Commoning in the City
As Ivan Illich and Anthony McCann have argued, historically, the commons was not simply a pool of resources to be managed, but an alternative to seeing the world as made of resources.
Society
The One Option Left
The recent round of gridlock in Washington DC may seem worlds away from the mythological visions and spiritual perspectives that have been central to this blog over the last few months. Still, there’s a direct connection.
Reframing politics?
In short, then, progressives and conservatives think in different ways about what is right.
The government shutdown — an anarchist dream?
Many may be surprised, for example, that actual anarchists aren’t necessarily rejoicing over the U.S. government’s latest form of self-annihilation.
An interview with Paul Hawken: “We choose a path of regeneration”
Growth itself isn’t the problem, it’s what’s growing and how prosperity is measured.
Without a net
It’s not easy being a human in the 21st century, knowing so much.
Letter from America #1: New Orleans and reflections on “awesome”
Time spent here, and talking to people, gives a sense of just how powerful the forces of nature are, and how we tamper with them at our peril.
Think global, act local, globally
Think global, act local, globally. That’s got to be the next step for this broader movement…
Speak Up
It is no accident that we use the same vocabulary to describe the act of assembling words——as to magically influence events and the conditions of reality—to cast a spell.
Review: The Five Stages of Collapse by Dmitry Orlov
It’s starting to seem like the sensible approach is to get out of the awareness-raising business entirely and focus our energies instead on providing practical guidance to those who are willing to hear it
The renewal of religion
The emotional and intellectual energies set in motion by religious experience very often trump all other human motivations.
Is there any value in New Age thinking?
In an age of peer production, in which more and more individuals are socialized through the internet, a relational spirituality can be born among people who cooperate with each other in a wide variety of networks. As we become engaged in communities of our peers that produce collective value, the horizontal dimension of spirituality returns to center stage.
