The tragedy is not having common goods
In order to close the circle, the commons must be that which helps to provide the minimum subsistence that guarantees a decent quality of life.
Society
Commons and households in a small farm future
To what extent does the peasant way inherently impose certain kinds of social structure, to what extent can we now exercise different choices over those structures, and how might peasant societies of the future differ from or resemble ones of the past?
Living Perenniality: Excerpt
I describe this dialogic endeavor here as “living perenniality.” I see in it the beginnings of a radical transformation of consciousness that has the potential to let the wisdom of the living world increasingly inform human endeavors.
The Secret Activism – personal narrative about the (future) world
Secret activism encourages the co-authoring of new, good narratives about the world, to help us empathize and collaborate to build a better future.
KXL Victory Celebrations Roll Across the Great Plains
The Keystone XL victory was sweet for Native pipeline foes in unceded Lakota treaty territory, and a month later, they were still celebrating.
Review – Paint Your Town Red: How Preston Took Back Control and Your Town Can Too
Paint Your Town Red clearly maps new forms of democratic collectivism across the UK. We catch glimpses of an alternative strategy beyond inner party struggles and electoral tactics.
What if we treated the climate emergency as seriously as we treated COVID–19?
If we don’t take advantage of this moment in a time where we have demonstrated that society can accept deep changes, then we will pass up our opportunity of a lifetime to help future generations.
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 49 John Wood, Jr.
John Wood, Jr. is a national leader for Braver Angels, a former nominee for Congress, former Vice-Chairman of the Republican Party of Los Angeles County, musical artist and a noted writer and speaker on issues of political and racial reconciliation.
He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
Covid-19 and the Changing Climate: Seeking the Word
The prospect of getting back to normal, of being released from the current peculiar restricted condition is suddenly almost as overwhelming as was the initial lockdown.
Upon Consideration of a Lone River Birch
Every tree matters—even stunted ones living out just a shadow of their tree nature—so get your shallow tray out of the house when you can, or, if possible, find ways to plant your roots in the ground outside.
Protecting 30% of the Earth by 2030 would threaten Indigenous peoples
To ensure a healthy, just future for all life on earth, we must embrace decolonization as our guiding environmental policy.
Further Exegesis of A Man
We need to reclaim our true past and create a future in which the care that nurtures life is the only work necessary, where money and hierarchies and all the other fancies of A Man are thrown on the compost heap, and where all work is done by and for all people.
