What climate “injustice” means for poorer communities
While the ecological and infrastructure impacts of climate change are becoming ever more self-evident, what about the social impacts?
building resilient communities
The Benefits of Deploying Investment Capital Locally Vs Wall Street
How do we find hope and meaning in a world where the powerful look out for themselves first, second, and always?
Seeing our Communities as Thriving Ecosystems: A Permaculture Approach to Community Planning
Our communities are dynamic ecosystems composed of natural resources, brick and mortar infrastructure, and complex social systems that we constantly alter through human actions.
George Marshall on communicating climate change following extreme weather events
How should Transition initiatives in communities hit by extreme weather talk about climate change with their neighbours?
Living with Climate Change: Joanne Poyourow in Los Angeles
No water. That pretty much sums up living with climate change around here, in Los Angeles.
Medieval Spanish ghost town now self-sufficient ecovillage
“It’s a utopian fantasy- discover a ghost town and rebuild it in line with your ideals-, but in Spain where there are nearly 3000 abandoned villages (most dating back to the Middle Ages), some big dreamers have spent the past 3 decades doing just that.
Building Thriving, Resilient Communities Guide
More than just inspiring stories, this collection contains tools—practical, tested, hands-on ways you can begin making your community more resilient.
The real social network
The other night I saw the end of a life well-lived. I didn’t know him; I just saw his funeral.
Fukushima’s Future
Today, communities in the region are struggling to reinvent their lives, but what will their future look like in a context that is permanently changed?
Take a street and build a community
How well do you know your neighbours?
“We Must Care About our Public Spaces”
(We) must care about our public spaces to help encourage others to care about them too.
Public art unites the community
Public art is one of those things that’s more than the sum of its parts. Here in my neighborhood, the humble traffic signal box—a four-foot-tall aluminum cabinet that had never before registered on my radar—seems to be the start of something big.