The Transition Town Movement with Rob Hopkins
Rob Hopkins recently appeared as a guest on the the Permaculture Podcast with Scott Mann. Their conversation spans permaculture, Transition, BREXIT, and what it takes build real community resilience.
Act: Inspiration
No Chains A Cooperative Network Across Global Borders (Part 1*)
Some of the public may sympathize with workers like those in No Chains, who want to produce garments, but without being exploited. The question is how?
Inner Transition: an introduction
I recently took up the challenge to talk about inner transition in the garden of an eco-village project in Värmland County, Sweden. A lot of sun, beautiful place, no flip-chart or power points. Here is a short account of what I talked about.
The Big Picture of Wasted Food
If we want to see food waste, we have to look beyond landfill sites.
Some Thoughts on System Change
It becomes clearer with each passing day that simply ameliorating current problems is not going to be sufficient. This blog is about how we might scale up transformative change.
Tribes Secure Limited Victory with Partial Halt on Dakota Pipeline
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Tuesday reportedly denied an emergency request for a restraining order filed by the Standing Rock Sioux, however, the hearing is being seen as a partial victory for the tribe.
Rethinking Water
Journalist Judith D. Schwartz turns her attention to one of the biggest socio-economic-ecological issues of the 21st century – water management – in her new book, Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World.
Protecting “Country” in Australia
If nothing is done to stop the impact of climate change, some of the oldest living cultures in the world could die out. An all-Indigenous youth activist group in Australia has risen to the challenge.
Some 401(k) Caveats
While it’s great to see the staff at the Federation of Worker Cooperatives helping worker co-ops harness the power of cooperation in their benefits packages, there are a number of aspects of the 401(k) model of retirement saving that I think should be cause for concern among cooperators.
Biennials and System Change
Why do so many expos, festivals and biennials promise to change the world for the better – only to end up as trash?
Restoring Mayberry: The Inner Landscape
For thousands of generations our forebears lived in the tangible world, surrounded by family and companions in a world with few strangers, engaged in the vital, heavy-breathing work of creating their own food and shelter.
Good Nutrition Begins in the Soil
For the soil is the gut – the source of nourishment – for the plants we farmers grow. And it now seems there is a vital link between the microbiome of our intestines and the microbiome of the soil.
