A Man, a Plan, a Market: The Lighter Quicker Cheaper Transformation of a Rural Kentucky Main Street
How did the small Appalachian city of Corbin, Kentucky reduce its downtown vacancy rate from 40% to nearly 0% in only three years?
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Mary Mellor’s “Debt or Democracy”: Why Not Quantitative Easing for People?
Although it is widely assumed that governments are the source of all new money – through “printing it” – the so-called private sector is the source of most new money put into circulation.
Why Messy Cities are More Modern
Cities are often conceived in a rational way but usually take on a non-rational life of their own – and thank goodness for that.
Working Alone Together
For many, a permanent state of social economic uncertainty is the new normal.
No Organism is Truly Autonomous – Including Us
Many people say we need to focus on solutions that scale, but to me that’s globalisation-thinking wearing a green coat.
Recoded City
Recoded City is filled with inspiring confirmation that, when it comes to shelter and placemaking in an age of limits, a city’s primary resource is the energy and motivation of its inhabitants.
The Art of Working Together
You must have a clear vision, you must know where you are going.
Building Alternative Institutions in Greece
A key organization within the solidarity economy movement is Solidarity for All. Solidarity for All is an organization that offers technical support, capacity building, and network-scaling for the various grassroots initiatives around Greece.
Building Walls Cannot be the Answer
As much as building walls cannot be the answer to the horrible situation of refugees seeking asylum in Europe, it cannot be the means of choice for protecting national economies either.
An Alliance in the Spirit of Egalitarian Practice
The alliance of the Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub (MATH) and the cooperatives movement through the Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO) Collective offers tremendous possibility for cross-pollination and mutually beneficial movement-building.
Giving Fellow Citizens a Stake
Stephane Vlaminck is not out to conquer the world market. He supplies his microbrewery’s products locally – with a little help from an association to promote the solidarity economy.
Craft Beer vs. Budweiser: How Small-Brewers Are Winning Back the Neighborhood
Since the beginning, craft beer has been about community.
