The Transition Town Movement with Rob Hopkins
Rob Hopkins recently appeared as a guest on the the Permaculture Podcast with Scott Mann. Their conversation spans permaculture, Transition, BREXIT, and what it takes build real community resilience.
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Biennials and System Change
Why do so many expos, festivals and biennials promise to change the world for the better – only to end up as trash?
Restoring Mayberry: The Inner Landscape
For thousands of generations our forebears lived in the tangible world, surrounded by family and companions in a world with few strangers, engaged in the vital, heavy-breathing work of creating their own food and shelter.
The Democratized Economy: How to Build a Successful Urban Center
The most important aspect of any urban center is that it be a walkable place with an interconnected system of streets.
The Flimsy Ladder to Solid Ground – Part Two
We’ve explored, in part one of this article, how fossil fuels had (in a sense) suspended history…Here’s another thing – the pursuit of mass consumption has suspended the pursuit of mass happiness.
Making the Regenerative City
The regenerative city applies ecological principles to urban redevelopment to make the city environmentally viable. It should make the city socially viable as well.
Sebastian Junger’s Meditation on Tribes
Why is it that American combat veterans experience the highest rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the world, while soldiers from other countries have far lower levels? Amazingly, warriors of the past, such as Native Americans, rarely experienced PTSD-like symptoms.
On Flimsy Ladders, or Flimsy Ain’t Nothing. Flimsy is All.
We float above living Earth in a life supplied by fossilised life.
Five Things Americans Don’t Understand about Politics
At the height of America’s most bizarre presidential election campaign in decades, a careening spectacle largely due to the nutcase ramblings of an epic uber-narcissist, a contemporary, real-world He Who Can’t Be Named, I’ve come to realize just how little the American people understand about politics in its nuts and bolts.
Protect the Earth. Live Simply… Our Future Depends On It.
In November and December of 2015, I visited a couple of places in India that inspired some questions and thoughts about what is involved in protecting the earth.
Building Communities through Gardening
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Why Bicycle Justice Isn’t a White Guy in Spandex
In 2010, Burton and a core group of organizers officially launched Red, Bike, and Green. “It’s bigger than bikes” is one of the group’s slogans.
