Welcoming refugees: our future is common
The “refugee crisis” of recent months has split Europe in two.
Society
Rallying Hip Hop Culture For A More Inclusive Climate Fight
For the Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., hip hop culture may be the key to bringing together the movements for social and environmental justice.
Learning to Steer
Resilience includes the various skills that allow us to weather the storm, the inner strength to carry on despite ongoing challenges; the drive and inspiration to bounce back again!
Paaduks: Shoes with Soul
What does it take to upcycle any waste material into a product that is beautiful, serves a basic function and will prevent that material from ending up in a landfill for a few more years?
A Landscape of Dreams
One of the core themes of the Retrotopia narrative I’ve been developing here over the last month or so is the yawning gap between the abstract notion of progress that we all have in our heads and the rather less pleasant realities to which this notion has been assigned.
Heart and Soul: Meet the UK Groups Changing Activism
Building movements that are truly liberating takes heart and soul.
Report back: 2015 Transition Network conference & Gathering of National Hubs
It was sobering to be at the conference in its greenness and moisture yet know that my state along with much of the western US was peppered with blazing fires.
Our new Support Offer Theme: Practical Projects
Practical projects show that change is possible and that Transition is a real thing that exists.
There’s No Single Right Path : Resilience Reflections with Chris Smaje
There’s no single right path and there’s a lot to be learned from people following different, even antithetical, paths to your own.
Grace Boggs: Reviving the Lost City
Grace Lee Boggs died on Monday, October 5, 2015. We hope that this article, originally published in 2011, helps readers to remember her work.
Rebulding the Commons: A Global Network of Rebel Cities Takes Place
The city vs. the state. The Cities of the Commons vs. global neoliberalism. These are more than phrases – they could be understood as slogans or horizons of a new global order.
Review: The Sea Gypsy Philosopher by Ray Jason
The Sea Gypsy Philosopher is the first title to be released by Club Orlov Press, a small publishing company recently started by beloved peak oil author Dmitry Orlov.
