Film Review “Seeing the Forest”
Honick’s understated, well-made film makes a powerful point about the potential of open collaboration.
Act: Inspiration
“Stop Mowing and Start Growing”
That’s the motto and battle cry of a fairly new (2011) organization called Urban Shepherds.
The 8 Paradigm Shifts at the Heart of REconomy
For the next two months here we will be talking REconomy, looking in depth at this aspect of Transition which is about creating new enterprises, new economies, new livelihoods.
Resilience Reflections with Adrian Ayres Fisher
What gives me hope is meeting and reading or hearing about all the people all over the world from so many cultures who are working in so many ways to help ecosystems recover…
Reversing Climate Change: A Vision of an Organic Planet
A global shift to regenerative organic agriculture can reverse climate change. In fact, regenerative organic agriculture is the only viable option available to us and is readily achievable.
Community-Based Drought Response
Last week, Transition, permaculture, environmental and food justice organizers along with local government officials participated in a call hosted by the emerging Northern California Community Resilience Network on “Community-based Approaches to the Drought.”
Young Guatemalan Farmers Fight For Land Rights, Local Food, and Sustainable Traditions Endangered by Global Trade Deals
Campesinos, or rural farmers, are vital for any country.
A Resilient Society
Resilience is a word that’s gaining a lot of currency in recent years, as more and more people realize there are some shocks headed our way. But what would a more resilient society look like?
Start-ups: Lambs and Corner Stores
New Hope’s vision is to develop a network of small, cooperatively owned farms that will eventually be the supply chain for small, cooperatively owned corner stores in the East Bay with healthy food products.
4 Proven Strategies For Gaining Land Access
With escalating land prices is it even possible to buy a piece of land to call your own?
“Make, be, dance, pedal, shape the future”.
I suppose that’s what my creative practice is: I do something with the objective of trying to raise awareness and people trying to get a message across, it’s designed around that.
Solving Soil Loss is Simple, But Requires a Mindset Change
Natural farming, permaculture, regenerative agriculture, agroecology – there are many versions of sustainable agriculture, but the common thread they all tackle is the need to take better care of our soil and the environments in which we grow food.
