Measuring wellbeing and happiness
Nic Marks founded the Centre for Wellbeing at the London-based think tank New Economics Foundation and also more recently founded Happiness Works.
Society
Houston Bicycle Revolutionaries
Do you ever wonder why so many people ride bikes in a place like the Netherlands while so few do in Texas?
Phyles and the new communalism
An illustrated history of the biggest changes in our time: the globalization of the small and the reemergence of empowered communities.
Can Complementary Currencies Level the Gender Gap in Slums?
Resilience and ingenuity are trademarks of impoverished communities here in Kenya. When we first introduced Bangla-Pesa it had a few ups and downs, but now it is being used in ways we had never imagined.
The impact we’re having: Stephanie Hofielen of From the Ground Up
Dissatisfied with the limited variety, variable quality and high cost of fresh organic food from our conventional sources, Transition Town Kingston took action.
Reachable Moments: Transition-Interfaith Dialogue
The hundreds of millions of Americans affiliated with organized religion, 40 % of whom self-identify as "conservative," will be as affected as anyone else by accelerated climate change.
Apres Moi le Deluge
“The American way of life,” George H.W. Bush infamously declared in 1992, “is not-negotiable.” This presents a problem if the American way of life is also unsustainable.
Resilience in 6 icons
What is resilience and why do we need it?
The Heart of Urban Resilience is Trust, Not Technology
It is no wonder that there was a new energy in the debate concerning the question of resilience, and how to ensure that if — and when — such disasters arrive again, we are more prepared.
Pay it local
A small amount of cash spent at the farmers market or local food store might make a huge difference to the vendors there. You never know what kind of difficulties they face, and where they stand on the thin line between a manageable load and giving up.
Review: Autumn Night and Other Tales of the Future by Randall S. Ellis
In the century and a half since transcendentalist thinker Henry David Thoreau first coined the term “voluntary poverty,” it has been variously a buzzword, a meme within environmental circles and a dreaded epithet smelling of sacrifice and deprivation.
Mentats Wanted, Will Train
The theme of last week’s post here on The Archdruid Report—the strategy of preserving or reviving technologies for the deindustrial future now, before the accelerating curve of decline makes that task more difficult than it already is—can be applied very broadly indeed.
