The college, the workshop, the lending circle, the artists' guild... from Rome to Siberia and beyond, a short history of cooperation and mutuality
Alternative Editorial: Becoming Independent
A/UK EDITORIAL, ACTION, BIG PICTURE, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, EQUIP FOR THE FUTURE, OLDER GENS, PLANET A, SHAPE THE SYSTEM, YES WE CANpat kanemetamorphosis, X, GEN X Y Z, RegenA, Democracy
There is a growing “University of Movements”—where what is learned comes from activism and the construction of alternatives
The "Lebensmittepunkte" - or Berlin's Food Hubs - are a perfect and sustainable fit for the idea of the fifteen-minute city
The “Earthrise” picture from the Apollo missions, and the Church Forests of Ethiopia, both “extend the circle of ourselves to nature”
YES WE CAN, SPRING, PRACTICE, PLANETARIAN, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, COMMUNITYpat kaneethiopia, church, eden, space flight, earth
Rob Hopkins’ Ministry of Imagination has produced a manifesto of what-if policies - from the most starry-eyed to the costed and practical
BIG PICTURE, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, NEW ECONOMICS, INGENUITY, MANIFESTOS, POLITICAL CULTURE, PRACTICE, REGEN ECONOMIES, TECHNOLOGY, YES WE CANpat kaneimagination, rob hopkins, transition network
The public needs input, and consensus, on how they should shape AI in their lives. Belgium’s Citizen Panel on AI promises much
The "15 minute city" is toxic here - but in 50 other cities, they're removing "masculine desires" from urban planning
In Scotland, the circular economy is more than an occasion for eco-virtue. It’s ingenious and fun too
REGEN ECONOMIES, NEW ECONOMICS, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, LOCALISM, 4TH SECTOR, YES WE CANpat kanecircular economy, green economics, recycling, upcycling, Edinburgh, Glasgow
The powerful municipalism operating in Naples and Barcelona has concrete lessons for community power in the UK
Apples, pears, cherries, plums and apricots are all flowering earlier: how climate breakdown affects your fruit bowl
ENVIRONMENTALISTS, YES WE CAN, REGEN ECONOMIES, NEW ECONOMICS, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PRACTICE, SPRINGpat kanenature, fruit, agriculture, permaculture, food politics, food
“Housing that is dignified, durable, beautiful and adaptable, and made available for all.” Dan Hill and Mariana Mazzucato dream big
Digitally mapping fertile spaces, teaching deep permaculture, all becoming co-stewards: Plymouth’s special social power at work
Another Spring theme - how strong, cosmolocal communities can build a parallel polis - echoed by Adam Greenfield's concept of "lifehouses"
The Scottish Gaelic concept of Dúthchas urges that people and nature are deeply entangled. Let it guide the path to land reform
The modern commune brings together childcare and eldercare, women from 58 to 94, business and pleasure
What's an "interspecies council"? A way of bringing more-than-human voices into a deliberation over the environment. And UKGov hosted it
Alternative Editorial: A Socio-Politics For Our Times
4TH SECTOR, A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, BEHAVIOUR, COMMUNITY, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, INDIVIDUAL, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIO-POLITICS, YES WE CANpat kaneI-WE-WORLD, socio-politics, individuals, community action network, narrative, hope
How do you make a global citizens movement? Like bees to flowers, connect across profoundly different realities, says Jose Ramos
“I am a window of opportunity”: Plymouth’s innovative social enterprise sector comes up with Vacancy Atlas, redefining the high street
