How Labor and Climate United Can Trump Trump
Forging a force that can effectively counter Trumpism requires change that will involve tension within each movement as well as between them, but that may be necessary if either is to have a future.
Act: Inspiration
Forging Permaculture Hand Tools: Part 3
I’d like to share with you my three favourite tools to use in the garden. These tools are used the most often and get the most work done in the shortest time. Generally I prefer hand tools to powered ones because they’re quiet, they don’t emit noxious fumes, and I can work up a sweat.
Why are my Highly Educated Friends so Ignorant about Trade?
Why are so many young people – even those with the “best” educations – almost completely ignorant about a huge ongoing threat to human rights, democracy and the climate? Well, I guess it’s not surprising.
All Change or No Change: Culture, Power, and Activism in an Unquiet World, Part III
If there is one idea that has gained the status of true hegemony – dominant and unquestioned around the world – it is the idea that we need to perpetually grow our economies, and every part of them, in order to improve the quality of human life.
Our Future Farmers: Huw Richards-Price Reaching Far and Wide
“The most important thing,” Huw says, “is doing something you love.”…“More than anything,” he says, “I just want people to get out there and grow food.”
Child Care Co-ops
Of all the problems facing parents, making sure our children have access to the highest quality childcare is one of the biggest. As studio members at Near Now…we have been working with #RadicalChildcare founder Amy Martin to research and prototype possible alternatives to current childcare provision.
Wringing Oil From Your Beverages, Food, Stuff and Heat (How to Make Your Life Less Oily in 2017, Part III)
The American way of life is saturated with oil. …Now we’ll examine how to lower the oil that directly and indirectly permeates the other parts of our lives.
Farmerama Radio: Voices from the Oxford Real Farming Conference
For much of the farming community in the northern hemisphere, January is a time to engage in conversation and share ideas and so we headed to the eighth Annual Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC)…
Wattle and Daub
These days, you spend your life paying off a house, and even building a shed or animal shelter can be expensive…For thousands of years, though, people used a simpler technique that used nothing but natural, local materials.
The Democratized Economy III: From Growing Local to Growing Local Entrepeneurs
Here, we will explore some proactive steps community members can take when entire neighborhoods have fallen into a state of decline — as is the case in many working class communities across the country.
3 Creative Solutions to Protect Water, Wildlife, and a Warming City
Mayordomos are caretakers of the communally governed irrigation systems called acequias, which feed water to family farms and date back to the 1700s.
A Money System for the People – If We Want it
Money creation, like alchemy, is shrouded in ambiguous language and yields eternal wealth! For most of history these secrets have been used to empower sovereigns to spend money without the painful business of taxing or borrowing.
