Place-based Everywhere: Lessons from Flood Wall Street
If it wasn’t obvious before, it is now: capitalism has become the most divisive issue of our time.
Act: Inspiration
What is Reskilling Anyway?
What, exactly, is reskilling? The answer to this question is not so obvious.
Rethinking real estate: Why I’m proud to be a SWIMBY
Think less NIMBY (“Not In My Back Yard”), and more SWIMBY (“Something Wonderful In My Back Yard”).
Schools of Thought on Degrowth
The economy of the future is described by different groups with different words in different languages and they do not always exactly translate into an identical idea.
West Virginia Cattle Farmers Build the Local Food Economy They Need to Thrive
Local food is nothing new in Appalachia…but the tradition of self-sufficiency has nearly died out
Getting the Stone Rolling
Sometimes it takes someone from the other side of the world to help you realise just what’s on your door step. This is the message at the heart of a growing stone walling revolution in Zimbabwe.
John Holloway: cracking capitalism vs. the state option
How should we think about rage against money? I believe this necessarily entails building non-monetized, non-commodified social relations.
To Build a Movement, Build Community
Carolyne Stayton of Transition US, on reframing, reskilling, REconomy, and more.
Life in a ‘degrowth’ economy
What does genuine economic progress look like?
Gatekeeping
How do communities set the boundaries that define and protect their shared space?
Faircoin as the First Global Commons Currency?
A key element of the Fair-Coop vision is a cryptocurrency, Faircoin, which has been designed to adapt the block-chain technology of Bitcoin with a more socially constructive design.
Biophilic cities: Going beyond green
‘Biophilia’ might not yet be part of your daily lingo, but the concept of biophilic cities, which puts nature at the heart of urban development, is inspiring innovative minds around the globe.
