The delicate skill of Noh maskmakers, irregular baby heartbeats as modular beats, and GrimesAI scattering her voice to the world. All cultural craft is here
Kinshasa's Fulu Act turn the rubbish from their streets into wild costumes, challenging citizens and authorities to do better
Here Comes Everyone: XR's strategy for 2023-24 aims sees strengthening communities as the path to effective climate protest
ACTION, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, MANIFESTOS, COMMUNITY, SOCIO-POLITICSpat kanexr, Extinction Rebellion, strategy, climate crisis, climate emergency, climate breakdown, activism
In Sierra Leone, post-civil war, you might live next to your amputator. Family talk (fambul tok) was a community resource for peace. It’s a lesson to our polarised societies
One-to-one conversations are the most effective converters to a cause, says research. To get to Net Zero, we need them urgently
COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PRACTICE, INDIVIDUAL, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, ACTIONpat kanepolitical technology, conversation, one-to-one, net zero
Mothers’ Rebellion takes the spirit of XR and puts it in the hands of mums, placing the fate of children front and centre
"Climate quitters" are leaving their jobs because employers are worsening the planet. But where do they go next?
Alternative Editorial: Making Peace
A/UK EDITORIAL, BIG PICTURE, ARTISTS, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PLANETARIAN, ACTION, WAR/PEACEpat kanewar, peace studies, eurovision, europe, Ukraine, Russia, conflict transformaton, conflict
The Climate Majority Project, says Rupert Read, will build citizens' confidence to act for the planet, where they are
"We are a group of people composed of who we are". A rich history of collective work - artistic, cultural, social - in Hackney
Online war games aren't yet banned in Russia. Finland's Helsingen Sanomat uses Counter-Strike to get counter-facts into the country
Douglas Rushkoff (and hard science) makes it clear how cultivating awe is the best method for engendering generosity. Which saves the world
“To reinvent the world, the journey begins on the block where you live”. California embraces the Cool Block Project
Transparent sea-walls, making a moon jar, the majesty of 12K leaves: humans crafting nature, in video
“Free time is when we have the possibility to be fully human. That’s what we’re talking about.” What French protests against pension reform really want
Alternative Editorial: First Change the Conversation
So how *do* you talk to family and friends about the bracing new IPCC climate report? Here are five tips from communication experts
Comfort > Fear > Learning > Growth: the four stages of how you fight the climate crisis
"To play is to explore possibilities, to test limits, to move beyond the functional and utilitarian and into the realm of the unexpected and inappropriate"
ACTION, ARTISTS, BEHAVIOUR, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, INGENUITY, PRACTICEpat kanegames, video games, computer games, the play ethic, play, superplay
Rob Hopkins’ top Transition slogans, and his imaginative “time-travel” journey to 2030 - where beavers command the landscape