Extreme Whether: Review
Malpede imagines the life of a family in which Grandpa has figured out that the world is being destroyed but the world’s communications system works for the destroyers.
Society
Density Part 3: Kenneth Jackson’s “Future” of New York
The essential defining property of a city is density: a concentration of people that enables commerce, community and exchanges of ideas.
The Next Ten Billion Years
Earlier this week, I was trying to think of ways to talk about the gap between notions about the future we’ve all absorbed from the last three hundred years of fossil-fueled progress, on the one hand, and the ways of thinking about what’s ahead that might actually help us make sense of our predicament and the postpetroleum, post-progress world ahead, on the other.
Kick Start Change with NWEI’s 2013 EcoChallenge!
At Northwest Earth Institute, we often hear from people who are looking for ways to live more sustainably—in their local communities, on college campuses, within faith communities, and at work.
Involving others: from toolkit to ethos for a different kind of democracy
Authority is a capacity to inspire trust. This is what marks a participative inquiry apart from the liberal models which consult others, but never fully recognise, nor invite, their intelligence.
What Van Gogh can teach us about education and learning
But what can we pull out of Vincent’s story that might illuminate our discussions about education and learning over this month?
Our Democracy?
Is the U.S. system a democracy, and if so, does it belong to us?
A Roadmap to Redesigning Civilization
Toby Hemenway, host of the video Redesigning Civilization — with Permaculture, defines permaculture as a branch of ecological design that employs natural ecosystems as a model.
Campfire: Towards Homo Sapiens – A Movie Script
How is human society organized in 2100?
Some Campfire questions:
What is the population and energy throughput per capita relative to today? What is the energy mix? How do we interact with each other and other species?
Transition meets the Circle Way
Back in July, participants from Sweden and Denmark gathered for the annual Circle Way camp hosted by Manitonquat, a Native American who bases his teachings on traditional tribal ways.
Terms of Surrender
After centuries of overconfident pronouncements about "Man’s conquest of Nature," it’s past time to start grappling with an unwelcome reality: what do we do when Nature wins?
How to win friends and influence the new economy
Lonely people are more easily controlled and scared, and they are more inclined to accept the status quo. Isolated individuals have little reason to believe in their own agency. It is only by forming networks and communities built on solidarity that most people can make a difference.
