Ralph Borsodi and Transition Towns
Borsodi envisioned his School as a local, self-governing organization to provide the basic knowledge and skills for a livable world and the good life.
Society
The XR activists who took on oil giant Shell – and won
Six Extinction Rebellion activists have been acquitted in a landmark verdict at Southwark Crown Court this afternoon.
The Red Deal: Indigenous action to save our Earth
The Red Deal is a manifesto and movement — borne of Indigenous resistance and decolonial struggle — to liberate all peoples and save our planet.
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 37 Alan AtKisson
Alan AtKisson has been working professionally in sustainable development since 1988 and has been recognized internationally as a pioneering innovator and thought-leader in the field. Alan addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
The Evolution of Social Power
From laws to police and prisons, to armies and weaponry, to fame and high political office, to paychecks and taxes, to debt and credit, to advertising and public relations, to propaganda, to household and workplace gender dynamics, to organizational chains of command, to extremes of wealth and poverty, people have found endless ways of modifying one another’s behavior to suit their wants and needs.
The Yurok Tribe Is Using California’s Carbon Offset Program to Buy Back Its Land
What is most important to Myers, though, is that the Yurok’s participation in California’s cap-and-trade program has strengthened tribal members’ relationship to their traditional territory.
Transition Voices on Social Justice – Part Three
Young people aren’t going to be attracted to Transition if it stays in its little bubble. I think there’s widespread understanding that Transition needs to reach beyond the choir.
America’s Conflicted Landscapes
Does nature represent eternity, ancestors, science, the present, the future, or a young earth? Is it to be revered, conserved, exploited, or sacrificed? A nation that identifies itself with nature begins to fall apart when it can no longer agree on what nature is.
Complexity and Armageddon, or… the Story of the Hemp Microphone (Episode 38 of Crazy Town)
Society has become so complex that all the complexity begets more complexity. And if that’s not complex enough for you, jobs have become so specialized that hardly anyone knows how anything is made or works.
Working on Overdrive: The Future of Platforms and Working Time
It might be a bit of a hunker down message, but it’s about focusing on people’s needs: security, resilience, and minimising risks.
Transition Voices on Social Justice – Part Two
But we have to recognise our own part in perpetuating the system. If you don’t care for another human being, what is the point of life?
In Breach of Contract
Humans today stand in gross violation of our pact with nature. We are egregiously in breach of contract. Our protections are thereby revoked.
