Ten years of Transition in Luxembourg

By Wolf von Leipzig, Transition Network

In 2010, after the failure of the Copenhagen World Climate Summit, a new idea paved the way: Transition. Ten years later, the movement has also taken root in Luxembourg.

Camp Mni Luzahan launches community Covid-19 testing

By Talli Nauman, Esperanza Project

Keeping the patrol, the camp, the meals, the sobriety, and the testing in the hands of Native community members is “innovative and grassrootsy,”  but at the same time it’s all part of the promise forebearers made to keep the peace when they signed the treaties, Angel notes.

The Transformative Power of Water: Flood Survivor/Activist Katherine Egland Fights the Struggle for Human Dignity

By Kerri McLean, Resilience.org

Around the world, across cultures and time, water has manifested itself as both life-creating and life-destroying. Never static, it constantly changes and transforms those in its wake. This is profoundly true for Katherine Egland.

Care as Commons: A Brief Introduction

By Thomas Allan, Resilience.org

A broader political economy of care can make visible the interdependence and reciprocity that are fundamental parts of our social world.

Resources for a Better Future: Development

By Vandana, Uneven Earth

For development to truly deliver on its promise—the betterment of life for all—it must engage a multidimensional understanding of poverty.

Local, Bioregional and Global Outreach

By Gaia Education Staff, Gaia Education

Building community is one of the most crucial tasks that every group, intentional or local community should undertake to enable the collective being that animates it to express itself with all its power in a rich and transforming vision. But is there an end to the community building process?

Think Big, Act Small: The triumph of the commons in the UK

By Simon Kaye, Shareable

In a time of political polarisation and tenuous trust in institutions, putting people in the driving seat has the potential to reset the balance.

Degrowth resonates: a reflection on DegrowthFest 2020

By Sam Bliss, Degrowth.de

Degrowth resonated with many people in our community. That is the remarkable result of DegrowthFest, for me. I am thrilled but not surprised that so many friends and neighbors were keen on this movement and idea that is so dear to me.

The Hemp Casita of Rezolana — Rising up from the Ground

By Koa Kalish, Fibershed

Closely weaving together habitation, community, and society, Arnie pays attention to how culture was and is created.

Stephen emails David: a collaboration

By David Holmgren, Holmgren Design

Hopefully these thoughts and linked writings will help with your own plans to grasp the opportunities of rapid changing context, contribute to minimising the damage in the local and wider world, and find the wisdom to recognise what we cannot change and deal with the resulting grief.

The Local Case for Reparations

By Charles Marohn, Strong Towns

What form should reparations take? How much should they be? Who should pay them? Who should receive them? How should that transfer be made? What will happen if this is done? Would it really help anyone?

Wellbeing Farm, a “Slow Tech Living Laboratory” for the Hudson Valley Bioregion

By Andrew Willner, The Center for Post Carbon Logistics

Wellbeing Farm will explore an array of innovative heritage and leading-edge technologies by which individuals, communities, and the Hudson Valley Bioregion can thrive in decades ahead – designing and realizing pragmatic, environmentally and economically sound tools for peacefully, equitably, and intelligently transitioning away from fossil fuels.