Right to Land and Seed
“Food sovereignty” is the main political demand of the landless and peasant movement in Bangladesh in times of climate change and intensifying land conflicts.
Act: Inspiration
Announcing the Community Currency Knowledge Gateway
After years of work and international experimentation, NEF is excited to announce the launch of an innovative and practical tool for developing modern community currencies.
These 3 Colleges Stopped Investing in Fossil Fuels—One Year Later, Their Endowments Are Doing Just Fine
Several colleges and universities have completed the process of divestment. None has declared financial ruin. In fact, many, like Sterling, are seeing improved returns on their investments.
The Largest Seed Exchange in the World Inspires Change
Ethical consumers in the US are increasingly concerned with the seeds used in the production of their food
Placemaking Main Street into a Destination Downtown
The traditional Main Street is one of the most iconic images of America.
Learning from Japan’s Edo Period: What Is Just Enough?
This seems to be an oxymoron to us – how is it possible to have a better quality of life without consuming more?
Why Cities Can (and Should) Lead the Sustainable Consumption Movement
Cities may be our best hope for making meaningful progress in the area of sustainability.
Policing Justice Requires Economic Justice
One way to make the apathy of privileged whites irrelevant is to build institutions that guarantee material economic justice.
An Insurance Policy for Climate Change? How Seed Banks Are Protecting the Future of Food
More than 75 percent of the fruit and vegetable varieties that humans once consumed have already gone the way of the wooly mammoth…
Fibershed’s Colorado Hemp Research Project
Fiber systems are best designed to minimize detrimental impacts on the biosphere, and to enhance ecosystem function where possible. Fibershed has chosen to research the use of industrial hemp as a fiber crop because it fits both of these criteria.
Knowing what ‘just enough’ is
One of the most extraordinary books I have read in recent years is Just Enough: lessons in living green from traditional Japan by Azby Brown.
Wild Seeds
For a decade now, I have been a seed saver.
