Securing Water for Urban Farms
A surprisingly large share of the world’s cropland is found not in rural areas, but within cities and their immediate surroundings.
Act: Inspiration
This Rust-Belt Town’s Survival Strategy Is All About Giving Workers Control
This localist agenda is part of Mayor Spencer’s ambitious program to create a fairer and more sustainable local economy whose businesses stay put and where money spends more time circulating locally among networked enterprises.
Why Is There So Little Action on Climate Change?
In effect, humanity is playing a game of Russian roulette. So what’s getting in the way of taking the necessary action?
SELC and Shareable Kickoff Campaign to Save Seed Sharing in the U.S.
The campaign is designed to educate people about seed sharing issues, support seed sharing communities, and reform overzealous seed laws.
Way to Go!
Americans have actually been driving less per-capita for the past decade, bucking a century-long trend of ever-increasing dependence on automobiles.
What Makes a Good Mediator?
Part of the Power to Convene (our theme for January and February) is the ability to bring groups and people together to work in new ways. The story of the South Devon Cycle Link campaign and in particular the role of James Furse has many useful insights for this.
“Revolting” Food Traditions
Our emotive reactions to food are incredibly powerful in guiding our culinary habits.
What is Food Security?
Food Security means that all people at all times have physical & economic access to adequate amounts of nutritious, safe, and culturally appropriate foods, which are produced in an environmentally sustainable and socially just manner, and that people are able to make informed decisions about their food choices.
An Insider’s Guide to Sharing City Detroit
Unbeknownst to most who have yet to venture through my beloved city, Detroit is a sharing city.
Crossroads on Global Infrastructure
Plans by the world’s most powerful countries are well underway to spend trillions of dollars for new mega-infrastructure projects to rejuvenate the global economy.
Helping Young Farmers Farm
Young people across the country are striving to enter careers in farming. But the challenges they face are immense.
How ‘The Power to Convene’ can transform Transition
It was in a small sideroom at the Resilience Hub in Portland, Maine, that I first heard the term ‘The Power to Convene’. It fascinated me, and finally gave me a name for this thing I’d been seeing for years.
