Can urban mining help to save the planet?
“When we talk about urban mining, we’re talking about mining what we have already made and brought into an urban context.”
Act: Inspiration
What does feminism have to do with the food you eat?
On International Women’s day, March 8, 2022, we launched an animation called ‘For feminist agroecologies’ that invites you to ask yourself questions about your food, and about what food system you want to contribute to.
Organizing Across State Lines to Stop a Pipeline
In many ways, pipeline fighting is a battle between narratives—one of money versus people power—and also one of priorities—economic benefit in the short term versus generations of climate disaster.
‘My Name Is Chellis and I’m in Recovery from Western Civilization’ (1994)
This was one of the first books to challenge the ‘dichotomy’ of my life within technological society. It made me choose the reality I wanted to exist within – a process best described as, “a work in progress”.
The Necessity of Joy in Permaculture
But we won’t be able to design healthy systems unless we really show up, and we cannot really show up unless we find our joy, more fully inhabit our forms and thus better connect with the living world around us.
Community Defenders of the Territories Moving Forward
Like vegetation on a burned grassland, Mexico is seeing a growth in community resistance movements in defense of local territories, of life and of Mother Earth.
Life in ‘Degrowth’ Economy: Envisioning a Prosperous Descent (Part IV of Ecological Civilisation)
What would daily life would be like in a ‘degrowth’ economy? That is, in an economy seeking planned contraction of energy and resource demands in order to achieve sustainability, equity, and social wellbeing.
Thirst for Justice: Film
Thirst for Justice Focuses on three battles for clean water—on the Navajo Reservation, in Flint MI, and at Standing Rock—united in the belief that Water Is Life.
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 72 Vicki Robin
Hear from our host Vicki Robin in this solo episode, as she reflects on the themes emerging from “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
A small farm future: some lessons from Ukraine
Ultimately, if anything sees us through into the next phase of history it will be human connectedness, not organizational efficiency.
Black History: Making the Invisible, Visible
Black history should not have a special category as it is part of human history. Rather, Black History Month should be an avenue to amplify Black history based on past erasure and marginalization.
Down to the Ground – Green Medicine for the People!
Health is a human right, not a privilege, which is why Herbalists Without Borders work to deliver health justice to displaced and disadvantaged people via the powerful medium of herbs.
