Food Rescue Program Spreads in Colorado
It’s a shocking fact that 40% of all food produced in the US goes to waste at some point in production.
Act: Inspiration
The People’s Design Lab – Taking the un-recyclable out of your bin
Even when you have done all you can to reduce, reuse and recycle items, there can be a frustrating amount of stuff still in your bin. The People’s Design Lab offers a new solution.
Exploring the role of elders in Transition
‘Honoring the elders’ is one of the key original ingredients of creating a Transition Town (or city, or village).
Why even the G8 prefer vibrant, diverse local economies really…
What we now know is that even G8 ministers would rather pass through High Streets populated with small, independent butchers, bakers, grocers, would rather see shop windows overflowing with delicious food, trusting that the relationship they have built up with the shopkeeper over many years…
New video: ‘The Power of Just Doing Stuff
Here is a short promotional video for The Power of Just Doing Stuff which is published next week.
Trust is not an algorithm
By some accounts the world’s information is doubling every two years. This impressive if unprovable fact has got many people wondering: what to do with it?
The Abundance of the Commons
Is there indeed “abundance” in the commons, especially ones based on natural resources? Or do such ideas amount to a denial of nature’s finite limits?
Making change happen – June 6
•Alex Laskey: How behavioral science can lower your energy bill •The Death and Life of Chicago •’The Power of Just Doing Stuff •’Where will all the traffic go?
Review: The Kingdom on the Edge of Reality by Gahan Hanmer
Self-reliant, “intentional” communities, as they’re often now called, have been around for centuries. They have come in a myriad of forms, including monasteries, secular communes, co-ops, cohousing communities and many others.
Transformative Organizer Seizes New Opportunities for the Commons
But I feel as though we are at a different time now in human history, with a majority of people on the planet vibrating toward a commons sensibility.
Economics and the Commons: Reform vs Revolution
Joshua Farley (USA) in Dialogue with Ugo Mattei (Italy) discuss “Natural Resource Governance: Between Revolution and Reform”.
Finding hope among the ruins
While austerity measures are now an everyday reality for most Greeks, for an increasing number of people resourcefulness, problem solving and action have replaced anger and frustration.
