Decoupling ‘The Good Life’ from Capitalism
I want ‘The Good Life’ to be inclusive of everyone, to be truly pluralistic in not leaving anyone behind across ideological and geographic lines.
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Subsidies
I am not sure that my employer quite understands the changes that have been set in motion. The gossip chain spread that story within days. Now, we all know that we have leverage. We can demand. Wouldn’t it be great if such a thing were to happen in your community! So what’s stopping you…
More than a century of community wealth – the history & future of Britain’s social clubs
We see the potential for a national support programme – but this will require major funders – and our own sector – to see the value in the recovery and renewal of social clubs as a unique opportunity to expand the democratic economy in our everyday lives.
The Serviceberry: this Indigenous understanding of nature can help us rethink economics
Ultimately, The Serviceberry is a hopeful book. It offers a way out of what Kimmerer calls a “cannibal economy”, where endless consumption depletes the world around us. Instead, she imagines a system where resources circulate through communities, creating webs of independence that nourish both humans and nature.
Clean energy alone can’t save us
Only by shifting decision-making power away from bureaucratic institutions (like parliaments) and mechanisms (like the profit-driven capitalist market) towards grassroots participatory organs (such as popular assemblies and councils of delegates) that a new, much more sustainable, ecological, and democratic future can emerge.
The climate blame game – part 2
I find it intriguing that there is so much discussion about emissions and climate justice from a consumption perspective and so little from a production perspective.
Zoe Gilbertson on Bioregional Fibersheds & New Fashion Commons
A brave and hardy band of creative insurgents is pioneering entirely new models of textile production, garment design, production and distribution. Their goals are to rehumanize and relocalize garment production, and to escape the hamster wheel of endless consumerism and economic growth.
After the 2024 Elections, Climate Advocates Need to Change Their Ways
Until the messaging and approach of clean energy and environmental communities change, US climate policy will remain a largely UNACTED UPON voter priority.
Cherokee Nation Citizen Works to Change the Face of Construction, Offer Affordable Housing Solution
I want to change the face of construction. A predominantly male-focused industry, there are plenty of opportunities for women.
Review: Paradigms for Adaptation by Walter Haugen
Whether you’re looking for hands-on strategies, a deeper understanding of the big-picture frameworks underpinning those strategies, or thought-provoking reflections on the current state of the world and its likely future, this book has something for you.
Scaling up democratic ownership: Adapting the employee ownership model to build truly democratic businesses
Democratic forms of ownership, such as worker-owned businesses, worker co-operatives, and stakeholder co-operatives, decommodify ownership by linking it directly to those who participate in production.
In the Business of ‘Thriving’ with a Cambridge Pracademic
Visser issues a bold call to respond to our biggest societal and biospheric challenges and convert them into opportunities to ‘thrive’.