Retrotopia: Inflows and Outputs
Our narrator visits a city power plant that runs on an unexpected fuel source and a stock market subject to even less familiar rules…
Society
There is No Paradise
Art is a subtle way to groom the populace with new ideas, fast.
The Transition Story: Time to Stop Talking about Climate Change?
The thought I want to seed in your brain today is whether a more skilful way to inspire a response to climate change is to spend less time talking about climate change.
What Does Climate Change Look Like?
Extreme weather events will, of course, become more common as the planet warms. But the disruption and suffering of climate change will be largely hidden in the form of events like the war in Syria, the rise of extremists, even civil unrest like that of the “Arab Spring” which we, in the West, view favorably.
21 Stories of Transition: Potager Alhambra
A Brussels neighbourhood experiencing the daily impacts of being a red light district responds by creating a new food garden!
Resilience Roundup – Oct 30
A roundup of news, views and ideas from the main stream press and the blogosphere including: Indonesia is burning. So why is the world looking away? | Greenland Is Melting Away | Overlooking the Obvious With Naomi Klein | Imagine if Exxon had told the truth on climate change…
Top Buddhists sign landmark statement on climate change to global leaders
Fifteen of the world´s most senior Buddhists have issued a landmark call to political leaders to adopt an effective climate change agreement at the UN negotiations in Paris starting 30 November. Signatories include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, as well as Supreme Heads of Buddhism in Bangladesh, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Secretary General of the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), President of the Buddhist Association of the USA, President of the UBF (l’Union Bouddhiste de France) and Her Royal Highness Princess Ashi Kesang Wangmo Wangchuk of Bhutan.
Keeping heat in and near your body in a cool residence
In which I look at how to eat, drink, move around, and use blankets and bedding to keep yourself warmer in winter.
Just Transition with Mateo Nube of Movement Generation
It has become clear we face two distinct possible futures: Economic Transition or Ecological Collapse.
Between Rice Paddies and Golf Courses
A new generation of Chinese architects is working against mass development projects, in and together with the countryside.
A Pattern Language for Women in Permaculture
How can permaculture help underpin a pattern language for women?
Tertullian was a Conspiracy Theorist: Propaganda and Irrationalism in Roman Times and in Ours
The Romans knew well the dark art that we call "propaganda" today.
