The Quiet Revolution: Community Buyback in Wanlockhead, Scotland
Is the Scottish government truly sparking a revolution through land reform?
Act: Inspiration
Repair Cafe and Seeing the Beauty in Broken Things
Actually, in Silicon Valley, some engineers do still work with their hands, some people appreciate the beauty in broken things and some people help each other for free for the fun and good will of it. Here’s a story of how that happened all at once for me.
Dark Mountain Issue 10: Uncivilised Poetics
There’s something dishevelled and unsettling about poetry.
There’s Much that Don’t Matter a Fig
Most of us resist new circumstance, and so the finest art is the skill (the cultivated humility) of accepting new circumstance (a rare skill) & then of the knowledgeable application of ancient morals to explain it.
These East African Countries Show How Teamwork and Technology can Thwart Illegal Fishing
Composed of the six countries that drove out the Premier, along with Madagascar and Somalia, FISH-i Africa seeks to form a united front against illegal — or “pirate” — fishing.
A Little Funding Goes a Long Way
Started in Sonoma County in 2010, the Community Resilience Challenge has grown into a national affair, including 800+ actions in Asheville, NC, among other ripples.
The ‘Good Anthropocene’: Grassroots Initiatives Worldwide Show Path Forward
Looking for a ray of sunshine amidst seemingly endless news of the warming planet, global biodiversity loss, or ongoing war?
Crowdsourcing the Food Commons Transition: De-commodifying Food one Movement at a Time
Today, the purchasing power of any given person determines how much and which type of food he can get access to – or physically produce it by own private means- as almost every single piece of food on Earth is already a private good. Or not?
Art Co-ops and the Power of Mobilizing Collaboration for Creativity
For as long as there has been art, artists have worked together to support each others’ projects and sustain their livelihoods.
Court Rejects Dakota Access Injunction, But Standing Rock Sioux Vow ‘This is Not The End’
A U.S. federal court of appeals ruled against the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe late Sunday evening and denied its request for an emergency injunction against the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline.
Commoning in Times of Disaster: The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
The project amounts to a “mapping commons” whose freely available geographic data is invaluable to humanitarian responders to natural disasters and crises.
Meat from the Moors: Is there a Future for Upland Sheep Farming?
Does hill farming have a place in the management of moorland or as George Monbiot argues, is it the scourge of the countryside?
