It’s Time for a Land Reform Movement
On a systems level, I am most excited about community land trusts as a way to move land out of the speculative real estate market and into the public trust.
Act: Inspiration
My Foreword for ‘Rising to the Challenge: the Transition Movement and People of Faith
Ruah Swennerfelt’s book is a hugely important contribution to the growing literature on Transition.
Wurruk’an: Seeding a New Earth Story
The low-impact way of life that is emerging at Wurruk’an has been captured on film as part of a documentary called A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity, written and produced by Jordan Osmond (Happen Films) and Samuel Alexander (Simplicity Institute).
Neo-peasantries: from Permaculture to Permanent Agriculture
Over the coming posts I’m going to start slowly moving towards my next big theme: the practice and politics of a neo-peasant agriculture.
The Garbage-loving Environmentalist
In exploring these ideas, Lise tells an accessible and engaging story that you just can’t help but put your hands on.
Building Community, One Bench at a Time
Can putting a bench on the sidewalk create community? Can it change the world?
The Ground Game: Taking Land Speculation Out of the Local Food Equation
Permanent protection takes land speculation off the table.
Meridian Jacobs: the Many Ripples of Robin
While we considered the interrelationships between grazing, plants, and soil biology; Robin’s inquisitive and observant mind encouraged us to go deeper into the subject, a pattern that repeated itself throughout our visit.
Food Sovereignty and Climate Change
Industrial agriculture is grounded in the use of fossil fuel and high energy consumption. Campesino agriculture with an agro-ecological basis is the only force capable of achieving food sovereignty and responding to climate change.
Food: Trading away our future – part II
Trade is not only a response to market demand, it creates demand and therefore recreates the need for it; trade becomes its own justification.
Let Nature be Nature
We had two scientific papers shoved under our door, and both of are serious sources of hope for a world undergoing climate shock. They represent the two sides of the solution ledger, adaptation and mitigation.
“We’re Amateurs, but we’re Going to Grow Food!”
“This space will be somewhere where everyone will find something to do, whether developing a heating or watering system or finding innovative ways to grow fruit and vegetables.
