Holy Sh*t, Overshoot! Don’t Dither; Do

By Vicki Robin, Vicki Robin blog

July 28 was EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY. On July 29 we went into ecological deficit. Humans have used the entire annual budget of resources that can replenished by nature.

Overlorded…

By Eliza Daley, By my solitary hearth

In fact, the only thing we must do is survive this mess. And the best way to do that is to jettison the whole thing and build the lives we need.

What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 79 Stacy Mitchell

By Vicki Robin, Resilience.org

Stacy Mitchell is co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a national research and advocacy organization that fights corporate control and works to build thriving, equitable communities. She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”

A Night Market Creates Opportunity for Black Communities

By Morgan Florsheim, YES! magazine

The co-founders at the Nashville Black Market know it takes a community to cultivate change; that it’s less about what they alone can do and more about how they can empower the people around them.

A New Vision for Economic Ecosystems: Interview with Dave Kresta (Part 2)

By John Pattison, Strong Towns

If you follow those steps, find a group of people, start dreaming together, start educating yourselves, start listening and identifying gaps in the community and assets in the community, then I think you're at that point where you can actually start thinking seriously about, "Okay, which of these Community Economic Development toolkit strategies do we want to take on first?"

Accessible local alternatives to Amazon Prime

By Nithin Coca, Shareable

By keeping your spending local, you can also help your neighborhood, town or city recover from COVID-19 impacts more quickly.

Envision or perish — why we must start imagining the world we want to live in

By Pamela Haines, George Lakey, Waging Nonviolence

But without a bold vision that’s inclusive and down-to-earth enough to make intuitive sense to the great majority of Americans, not even the best of strategies will be enough to carry the day.

Independent thinking: Why local businesses need our support this Christmas

By Lucia Monje-Jelfs, Sustainable Food Trust

So, if you’re planning on celebrating this Christmas – albeit unconventionally – here are some of the reasons why, now more than ever, independent businesses need your support.

Exploring Transformative Change on the Brink

By Stefan Cristoff, Uneven Earth

Highlighting the term careful is important here: we can view the response of the state to this pandemic with care, we can be careful to see the gaps and address the ways that the state response is lacking. Careful in this context also means taking care and directly engaging with the crisis on a community based level in a safe way.

Putting Power in Its Place

By Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Great Transition Initiative

Perhaps we need to embrace a different kind of power on all levels to provide a timely, effective transformation. Maybe we need a compendium of strategies and practices on all levels to guide an organic and multifaceted cultural shift.

Cool Currencies – The Chiemgauer

By Kester McLennan, Bristol Pound blog

8 years on, the Chiemgauer attracts over 600 businesses and 3000 users, turning over 5 million per year. And this is only the start. Its whopping growth of over 100% per annum means its significance is only likely to grow in the near future.

Monetary Alchemy: How to Turn Bad Money into Good

By Thomas H. Greco, Jr., Open Democracy

The prosperity, resilience and self-determination of a community is greatly dependent on its having an adequate supply of payment media to connect available supplies with basic needs, so the usual scarcity of conventional money needs to be overcome.