Degrowth Economy: Let’s Address the People and Planetary Crises
The planetary crisis is largely a by-product of the people crisis and both can be addressed with the one solution: putting people and the planet firmly at the centre of our economy.
Act: Inspiration
Democracy Rising 8: Deliberative Democracy — Power
Power, inclusion, and deliberation work together—slowly but surely—to yield stronger, more resilient communities.
The Dawn of Everything: Review
The Dawn of Everything was a revelation. The “Everything” from the title may not exactly refer to our past, but it surely may refer to a sweeping revision of how we see ourselves.
Radical Realism
How will the radical regeneration of our key civilizational institutions happen? Not by delegating it to Big Money, Big Tech, or Big Gov. If it’s going to work, it will be sparked by a movement that works from EVERYWHERE
Regenerative Futures: Redesigning the human impact on Earth
I firmly believe that we are not destined to be a destructive species. I know we have the potential of healing the Earth and her people by co-creating diverse regenerative cultures everywhere.
Oxford Real Farming Conference 2022 | New Dawn For Solidarity
After three action-packed days, the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2022 ended on a positive note, forging hope from solidarity.
Getting to the source: A climate activist’s reflections on MLK’s teaching
MLK teaches us that this kind of systemic change will not come without struggle and personal sacrifice. He asks us each to consider the role we will play.
Where are the municipalists in the US and Canada?
The very “incoherence” for which US and Canadian municipalists are criticized is a sign of a evolving movement grappling with historical problems on a civilizational scale.
The power of community: Scaling the potential of regenerative aid in times of climate emergencies and other vulnerabilities
Over the last few years my organization, Green Releaf Initaitive, has been prototyping our permaculture gardens on select sites affected by disasters and displacement. At the core of our theory of change is not just “design” but regenerative design that invites us to go beyond sustainability and ways that we can apply it in contexts of aid and development.
Net zero versus real zero and the future of the planet
The achievement of net-zero emissions must be only a near-term intermediary step toward near zero emissions worldwide.
Planting Agroecology in the Sacred Desert of Wirikuta
All had come to Las Margaritas to attend a free intensive agroecology workshop led by Gerardo Ruiz Smith, a Mexican regenerative agriculture expert, and coordinated by the Wixarika Research Center as the first stone of a long-term project that seeks to restore and regenerate the desert in what many have come to call the “botanical garden” of Wirikuta.
Commoning and Changemaking
Please accept the invitation made by The Commoner’s Catalog and apply your talents and imagination to the challenges of commoning. We have much to learn from each other and a new world to build!
