National Walking Summit Make Strides Toward Healthier Future For All
Walking is moving fast these days.
Society
The Delusion of Control
I’m sure most of my readers have heard at least a little of the hullaballoo surrounding the release of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si. It’s been entertaining to watch…
Living Within a Limit is OK: Talking Resilience with Doria Robinson
We promote systems thinking, and resiliency, which is like self-sufficiency—not "I’m an island," but more, "I’m accountable." And because I’m accountable, I can work collectively.
What Does REconomy Look Like … in the United States?
In 2014 the United States was amongst those that joined forces as an international network focusing on REconomy which is now 11 countries strong. These hubs have been assessing the potential to initiate some REconomy-type activity in each place.
Great Communities Grow at the Intersection of Health and Design
Numerous medical leaders have also shown that Placemaking can play a huge role in promoting better health for all Americans.
The Promise of Public Banking in Seattle
Today, the Seattle Public Bank Coalition educates local policymakers and the public about the capacity of public banks to provide robust banking services while returning profits to the community.
Turning 21 in the Anthropocene
An invitation for young people to participate in their future.
Marxism, ecological civilization, and China
China’s environmental problems are massive and growing, but the Chinese leadership has made significant steps toward a more sustainable development. This emphasis has emerged out of a broad socialist perspective, influenced by both Marxian analysis and China’s own distinct history, culture, and vernacular.
Resilience Roundup – June 19
This Big Texas City Will Soon Be Powered Entirely By Wind And Sun, Radical Ecological Democracy: A Path Forward for India and Beyond, This Small Town Shows Why The Trans-Pacific Partnership Could Be A Disaster For American Workers, ‘It’s going to be bad, whatever happens’: Greece on edge as eurozone exit looms, TED Talk: How to Reimagine the Streets of the Future with Janette Sadik-Khan, The latest global temperature data are breaking records, West Coast Grange Wars: A Reborn Farmers’ Movement Takes on Corporate Agriculture, Pope Francis is actually bringing America’s environmentalism movement to its religious and moral roots, The Carbon Brief Interview: Dr Fatih Birol, Coal crash: how pension funds face huge risk from climate change, Map: Here’s where the world is running out of groundwater
An Affirming Flame
According to an assortment of recent news stories, this Thursday, June 18, is the make-or-break date by which a compromise has to be reached between Greece and the EU if a Greek default, with the ensuing risk of a potential Greek exit from the Eurozone, is to be avoided
Mud is Good, a Resilience Reflection from Joanne Poyourow
In my work every day I’m trying to listen to Nature and intuit how to better fit into Her systems.
What Do 800-Year-Old Magna Carta & Black Lives Matter Have in Common? A People’s Historian Explains
The Magna Carta turns 800 years old today. Known as the "Great Charter," it is widely considered the foundation of parliamentary democracy, human rights and the supremacy of the law over the crown.
