Rural Europe Takes Action | Much More Than Our Daily Bread
We want to preserve our sovereignty and credibility as food artisans. We want our craft
to be suitable for our grandchildren – a creative, meaningful cultural technique.
Die Freien Bäcker
Two Bur Oaks and a Crawdad
We must eat. But the land sacrifices so that we may live; the land ethic asks that we live in ways that show we are responsible citizens of the land community; and the law of reciprocity asks what we are giving back in return for that gift of life.
Can the Green Transition Solve Spain’s Educational Paradox?
Alongside a new vocational education law that consolidates dual training, the government’s new plan seeks to modernise the training offer and create 28 new degrees linked to emerging industries including green sectors…
How the US can cut its emissions in half by 2030
Our article shows that the next steps in reaching the 2030 US climate target are clearer and increasingly affordable, but require new supporting policies to get there.
Public Water Services in times of emergency: the case of the Covid19 outbreak
The book “Public Water and Covid-19: Dark Clouds and Silver Linings”, discusses how the Covid19 outbreak underlined once again the importance of water and other basic services for human life, and re-opened the debate on the role of the state in managing such services.
A Growing Movement to Reclaim Water Rights for Indigenous People
Native tribes are reliant on their local water sources, which have been continuously exploited and contaminated by the U.S. government and non-Native people. Indigenous groups are finding new ways to demand justice.
The tragedy of the climate commons and one way I tried to fight it
I’d argue, too, that there’s no particular virtue in boycotting existing climate protest movements from the conviction that you personally have access to some higher-level political consciousness, though there may be good reasons for boycotting them in practice.
Democracy Rising 21: Looking Deliberatively at the Past
In Teaching History for the Common Good, Keith C. Barton and Linda S. Levstik recognize that the past can be used “in a variety of ways, and for a variety of purposes.” One of these is to use history’s “potential to prepare students for participation in a pluralist democracy.”
The Energy Bulletin Weekly 13 June 2022
Headlines for the week of June 6 – June 12
Key Words: Neoliberal economics
That, in a nutshell, is neoliberal economics: the ruthless submission of political and social life to the free market.
Birds, Beasts, and Bedlam: Excerpt
This is the story, in large part, of my own life journey (which is, I earnestly hope, not quite over yet), from breeding endangered breeds of domestic farm livestock at its beginning to restoring a broad array of the most marvellous native creatures back into habitats they have lost at its end.
Unions Making a Green New Deal From Below–Part 2
Workers and unions are among those who have the most to gain by climate protection that produces good jobs and greater equality.
