John Holloway: cracking capitalism vs. the state option
How should we think about rage against money? I believe this necessarily entails building non-monetized, non-commodified social relations.
building resilient communities
Climate Reckoning: My Own Private Coal Story
The takeaway: Strip-mining more than stripped the land; it stripped the traces of any human contact.
Building Different Relationships Before It’s Too Late
Journalist, author and activist Chris Hedges took time during his September 13, 2014 appearance at Fighting Bob Fest in Baraboo, Wisconsin, to talk about the human race’s sustainability or potential collapse in the age of unstoppable climate change, corporate domination, and perpetual war.
Building Community Through Permaculture
The idea that we can use design to strengthen relationships between parts of the city,,,is essential for the emergence of a sustainable society.
How Land Trusts Can Counter New Urbanism’s Gentrifying Tendencies
There are some exciting aspects to New Urbanism but there are downsides as well, including the displacement of lower-income people as new urbanism moves into an area.
Josh Fox: It’s Easy to Switch to Renewable Energy
Solutions Grassroots is a reaction to how often people asked the renewable energy question on our tour. So it was a response to our audience, a response to our fans, a response to the people who are fighting fracking.
How Residents of a Rural New Mexico County Fought the Fracking Barons and Won—For Now
“Querencia,” as it is used in the ordinance, means both a respect and love of place, and a safe haven from which one draws strength.
Block Power
Genuine communities place members in a circle of support rather than in a pyramid powered by interpersonal competition for external rewards.
Public Art Foundation Turns 1
These action-oriented folks bring “artists, funders, and dreamers” together to turn eastside Indianapolis neighborhoods (such as mine!) into public art havens.
When rebuilding is a vital option
Small communities of determined people who are committed to a way of life, can turn abandonment into vitality, ruins into homes, and inactivity in shared wealth.
Ferguson Falls Apart
What happened in Ferguson could happen where you live, for while race and poverty are important, this tragedy seems to have fed off more pervasive flaws in the culture.
Nesting Instinct
It was Elinor Ostrom who began to speak of nestedness as one of the key components of a successful co-governance of the commons.