Drinking water and Democracy: Tale of Two Cities
The tragic situation in Flint is in many ways a cautionary tale of democracy subverted, one that ties directly to the United States’ refusal to recognize basic human rights such as the right to water.
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Transition Streets: Local Government, Renters, and the Magic of Meeting Your Neighbors
A couple of weeks ago, Transition US convened a handful of courageous and inspired community leaders who are implementing Transition Streets in neighborhoods across the US: Sacramento and Berkeley CA; Bozeman, MT; Charlottesville, VA; and the Catskills, NY. We were very excited to hear about their successes and innovations, and wanted to share some of our takeaways with you.
How Amazon Debases our Language, and How we can Take it Back
As regular readers here will be aware, when left to determine their own futures, local town economies, neighbourhood economies in urban areas, can be ‘fulfilment centres’ in the good meaning of the word, meeting their needs in the round, while doing so with virtually no public funding, and paying their taxes.
A Farming Guide to the Political Season
I find that as the years go by, the rhetoric of conservatism and liberalism mean less and less to the life we live. Rhetoric aside, no candidate or party speaks for the rural farms or communities.
How to Make Friends in the City: Grow Vegetables Together
In East London’s Nomadic Community Garden, Bangladeshi families tend beds of eggplant, squash, and other seasonal vegetables alongside their non-Bangladeshi neighbors.
The Promises and Perils of Global Economic Activism
The Rules is a worldwide network of activists working to transform the politico-economic structure undergirding global inequality.
Thoughts on Localism and Resilience
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak to the “Resilience Group,” an informal gathering of environmentalists, activists, and interested others that meet regularly at the home of Wes Jackson, in Salina, KS. My short remarks gave rise to a robust and enlightening discussion, or so I thought.
The Return of Crisis
Financial markets the world over are increasingly chaotic; either retreating or plunging. Our view remains that there’s a gigantic market crash in the coming future — one that has possibly started now.
Edinburgh Tool Library: Creativity, Community, and Cutting Resource Use
Running out of a Dr. Who-style police box near the city’s docks, the Edinburgh Tool Library has been going since early 2015 and now has 1,200 tools, 180 members, and is growing fast.
Welcoming Night
These are people who found a tiny and overcrowded raft, floating on the open ocean, safer than their homes. See what you can do where you live — you probably can’t do much, but you might be able to do a little.
The unstoppable rise of ‘Demain’
The film ‘Demain’ (‘Tomorrow’) is proving to be one of the most remarkable catalysts for Transition and other bottom-up approaches that has ever been made.
The Transition Movement in Global Perspective
The importance to Transition of both community and cultural commons is deep-seated.
