What If We Built Our Bridges through Placemaking?
Bridges are, by design, meant to bring people together. All we have to do is let them.
Act: Inspiration
Paris: How Can we Start Unpicking the Spiral of Humiliation and Violence?
So long as our default setting is determined by humiliation and depends on inflicting humiliation, we will continue to cycle and to undermine humanity’s ability to flourish. Breaking that cycle is vital. It starts here.
7 Paths to Development That Bring Neighborhoods Wealth, Not Gentrification
In cities across the nation, a few enjoy rising affluence while many struggle to get by.
The Heresy of Intellectual Choice
The heresy of technological choice is a door.
After Decades in a Food Desert, These Neighbors Are Building a $2 Million Co-op—And They Own It
As their dream becomes a reality, organizers hope the RCC and the community of northeast Greensboro are set to become an example of what it looks like when the goal of a business is to serve its community.
Portland Passes Groundbreaking Fossil Fuel Resolution!
In the hour before the city council hearing began on the proposition to ban all new and expanded fossil fuel infrastructure in Portland, roughly 200 people waited inside city hall for the hearing to begin.
Here’s what a Solidarity Economy Looks Like – From Quebec to Chicago to Mexico
Defining the term “solidarity economy” can be difficult: it has become a kind of catch-all to describe everything from worker-owned cooperatives to open source software to complementary currencies.
Don’t Make Refugees Pay for the Terror they’re Fleeing
Shutting down borders and blaming Muslim immigrants for the Paris attacks would give ISIS precisely the type of “civilizational conflict” it craves.
Resilience Reflections with Tara Lohan
I’m driven by the belief that the stories we tell about people and places can help change the world.
What are the Essential Elements for Successfully Building Community Resilience?
Introducing Six Foundations for Building Community Resilience, PCI’s new report which describes how communities can approach the full scope of the 21st century’s challenges equitably and sustainably.
Seed Guardians
The inclusive, horizontal and autonomous network Red Semillas Libres Chile aims to preserve the cultural heritage that is our seed stock and to combat genetically-modified seeds and monocultures.
Reflecting on 10 years of Change-Making
One small step each day over 10 years adds up to a whole lot of change. One small step of mine added to one small step of yours — now we’re talking.
