South Korea: Ground Zero for Food Sovereignty and Community Resilience
And yet, despite a series of domestic and international policies that have sought to systematically eliminate them, South Korean farmers and peasants are fighting back.
Act: Inspiration
Is the Sharing Economy Here Yet?
Living quietly alongside the Industrial Growth Economy is another economy, an ancient one.
Meet the young hackers finding new ways to live
If the expectations we’ve been brought up with have now become dreams, how we cope with the shock will affect not just how we can build a better future, but whether we can conceive of a better future at all.
How to Be an Urban Fruit Forager
In the 10 km radius of where I live I can source 80% of my favourite fruit, mostly for free, for a token sum, or in exchange for my own homegrown produce.
Rob Hopkins Introduces New Yorkers to the Transition Movement
As Rob Hopkins explained to a small NYC audience, the Transition movement is increasingly focused on local economic development. Reports on localizing food production, energy conservation and renewable energy capacity set out next steps toward a new green economy.
Mazí Mas, “with us”: a pop-up restaurant that honors the unsung cooks
Women have played a seminal role in keeping food cultures all over the world alive.
Care for the earth
Are values more important during times of scarcity, and how must our values change if we are to survive?
How to Start a Grocery Co-op
The Cooperative Grocer’s Network published An Online Guide to Starting a Food Co-op in March 2002 outlining nine steps to forming a grocery co-op. The report details extensive resources and case study examples.
Who knew that Seoul was a leader in the sharing economy?
Did you know that Seoul, South Korea is one of the world’s key sites for post-growth economic re-development? No? Neither did I, until I saw for myself.
Wanted: Your Thrivalist Stories!
Thrivalists will show that the multiple crises facing us create an unmatched opportunity to transform communities and the larger society on a deep level.
Detroiters Work: The Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper Regeneration of a Great American City
It’s hard to miss what’s going on in Detroit right now. The city is still struggling, yes, with the recent bankruptcy announcement dominating headlines. But all across the city, Detroiters are seizing the opportunity that only hitting rock bottom can create: that of a total re-working, from root to leaf.
Foraging for mushrooms
Just as a few of our elderly neighbours here in Ireland still scour the hedgerows for fruit and other treats, so some still quietly gather their own mushrooms.
