From Urban Gardening to the Right to the City
A collective contributes to the transformation of a neighborhood in Recife through action taken by residents.
Act: Inspiration
What Standing Rock Tells Us About Civil Disobedience
The history of social reform in America is inextricably tied to civil disobedience.
Habibi.Works: An Intercultural Makerspace
Initiated by the German NGO Soup&Socks, Habibi.Works is a FabLab equipped with all the tools for people to unfold their potential and hone their abilities. It is a place to illustrate talent, gain new skills and build.
The True Cost of Food
For true cost accounting to work, we must share knowledge and data, and adopt a more systemic way of thinking.
Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future
During the early decades of the century, the market will lose its magic.
Review: Dark Peak by George R. Fehling
George R. Fehling’s novel Dark Peak is both an effective thriller and a heartfelt eco-polemic.
What the Trump Victory Means for Standing Rock
What a Trump victory may spell for the continued battle over the Dakota Access pipeline—and for indigenous rights, in general—is alarming.
Reinventing Farming for Better Food and a Better Future
Old McDonald of E-I-E-I-O fame would feel right at home on Essex Farm, a 600-acre spread in the Adirondacks where the future of American agriculture is being radically reconceived.
Trump and the Two Sides of Populism
The 2016 election and the rise of both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump can be explained by growing inequality and the nature of populist movements. Understanding this creates potential for serious radical change.
Before President Trump, fetch wood, carry water. After President Trump, fetch wood, carry water.
Perhaps it is the enabling of imagination that is one of the most important things we do in Transition.
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion: The Guerrila Update
I believe that is one of the things we’ve all learned since 1986. Neo-liberal governments have shut down action much more than they have shut down research and policy, and that’s one of the reasons why peaceful guerilla methods need to be explored.
Terre de Liens: Experiencing and Managing Farmland as Commons
In this small, pastoral village of the French Pre-Alps, establishing young farmers is an act of will.
