Last Shop Standing: the rise, fall and rebirth of the independent record shop
That’s what independents give you, they give you choice.
Act: Inspiration
Towards Transition Glasgow is five years young – Part 1
Sometimes it seems that not much has changed in Glasgow over the five years since the Transition energy first took hold yet I and many of my fellow Transition’ers do experience a difference in what’s happening around the city. So how much of this change is to do with Transitions presence and how do you evaluate its effect on a city or community over time?
Creating a sense of place by investing locally
Like most facets of our lives, including food, clothing, and jobs, our investments are becoming increasingly abstracted from our day-to-day reality. Very few people have the opportunity to invest in what they can immediately see, feel, touch or taste. The location of our investment dollars is increasingly “elsewhere,” and the sheer velocity with which money moves is mindboggling.
Food & agriculture – Nov 30
•Fracking Our Food Supply
•Biofuels and the right to food: Time for the US to get its head out of the sand
•Farming the city
•The Non-Controversy Surrounding Local Food
•Restrict developing quality farmland: Farmers Union
Rural Coops Show the Way to Urban Job Growth
Compared to the default method of economic development – which usually involves giving tax breaks to lure an out-of-town corporation – local coops may be one of the best ways to bring quality jobs back to America.
In Hurricane Sandy Relief, a reminder of Occupy’s original spirit
For those who have followed the movement since its early days, the emergence of Occupy Sandy looks less like the endpoint of an erratic and itinerant journey than a necessary step in the ongoing evolution of the Occupy movement.
Democratic wealth: exploring ideas for a citizens’ economy
Could republicanism provide the model for a political economy that belongs to us all and works for the common good?
Peak Moment 223: Dignity Village – A community by and for the homeless
“Anybody can come through our gates 8 am-10 pm and use all of our facilities. We have hot showers, a telephone, free computers internet-ready, our commons, offices, [and a free store of donated items.] Anybody has access to this.”
NOMADGardens turn vacant lots into thriving community hubs
What if the vacant lots in Mission Bay were activated into garden and event spaces?
Without growth
In Extraenvironmentalist #53 we speak with Peter Victor about his book Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster …Then, we speak with Dave Gardner [85m] about how he’s built a dialogue on the diminishing returns of economic growth with his film Growthbusters…
Review: The Resilience Imperative: Cooperative Transitions to a Steady State Economy
What I love most about this book is the feeling you get that there is hope: solutions to environmental, social and financial crises do exist, they have been tried and tested all over the planet and all we have to do is get on with it.
Collapsing Into Gaia: What to expect when you’re expecting collapse
We are in the early stages of a great unraveling, an epic collapse of the largest human civilization this planet will ever know. How are we to make sense of it? Maybe this little diagram can help.
