Community Currency Classroom
Today there are compelling echos drawing social, environmental and spiritual movements into shared fields of understanding and activism.
Linda Hogan
Why the Peak Oil Movement Failed
I’m sorry to say that the phrase “peak oil,” familiar and convenient as it is, probably has to go.
Drowning the World in Oil
Scroll through Donald Trump’s campaign promises or listen to his speeches and you could easily conclude that his energy policy consists of little more than a wish list drawn up by the major fossil fuel companies…
How to Convince Your Neighbors Climate Change Is Real? Stop Calling Them Idiots, Says DeSmog Founder Jim Hoggan
Clean coal.” “Ethical oil.” How could fossil fuels that produce pollution which sickens, kills, and hospitalizes tens of thousands of Americans each year end up sounding so … desirable?
2016 Tight Oil Reality Check
Hughes’ recent findings point to not only increasingly overstated forecasts by the EIA, but also increasingly volatile assessments – both of which are highly troubling.
Is Being “Punk as F*ck” Really Where it’s At?
If we have to be “punk as f*ck” to be part of this revolution, then many people I know doing phenomenal things wouldn’t be able to take part. And that’s a shame.
Testing a Different(iation) Approach to Permaculture Design Process – Part Two: An Example
Carrying on from the previous post, here we share an experimental example of permaculture design when conducted explicitly as a process of differentiating a pre-existing whole into parts.
Resilient Las Vegas?
The ability to band together to take collective action for the common good is a key to resilience in human systems.
Tapping the Power of Place to Keep Us All Healthy
One number stands above all others as the best indicator of good health. It’s not your blood pressure, cholesterol level, average daily calories or even the age at which your grandparents die. It’s your zip code. This fact has sent shockwaves across the county. The chief aspiration of American democracy is that everyone deserves an … Read more
Island Culture Rising
Local lean economies are emerging that can be described quite accurately as ‘island cultures,’
Make Connections, Make Food
Seventeen simple sayings for scholar-activists.
“Whose Streets, Our Streets”: Democracy Still Lives in Public Spaces
Regardless of how you feel about the 2016 U.S. election results, one thing is clear: public spaces are doing their job.
