The impact we’re having: Stephanie Hofielen of From the Ground Up
Dissatisfied with the limited variety, variable quality and high cost of fresh organic food from our conventional sources, Transition Town Kingston took action.
Act: Inspiration
Reachable Moments: Transition-Interfaith Dialogue
The hundreds of millions of Americans affiliated with organized religion, 40 % of whom self-identify as "conservative," will be as affected as anyone else by accelerated climate change.
After Death of Radical Mayor, Mississippi’s Capital Wrestles With His Economic Vision
“The most significant things happen in history when you get the right people in the right place at the right time, and I think that’s what we are,” Mayor Lumumba told me this February in Jackson.
Cultivating an ecological farmer/citizen
When making the decision to be a pioneer in this different way of doing agriculture “…there is no way to know if one is called or deluded. The only way to know is to jump in and find out”.
Resilience in 6 icons
What is resilience and why do we need it?
Business as usual is planetary suicide. Time to slay Zombie Big Oil
It’s now increasingly recognised that the transition into the post-carbon era must involve not simply "adaptation" and "mitigation" but entail radical transformation of our societies at multiple levels.
A School Trip to…Tesco
My four year old daughter recently arrived home carrying a paper Tesco bag.
The Heart of Urban Resilience is Trust, Not Technology
It is no wonder that there was a new energy in the debate concerning the question of resilience, and how to ensure that if — and when — such disasters arrive again, we are more prepared.
Pay it local
A small amount of cash spent at the farmers market or local food store might make a huge difference to the vendors there. You never know what kind of difficulties they face, and where they stand on the thin line between a manageable load and giving up.
Foreward from Notes to Nowhere
The illusion that progress will solve the problems of the future is presented to obscure the ancient truth that future-problems are created by the present.
Earthworms Detoxify Pesticides From Soil at Significant Cost
Earthworms that make their home in contaminated soil do so at a significant cost, according to French and Danish researchers.
Crowd Financing Worker Cooperatives: Lessons from the Workers Diner
It may be that one of the immediate successes of the Workers Diner project was to inspire the crowdfinancing provisions of the JOBS Act, federal legislation that intends to lower regulatory hurdles for online direct public offerings and facilitate investments from (and to) Main Street.
