The Good Life Lab: Living a Decommodified Life
We realized that instead of making the goods we needed to live, we bought them.
Act: Inspiration
Effective Groups: Creating Culture
This is Part 2 in a series of videos from Transition Trainer Nick Osborne which explain the six areas of group life that need attention for a group to be healthy, effective and successful.
The solution that has no name
We all want to make a difference and have a good time–that’s the key to happiness. But how? We’re often not sure what to do.
A Model of Identity and Community
Aaron Williamson, a consultant in Toronto, recently published a fascinating model of the community aspects of identity as the first step towards developing a theory of community formation.
Effective Groups: Introduction
The first in a series of videos from Transition Trainer Nick Osborne which explain the six areas of group life that need attention for a group to be healthy, effective and successful.
Namu: Growing the Menu
Namu, founded by brothers Dennis, David, and Daniel Lee, is known for its creative “New Korean American cuisine,” a blend of Korean, Japanese, and local influences.
Movements without leaders: What to make of life on an overheating planet
The history we grow up with shapes our sense of reality — it’s hard to shake.
Local Businesses Need Not Fear New Bike Lanes, Seattle Study Suggests
Businesses often fret that installing bike lanes on their streets will cut down customer traffic, but a new study published at Seattle Transit Blog found no evidence to back up that worry.
Village Vancouver – Increasing Economic Literacy
Conventional thinking is that growth is good: Politicians are lauded when they preside over terms experiencing growth, and chided when GDP falls.
Civil disobedience as law enforcement
Two years ago I was among more than a thousand people who committed civil disobedience at the White House to oppose the building of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Photo Gallery: Surprising Backyard Bees
Until a few months ago, if someone said the word “bee,” I’d immediately picture the familiar black-and-yellow-striped honeybee or perhaps a big, fuzzy bumblebee—both regular summer visitors to the flowers in my yard.
Food & agriculture – Aug 14
•Surge of investment in farming threatens £5trn catastrophe
•Tokyo’s "unmanned stores" – honor-system sheds where farmers sell their surplus produce
•Community kitchens and connectors developing to foster new food businesses
•4-acre urban farm is made up of multiple residents’ gardens
•Too many urban beehives may do more harm than good, experts say
