There’s No Place Like Home
Tiny houses in Eugene, Oregon, provide the formerly homeless with a sense of ownership and community.
Society
The New Mind Manipulators
A few dominant institutions affect how you feel, act and vote… without you ever knowing about it. Mind control is happening to you, right now.
The end of introspection (and why it matters)
A friend of mine who teaches undergraduates provided insight into something I see regularly … namely, young people (and some not so young) who appear to be entirely an appendage of their cellphones. One study concluded that "[t]he average college student uses a smartphone for about nine hours each day."
Encouraging Place Attachment in Early Education
What makes a person feel a sense of belonging, meaning, and connection in a place?
How a Health Clinic Made a Local Grocery Store Part of Its Prescription
Is there a way they could create jobs, grow their local economy, and reduce blight, all while helping people live longer and healthier?
What’s next for Democracy Spring?
Last week, I was arrested at a sit-in to get big money out of politics and protect voting rights in Washington, D.C.
Starhawking the Privilege Game
If it’s true that the suppression of talk about privilege in general, and class privilege in particular, is in the process of breaking down, it’s not a minute too soon.
Introducing Turn 21
Turn21 is a group of committed and concerned citizens of the planet dedicated to preserving the only world we have, here in the 21st Century. Our goal is to educate, inform, and exponentially grow in number those individuals who share this vision in order that we may take action as fast as possible to preserve the planet’s ability to sustain life.
Flying to the US: was it worth it?
What I haven’t yet seen is someone who did fly, writing with hindsight about whether the journey was worthwhile or not.
Building the Fashion Revolution
Fashion Revolution is a global movement that demands transparency in the fashion industry. Since its inception three years ago, this grassroots campaign has encouraged us to consider the social and environmental impact of our clothes – going viral on the internet and social networks as a way to engage directly with the brands and companies we get our clothing from and asking them “Who Made My Clothes?”.
Remembrance of Things Yet to Come: An Anti-Modernist Response to Ted Trainer
That being said, I find the alternative vision for the future that Trainer suggests improbable as well, though I should also add that it is only presented briefly in the article in question.
Habitat Loss
What happens to us as a people when the sources of knowledge are only to be found outside of our communities?
