Cincinnati’s Experiment with an Economy that Works for Everyone
With the 2016 presidential campaigns underway, economic populism has taken center stage.
Act: Inspiration
Dining out with the Millenials
The global recession has been especially cruel on the young.
Deep Trouble Down in the Ground
I have a hunch that Des Moines will win and farmers are going to have to help cities pay for cleaner water. Maybe that’s fair. And if farm size keeps going up, who is going to protest if a 50,000 acre executive farmer has to pay.
Growing Vegetables for Sale
Is a clash of priorities between sufficiency and subsistence, on one hand, and economic growth and ‘consumerism’, on the other, implicit to the challenges of taking green and local food seriously?
Thinking Outside of the Box
In the North of Paris, the Carton plein association collects, cleans and sells discarded boxes. People in precarious situations recycle, deliver by bike and help move – gaining professional and life skills in the process.
Meet the Beetles
One of nature’s most important and overlooked carbon farmers is also an ancient symbol of regeneration and renewal: the scarab.
Anchors a Way to Revive Struggling Cities
In urban development circles, strategies that leverage the staying power and scale of anchor institutions — universities, hospitals and other place-based powerhouses — are on the rise.
Size Matters: An Interview with Small-Acreage Farmer, Jean-Martin Fortier
More and more, Millennials, myself included, are demonstrating a renewed interest in farming and gardening, but many of us don’t exactly know where to get started.
We Have Enough Together: Talking Resilience with Vicki Robin
The more you connect with other people the more their resources are in your problem-solving process. We have enough. We have enough together, but nobody has enough by themselves.
An interview with Toby Hemenway, author of The Permaculture City
We’re developing the idea that because permaculture’s lessons apply so well in creating dynamic, healthy physical landscapes, they can probably do the same for cultural and social landscapes.
Waste Less, Share More
Food waste is big news at the moment, as well it should be. According to a recent World Resources Institute report, approximately a third of all food produced for human consumption never gets eaten.
A Day of Tears: Report from the “sHell No!” Action in Portland, Oregon
This week, activists in Portland, Oregon, employed non-violent civil disobedience to delay the departure of a Royal Dutch Shell ship delivering equipment essential for commencing its oil-drilling operations in the Arctic Sea. Eye-witness account and analysis.
