By P2P Staff, P2P Foundation
Xarxa per la sobirania energètica (Xse) Catalonia brings like-minded groups together to fight for change in the energy sector locally, and collaborates with similar initiatives elsewhere in Spain, Europe and Latin America.
By Joe Brewer, Medium
It is essential that as many local/regional “hubs” as possible be set up for regeneration of ecosystem functions that address the most critical planetary boundaries… namely geochemical cycles of nitrogen/phosphorous, land-use practices, and climate change.
By Daniel Christian Wahl, Medium
The sustainability consultants Pooran Desai and Sue Riddlestone of the London based consultancy BioRegional suggest that we need to reconsider the scale of our production systems and create more locally self-sustaining communities in compact cities.
By John Thackara, Doors of Perception
To put it another way: modern citizens today use more energy and physical resources in a month than our great-grandparents used during their whole lifetime.
By John Thackara, Doors of Perception
Why do so many expos, festivals and biennials promise to change the world for the better – only to end up as trash?
By James Bernard Quilligan, P2P Foundation
“It’s time to consider that bioregional self-sufficiency—the principle of meeting human needs within the constraints of resource areas—is really what leads to democracy and prosperity.”
By Rachael Stoeve, YES! magazine
Bioregionalism is one possible vision of a future that works for people and for the Earth.
By John Thackara, Doors of Perception
Resilience – ‘the capacity to bounce back’ ... is a desirable condition. The trouble is that a lot of people perceive resilience...to be a new variety of risk management that gives them the opportunity to carry on with business-as-usual.
By John Thackara, Doors of Perception
Rather than being protest-based, like the mainstream environmental movement (and most of Venice’s heritage groups), bioregionalism promotes an active harmony between human culture and the natural environment. It emphasises solutions that are based on local populations, knowledge, and solutions – not on global markets.