Building Community Through Permaculture
The idea that we can use design to strengthen relationships between parts of the city,,,is essential for the emergence of a sustainable society.
Act: Inspiration
Seeds of Resilience, Seeds of Sovereignty
In this episode, Local Bites interviews ecologist and renowned seed conservationist, Dr. Debal Deb on the value of traditional seeds in an unstable world.
Mama Food
Writing books and essays about food, I hear a lot of stories about what people ate growing up.
UN: only small farmers and agroecology can feed the world
Modern industrial agricultural methods can no longer feed the world, due to the impacts of overlapping environmental and ecological crises linked to land, water and resource availability.
The 4 S’s of Surge Capacity
Welcome to the arcane and short-sighted world of public health strategic planning.
Power to the People? Not if utilities have their say.
Solar capacity is growing. Rapidly.
More Fun, Less Stuff
Sarah tells us about life beyond consumerism, translating online community into on-the-ground action, and more…
How do we make our water supply sustainable?
Like many things in modern life, the vast majority of our current water and wastewater infrastructure is completely dependant upon fossil energy to keep the toilets flushed and the taps running.
Mobilising a counter-hegemonic climate movement
…never has it been more important to embrace a collective demand for ‘system change’ as the surest way to limit global warming and ensure environmental sustainability.
Reflections on the People’s Climate March in London
It’s always quite an experience to stand in solidarity with so many people who care deeply about an issue.
Kostakis & Bauwens: Network Society and Future Scenarios for a Collaborative Economy
Michel Bauwens and Vasilis Kostakis have just published a new book that offers a rich, sophisticated critique of our current brand of capitalism, and looks to current trends in digital collaboration to propose the outlines of the next, network-based economy and society.
A Fig in Minnesota!!
f you find yourself in a climate like mine, know that it is not completely impossible to enjoy this exotic fruit, you just have to work a lot harder to realize a harvest.
