“The Future” as a sales pitch
No one can know the future. But it turns out we can invent a place called "The Future" and invite people to inhabit it.
Society
Tiny House Electrics
It no longer makes economic sense for a new house owner (who does not need air conditioning) to purchase their electricity from the ever more costly (and expensive to maintain) fixed grid.
How to Make Friends in the City: Grow Vegetables Together
In East London’s Nomadic Community Garden, Bangladeshi families tend beds of eggplant, squash, and other seasonal vegetables alongside their non-Bangladeshi neighbors.
The Decline and Fall of Hillary Clinton
The last couple of weeks in American politics have offered an interesting confirmation of some of the main themes I’ve discussed on this blog.
Divestment movements and common sense face threat from UK government ban
Earlier this week, the British government announced a new Tory-led parliamentary measure that will inflict “severe penalties” onto local governments and public institutions that boycott goods and services on an “ethical” (as opposed to purely financial) basis, including divestment.
Why We Consume: Neural Design and Sustainability
Exponential economic growth is rapidly destabilizing the biosphere.
Invasion of Technology
Most people I know — left or right, American or European, religious or not — are different only in the brand of information provider they use, and all accept the information given to them as though it were real experience.
In a Rhino, Everything
No one can logically persuade somebody to fall in love.
Forging Resilience on Common Ground
It is lambing season at Bodega Pastures ranch and we are headed out to the pastoral landscapes of ‘west county’ Sonoma to meet the shepherds, their flock, and the new lambs that call this ranch home.
Decolonizing Permaculture
In this article we will seek to answer the following questions: of What is decolonization? Why should permaculture designers care?
Retrotopia: Back To What Worked
Our narrator visits another school, catches the flu, and has his first encounter with the Lakeland Republic’s health care system…
How an Alternative School in India has been running on Alternative Energy since the 1980s
When we first heard about Sholai School, located amidst the pristine nature of the Palani Hills in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, we were so captivated by its description that we decided to take a local bus to visit the establishment.
