Is it Time to Change the Story? Let’s Start Writing the Future.

By Judy Alexander, Transition US

Our stories hold energy. They can keep us focused on the content and energy of life as we know it.

Man, Conqueror of Nature, Dead at 408

By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report

Man, the conqueror of Nature, died Monday night of a petroleum overdose, the medical examiner’s office confirmed this morning. The abstract representation of the human race was 408 years old.

Decontaminating Minamisoma: A community co-cleaning itself

By Bob Stilger, Resilient Japan

Before 3.11 I rarely heard people in Japan talking about happiness. I did not hear people asking questions about what is good society. But that is what is in the air now.

Sometimes The Onion isn’t all that funny

By Sharon Astyk, Casaubon's Book

This essay hits the nail on the head, and could pretty much have appeared in the New York Times, minus some vocabulary...