Want to be a “paradigm-shifting cultural explorer, peacekeeper, and mental health champion”? Then try some “listening as rebellion”
Thermal imagining technology is at the heart of warfare. Here, it's a medium for filming glorious, sensuous dance
Our societies are tilting against being choked with plastics. So how does Lego get on the right side of history?
Prominent Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi has won the 2023 Nobel peace prize
“In any given situation, how might you increase the amount of freedom that’s available to you?” Sophie Scott-Brown’s version of anarchism
Redonda reborn: the transformed and revived Caribbean island that's exciting environmentalists everywhere
Hannah Ritchie asks: how do we become the First Generation to be truly sustainable - rather than worry about being the last?
ACTION, YOUTH, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, FEATURED, FUTURES, LEARNING, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PLANETARIANpat kaneTED, big data, data, climate crisis, progress
We need a “sensuous knowledge”, in Minna Salami’s words, to save the planet. And there are many seeking to characterise it
On play, creativity and the new politics of imagination for Gen Z/Alpha. Pat Kane talks with Planet: Critical's Rachel Donald
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, INGENUITY, FUTURES, ALTERNATIVE UK, PLANETARIAN, POLITICAL CULTURE, ACTION, ARTISTSpat kaneplay, superplay, the play ethic, pat kane
Alternative Editorial: From Activism To Activation
In 2017, some women declared "Lass War" against a sexist "Northern Powerhouse". In 2023, the People's Powerhouse charts a diverse path for the North
If you really want a climate-friendly garden, then lower your shovel, and become a eco-slacker
Whether it's large cash payments to the homeless, or a 4-day week, we're turning upside down our traditional attitudes to work
For those who are overly tough on themselves.. try 40 “strengths-based questions”, to uncover assets and powers (instead of cracks and flaws)
"It is only in leisure that we are free enough to decide what it is we stand for". An argument against productivity, all the time, digitally or not
There are new train experiences like European Sleeper opening up all over the continent, in the post airline-era
A BETTER MEDIA, ACTION, BEHAVIOUR, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PLANETARIAN, TECHNOLOGYpat kaneEurope, transport, public transport, trains, leisure
Apolitical's 100 Climate Breakthroughs of 2023 show that the planetary solutions are here - we just have to organise better to implement them
"The next big thing in climate action will be many smaller things". The Climate Majority Project brings Lords and Swampies together
COMMUNITY, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, POLITICAL CULTURE, PRACTICE, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, LEARNING, FUTURES, ACTIONpat kaneclimate crisis, activism, creative activism, Extinction Rebellion, Rupert read
Alter Natives: We're looking for expressions of hope in these demanding times. Might hitchhiking in South-East Asia be one of them?
From 'The Girl In The Blue Bra' to 'My Stealthy Freedom', women are using symbols on social media to defy the sexism of authoritarian regimes
ACTION, WAR/PEACE, SOCIO-POLITICS, INGENUITY, INDIVIDUAL, FEMININE, GLOBALISTS, PLANETARIAN, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, MASCULINEpat kaneauthoritarian, sexism, regime