Neighborhood Exchange Boxes Help Geneva Reuse 32 Tons of Goods
Part art project and part social experiment with a dash of scavenger hunt, these neighborhood exchange boxes host an ever-changing catalog of free items
Act: Inspiration
The Woman Who Chose to Plant Corn
Not long ago, a Diné (Navajo) friend of mine, Lyla June Johnston, sent me a one-line email: “I am not going to Harvard… I am going to plant corn.”
What is a Transition-Oriented Enterprise?
The aspirational principles laid out below help define what is meant by a Transition-oriented Enterprise (TE).
Resilience Reflections with Brian Kaller
If you look at the world’s situation right now and feel a measure of grief, it doesn’t mean you’re sick, it means you’re decent. That feeling is why our species deserves to be saved.
The Other Side of the Coin
In a deprived district of the small Belgian city of Ghent, the local Toreke coin reveals how big the transformative impact of alternative currency systems can be.
Of Yeast, Seeds, Fire and Dancing: The Release of Playing for Time
The evidence people are reading a book you’ve written is enough to make you swoon. Like a dish you’ve spent time cooking that proves to be edible and delicious – times about a million.
An Agrarian Life
No doubt, as long as members of our race have felt consoled by the comforting embrace of empire, they have felt the snare grip their ankle as they tried to reclaim whatever was felt to them as an authentic life.
Making Sense of the ‘New Economy’
We hear a lot about this ‘new economy’. But what actually is it?
10 Lessons from Kenya’s Remarkable Cooperatives
For many people concerned about inequality in the United States, cooperatives represent a beacon of hope.
Creating a New Economy That Goes Well Beyond Optimizing Financial Returns for Shareholders
Many of us know we need to completely change our economic system if we’re going to survive as a species on this planet, but very few people know how to do it.
One in Four Local Banks Has Vanished Since 2008. Why We Should Treat It as a National Crisis
Here’s a statistic that ought to alarm anyone interested in rebuilding local economies and redirecting the flow of capital away from Wall Street and toward more productive ends
A Tale of Two Supermarkets: One Transition Town’s Efforts to Respond to Gentrification
We must always ask: who is community resilience really for?
