Community Energy in Ireland: The financial aspects
One of the key recommendations is the feed in tariff which is probably inspired by the successful German implementation of solar energy.
Act: Inspiration
Open Co-ops
Imagine transparent, democratic and decentralised organising for everyone.
Investing in Nutrient Dense Food: Vitamin K
Vitamin K2 deficiency is likely a huge issue throughout modern society by virtue of the low quality foods that pervade our food system, and I hope that research on this important vitamin is made available in the near future to better guide us towards more cost-effective sources of this nutrient.
Just How “Legal” Are Seed Libraries?
After the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture cracked down on a community seed library, hundreds of seed libraries in the U.S. are suddenly wondering if they are breaking the law.
Pennsylvania Seed Library seen as encouraging “agriterrorism”
County Commissioner Barbara Cross said about the potential risk, “Agri-terrorism is a very, very real scenario,” she said. “Protecting and maintaining the food sources of America is an overwhelming challenge…so you’ve got agri-tourism on one side and agri-terrorism on the other.”
Sowing the Seeds of a New Economy
Practical alternative economic models are rapidly taking shape in practice in Catalonia. Are the indignados finally harvesting?
Creating Value by Improving the Land
Over the past few years, we’ve tracked the success of Farmland LP, a fund created to increase the economic yield of farmland through sustainable farming practices.
Community Energy in Ireland: Societal Aspects
What is holding Ireland back from becoming more sustainable?
How Cooperation Jackson is Transforming the Poorest State in the U.S.
A powerhouse organization promoting economic justice, Cooperation Jackson was born of a need to transform the state, in particular its capital and largest city, Jackson.
Putting Grasslands to Work
The term ‘holistic’, means something characterised by the belief that the individual parts of a system are intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole.
Investing in Nutrient Dense Food: Vitamin D
Unfortunately there aren’t many foods that contain meaningful amounts of Vitamin D, and all of them are from either animals or fungi, the latter of which are more closely related to animals than they are to plants.
Roots & Remedies Converges to #WageLove in Detroit
What do you draw from your roots? What remedies are you cultivating? What is your vision of our future?
