Permaculture and the myth of scarcity
If we had 10% of the population engaged in agriculture rather than the current 1%, we could easily feed the country without petrochemicals or pesticides.
Act: Inspiration
Transition meets the Circle Way
Back in July, participants from Sweden and Denmark gathered for the annual Circle Way camp hosted by Manitonquat, a Native American who bases his teachings on traditional tribal ways.
Solidarity for All – Greece
In a Greece of crisis and of misery, another Greece is being created at a fast pace, one of people who get self organised for survival and also for resistance.
Cooperative Co-Production of Solar Power in a Small Town
A vexing problem for many potential commons is the lack of startup capital to get a project going while nurturing the social structures to organize participation and work.
How to win friends and influence the new economy
Lonely people are more easily controlled and scared, and they are more inclined to accept the status quo. Isolated individuals have little reason to believe in their own agency. It is only by forming networks and communities built on solidarity that most people can make a difference.
California’s Rim Fire Threatens San Francisco’s Power And Water Supply
One of the largest wildfires in California’s history has burned through nearly 134,000 acres near Yosemite National Park and, now on its tenth day, is threatening the San Francisco Bay area’s water and power supplies.
Preserving the Past to Serve the Future: Using Pre-fossil Fuel Technology on Regional Waterways
Transitioning includes reinvigoration of heirloom technologies and traditional skills needed to thrive in a carbon-constrained future.
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CHAT: Power from the People – Webinar
Want to move away from Big Energy to community clean power but don’t know where to start? Learn from two community clean power visionaries, Lynn Benander of Co-op Power and Lyle Estill, founder of Piedmont Biofuels.
Complementary Currency Trial Shows How Communities Can Prosper
A recently completed trial led by the Institute of Swedish Safety and Security(ISSS) showed how local currencies could be used in projects to increase the resilience of the local economy and thereby increase disaster preparedness.
Sandy Rebuilding Task Force: Climate Change Must Factor In To Rebuilding Effort
On Monday morning, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced the recommendations of a task force dedicated to finding solutions for rebuilding in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
Mountain Grown: Appalachia’s New Local Food Economy
Restaurants like Knife and Fork didn’t use to exist in places like Spruce Pine, a town of just 2,200 people nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina.
Resisting the city
In the face of rapid urban expansion and environmental degradation, the people of Usme, a periurban town of Bogotá, have mobilised to protect the local environment and strengthen community autonomy over the neighbourhood.
