Resilience Reflections with John Thackara
It’s taken me a long time to learn respect for the ways millions of people help each other to feed and shelter their families in resourceful ways.
Society
A Review of Books 2 and 3 in the After Oil Science Fiction Anthology Series
This year saw the publication of not one, but two, more worthy additions to the After Oil science fiction anthology series.
Sending Them a Message
If we want to “send a message to those who hate us,” here’s a new one: Come to our homes, share our food, allow us to wash your feet after your long journey.
What If We Built Our Bridges through Placemaking?
Bridges are, by design, meant to bring people together. All we have to do is let them.
Paris: How Can we Start Unpicking the Spiral of Humiliation and Violence?
So long as our default setting is determined by humiliation and depends on inflicting humiliation, we will continue to cycle and to undermine humanity’s ability to flourish. Breaking that cycle is vital. It starts here.
The Heresy of Intellectual Choice
The heresy of technological choice is a door.
Don’t Make Refugees Pay for the Terror they’re Fleeing
Shutting down borders and blaming Muslim immigrants for the Paris attacks would give ISIS precisely the type of “civilizational conflict” it craves.
Resilience Reflections with Tara Lohan
I’m driven by the belief that the stories we tell about people and places can help change the world.
What are the Essential Elements for Successfully Building Community Resilience?
Introducing Six Foundations for Building Community Resilience, PCI’s new report which describes how communities can approach the full scope of the 21st century’s challenges equitably and sustainably.
Reflecting on 10 years of Change-Making
One small step each day over 10 years adds up to a whole lot of change. One small step of mine added to one small step of yours — now we’re talking.
The Movement to Make Every American Community Walkable
Tell me your zip code and I can tell you how healthy you are….
Flashmobs and Flamenco: How Spain’s Greatest Artform Became a Tool for Political Protest
How Spain’s most alluring cultural phenomenon can be used as a powerful political tool.
