Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
“How can we create an environment that doesn’t just respond effectively to harm once it happens but also actively creates safety on our communities’ own terms?”
People are also the environment, we are our own ecological system integrated into the larger systems.
The title says it all: Corporations Are Not People.
We are on the verge of a major tipping point in the way civilization works.
Can our local economy be free of carcinogens?
A roundup of the news, views and ideas from the main stream press and the blogosphere
One could argue that those who are very close to the reality of climate change are particularly prone to a need to split their identity. The knowledge they have, and the images they have seen, might unconsciously lead them to the above-mentioned counter-balancing and coping behaviours.
As urban property becomes more unaffordable and commercialized and the commons disappear, some groups are pooling their resources for shared space, shared resources, and creative collaboration.
American institutions are in decline and rife with corruption brought on by a combination of hitting the limits to growth while under the control of neoliberal capitalism.
Crude by rail has increased 4,000 percent across the country since 2008 and California is feeling the effects.
In industrialized societies, where so many people regard economic growth as the essence of human progress, the idea of deliberately rejecting growth is seen as insane.
The traditional Main Street is one of the most iconic images of America.
