Barcelona en Comú: the City as Horizon for Radical Democracy
…there is a new cycle of struggles for democratic governance unfolding at the level of the city.
Act: Inspiration
Perennial Rice: In Search of a Greener, Hardier Staple Crop
Scientists have long sought to create a perennial rice that would avoid the damage to the land caused by the necessity of planting annually.
Who Controls Our Food?
A new report from Global Justice Now, From The Roots Up, shows that not only can small-scale organically produced food feed the world, but it can do so better than intensive, corporate-controlled agriculture.
Weaving the Community Resilience and New Economy Movements in the US
One of the most exciting new economy efforts in the US is the New Economy Coalition (NEC), made up of more than one hundred organizations (including Transition US)…
Ending austerity in Greece: time for plan B?
Syriza’s “head-long retreat” in the standoff with its creditors hails the failure of Tsipras’ pro-euro strategy. It’s time to start preparing for Grexit.
Reimagining Our Streets as Places: From Transit Routes to Community Roots
Streets are our most fundamental shared public spaces, but they are also one of the most contested and overlooked.
Can Civil Society Change Food?
In an age of disruptive change, where trends in global politics shift at an unprecedented rate, civil society organisations could be the only solution capable of grounding the debate on sustainable food and pushing for the change so urgently needed.
Debunking the Myth of “Peak Farmers Market”
Following the release of a new USDA report titled “Trends in U.S. Local and Regional Food Systems,” food blogs erupted earlier this month with provocative headlines like “Are Farmers Market Sales Peaking?” and “Has the Farmers Market Movement Peaked?”
Declaration of the International Forum for Agroecology
Agroecology means that we stand together in the circle of life, and this implies that we must also stand together in the circle of struggle against land grabbing and the criminalization of our movements.
“When Transition forgets what it’s called”: the Arts and Social Change
When we started Transition, I imagined it as an environmental process. Now I see it as a cultural process.
Don’t Come Back In Until Dinner
Understanding our land begins with engagement, even if it is just a kid rambling along on an idle afternoon across a pasture and a wooded hill.
In Kenya’s Mountain Forests, A New Path to Conservation
Kenya’s high-elevation forests are the source for most of the water on which the drought-plagued nation depends.
