In Conversation: Our Economy After Fossil Fuels
As our energy sources change, our economy will likely evolve and adapt—perhaps in surprising ways.
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Community Currency Classroom
Today there are compelling echos drawing social, environmental and spiritual movements into shared fields of understanding and activism.
Island Culture Rising
Local lean economies are emerging that can be described quite accurately as ‘island cultures,’
From Oil Age to Soil Age
To put it another way: modern citizens today use more energy and physical resources in a month than our great-grandparents used during their whole lifetime.
The 2016 Elections: 6 Takeaways for the Economic Cooperation Movement
The election of America’s most prominently parasitic and malicious real estate capitalist to Chief Executive says “this is what happens, Larry.”
The Commons: A Quiet Revolution
In the contemporary political landscape, the commons blur the lines of the ‘private’ and ‘public’ sectors as we have known them in the last century.
Localism in the Age of Trump
2016 will be remembered as the year Donald Trump—a wealthy, narcissistic political novice with a strong authoritarian bent—was elected president of the United States after campaigning against economic globalization.
Meet the Guy Corralling Billionaires to Fight Inequality
In 1986, at the age of 26, Chuck Collins, the great-grandson of meatpacking giant Oscar Mayer, gave away his trust fund.
When Memes Fail Us
Yes, there has been a major electoral upheaval, and it seems there are many confused people out there working under some pretty strange assumptions. But no, this isn’t as much of a shift as it may seem.
Cooperative and Common Ownership
What changes to the cooperative form would permit a better construction of the commons?
New Zine Highlights the Solidarity Economy in St. Louis
It’s hard to convey what the sharing movement is about without describing how it looks in practice.
Patterns of Commoning: Can Commoners Become Self-Aware of Their Collective Potential?
As the idea of patterns of commoning suggests, commons are not objects, but actions.
