prophetic American philosopher Murray Bookchin created social ecology as a comprehensive social program for the challenges of our present era.
Act: Inspiration
Street Goat: A Blueprint for Urban Agroecology
The original Street Goat concept focused on turning disused land into productive space: bringing goats in to clear scrub, improving sustainability whilst providing a workable model for non-intensive urban dairy production.
A Review of Chris Smaje’s A Small Farm Future
So, what kind of a future does this book envision, and how does it differ from the past and the present?
Bottom-up Biodiversity
Whether connecting schools to farms in France, daylighting rivers in Mexico, or rewilding grasslands in Patagonia, we’re learning how to ‘do’ biodiversity well.
The Intersection of Gender Equality and Agroecology
The weekly #HUNGERFORJUSTICE Broadcast Series lays the building blocks for a post-COVID food system. Watch the recording of our first episode: The Intersection of Gender Equality and Agroecology with Seno Tsuhah and Wekoweu Akole Tsuhah, moderated by Jen Scott.
A Farmer and His Extra Row
Plenty of farmers might like to plant an extra row for their community, but may need a helping hand to pull it off.
A fast plant for rapid shifts in construction – how the ancient supercrop Hemp can help build low carbon homes
There is now a huge opportunity to scale up this kind of building, while also bringing a decent living to farmers from a crop that is environmentally sustainable to grow.
Defending the Birthplace of the Sun
It was the native Wixárika people—better known internationally by their Spanish name, the Huicholes—who galvanized a global movement with their call for help.
Indigenous-led resistance to Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline threatens Big Oil’s last stand
Most of Line 3’s path through Minnesota bisects territory covered under the terms of a series of treaties signed between the U.S. government and different Anishinaabe bands in the mid-1800s.
Freeing space: building worlds outside of state and capital
In the countryside, one lives on the means of production, making food and energy sovereignty that much easier to achieve.
Food, Land, Agriculture: A movement for equality
FLAME is made up of young people who believe that the way we produce food and eat it can be a solution to creating a better world.
Roosevelt’s ‘four freedoms’ weren’t just an American idea
January 2021 marks the 80th anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous State of the Union Address, delivered by the US President in 1941 at a time of deep turmoil and conflict in the world.
