Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
We can’t have resilient communities if we don’t have justice. We’re only as resilient as those around us, whether that be our family, our neighbors, the neighboring community, or even the neighboring country.
This is where we are heading. We are heading to weird weather incidents. We are heading towards strained infrastructure.
We promote systems thinking, and resiliency, which is like self-sufficiency—not "I’m an island," but more, "I’m accountable." And because I’m accountable, I can work collectively.
And it appears that the islands of the Coast Salish Sea, recognizing that there is an overarching structure that has not fed and supported us, is embracing this concept to truly “over grow the system.”
Witnessing and documenting resilience stories in Bolivia.
Ecodrom93 enables Roma families in the suburbs of Paris to grow their own vegetables and make a home for themselves in the community.
In a deprived district of the small Belgian city of Ghent, the local Toreke coin reveals how big the transformative impact of alternative currency systems can be.
We must always ask: who is community resilience really for?
What gives me hope is meeting and reading or hearing about all the people all over the world from so many cultures who are working in so many ways to help ecosystems recover…
About a year ago I started hosting on line conversations for people involved with Inner Transition in different countries.
A review of Bounding the Planetary Future: Why We Need a Great Transition.
In Reading, the United States’ second poorest city, the residents’ group Permacultivate is practicing and preaching local food production.
