Farming as Resistance
It had been 10 long years of fighting, but even a decade wouldn’t age or persuade the women to put down their stones, or to keep Amelia’s tongue in her mouth, to silence her words in a language that wasn’t her own.
Trina Moyles
Transition Towns – A Reply to Rob Hopkins
Thanks to Rob for his reply to my recent thoughts on the Transition Towns movement. Here are some brief notes in response.
Conservativism Now? Market Economies and the Liberal Anti-Culture
Growth is the social glue that has held liberal industrial societies together, which is one of several connected reasons why we won’t address our relationship to our natural ecology by becoming “more liberal” or “more progressive.” Sustainability, then, is neither liberal nor progressive.
Going Farther Together – The Lake Victoria Peace and Sustainability Centre, Rusinga Island
LVPSC brings together about 30 groups and organisations working in various sectors on the island under the banner of peacebuilding and sustainability work. Through working together they are able to support smaller groups, have access to peacebuilding and ecological trainings, and widen their reach both on the island and in wider Kenya.
The Promise of Radical Municipalism Today
Radical municipalism is the idea that we can build popular assemblies and neighborhood councils, where people learn to manage their common life through face-to-face politics and develop the skills and the power to seize control: to take the city.
Our Energy Challenge in 6 Eye-Popping Charts
And the big picture? Despite 25 years of global climate policy-making, decarbonisation rates are not even close to what is required.
What Would we Eat if Food and Health were Commons? – Inspiration from Indigenous Populations
Weston Price observed that our ancestors would make a lot of effort to enable their bodies to re-build rather than only to supply energy.
Electric Cars to the Rescue?
A lot of hope is riding on the wheels of the world’s three million electric cars. So, how’s the EV revolution going? And even if it’s going well, is it really the best strategy? Those are the questions I want to address here.
Peak Oil Review: 18 June 2018
Oil prices, which have been falling since mid-May, fell more than $2 on Friday to settle at $65.06 in the US and $73.44 in London. For now, the chief concern is that the OPEC + coalition will raise or lift the production cap this coming Friday…
The Preston Model and the Modern Politics of Municipal Socialism
Both the Cleveland and Preston Models represent a reinvention of a longstanding political tradition that played a significant role in the development of mass socialist politics in Europe and North America.
Sea Level Rise due to Antarctic Ice Melt has ‘Tripled over Past Five Years’
The rate of sea level rise resulting from the melting of the Antarctic ice sheet has tripled over the past five years, according to new research from a global team of scientists.
Resonation – An Interview with Peter Harris
Resonate is a music streaming co-op and a great example of a platform co-op which is changing the way business works. In the run up to the OPEN 2018 Platform Co-op conference we interviewed Peter Harris, Resonate Founder and CEO.
