By Sarah van Gelder, YES! magazine
Berlin’s creative culture is under tremendous pressure as real estate speculators from around the globe buy up apartment buildings. But a culture of resistance and grassroots revitalization is putting a brake on gentrification, helping to protect the residents’ right to their city.
By Chris Tittle, Sustainable Ecoomies Law Center
The commons offers a framework and a process for effectively and equitably stewarding the resources communities need to live in dignity. If we have a collective right to a resource, we should be able to participate in decisions about that resource’s use.
By Amy Corcoran, Red Pepper
Co-operatives (housing, energy, food and worker) act in opposition to the ruthlessness of capitalism, and provide security, opportunity and positivity to those involved with them.
By Cat Johnson, Shareable
After World War II, white, middle-class Americans flocked to the suburbs from the city. Today, that trend is reversing.