Economy

The 10,000-Mile Cod and Insane Global Trade (Episode 16 of Crazy Town)

By Asher Miller, Rob Dietz, Jason Bradford, originally published by Resilience.org

March 26, 2020

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Teaser photo credit: Anya Steuer

Asher Miller

Asher became the Executive Director of Post Carbon Institute in October 2008, after having served as the manager of our former Relocalization Network program. He’s worked in the nonprofit sector since 1996 in various capacities. Prior to joining Post Carbon Institute, Asher founded Climate Changers, an organization that inspires people to reduce their impact on the climate by focusing on simple and achievable actions anyone can take.

Tags: building resilient economies, Crazy Town, free trade, globalization, supply chains

community

Meeting the Moment with Community

By Shareable Staff, Shareable

Democracy is built in our homes, our schools, our workplaces, our neighborhoods. We can join with our neighbors to build communities of care that meet our direct needs and show that another world is not only possible, it is already blooming.

November 22, 2024

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Subsidies

By Eliza Daley, By my solitary hearth

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…

November 22, 2024

weaving regenerative cultures

An Emerging Third Option: Reclaiming Democracy from Dark Money & Dark Tech

By Otto Scharmer, Presencing Institute

In short — the key to the profound changes that our current polycrisis is calling for lies in the cultivation of the social soil. Every one of us can be (and is) a gardener or farmer of that soil.

November 22, 2024