Another Spring theme - how strong, cosmolocal communities can build a parallel polis - echoed by Adam Greenfield's concept of "lifehouses"
Cosmolocalism and CANs - with locals and refugees - at Manchester Urban Diggers (MUD) and their market garden
Northern Heartlands are a CAN that helps communities story their past, present and future, so they can act with confidence and power
Alter Natives: Deana Wildgoose from the Coalville CAN, on the creativity and joy released when communities take over buildings
"Stability, knowledge rooted firmly in the real world, and a fierce drive to make things better." Community power celebrated
Project Mushroom is a new social media platform that accepts it has values and an agenda - but on the “awakened” side
"What if the only important work left is to care for each other and care for the planet?" asks Greenwich's Care + Planet
Alternative Editorial: The Ilusion Of Scale
A/UK EDITORIAL, BEHAVIOUR, COMMUNITY, PLANET A, YES WE CANpat kaneScale, fractal, global, structure, three horizons, butterfly, CANs
We need "do-ists" as much as "activists", in these extreme times - and Climate Emergency Centres are a great example
Alternative Editorial: The Roots of Our Powerlessness
Alternative Editorial: Radical Acts Of Futuring
Alternative Editorial: Settling on Planet A
PLANET A, A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, ALTERNATIVE MEDIA SYSTEM, CREATE THE FEEL, NEW ECONOMICS, PLANETARIAN, REGEN ECONOMIES, YES WE CANpat kanePlanet A, socio-politics, ReGen A, Next economies, I-WE-WORLD, alternative media, CANs, metaverse
Alternative Editorial: A Valentine To Democracy
A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, BEHAVIOUR, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, LOCALISM, POLITICAL CULTUREpat kaneLove, democracy, I-WE-WORLD, social justice, CANs, media, political culture
Alternative Editorial: What Could Possibly Be New About 2022?
A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, ALTERNATIVE UK, BIG PICTURE, TELL THE STORYpat kaneNew Year, time, perspective, future, CANs, new media, convening
Alternative Editorial: The Ongoing Reveal
A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, ALTERNATIVE UK, BOUNCE BEYOND, POLITICAL CULTURE, TELL THE STORYpat kaneAUK, editorial, system thinking, ada, new system, buckminster fuller, alternative media, fractal, CANs
The inside story of Cape Town Together's CANs (community action network) movement, told by Erica Inches
ALTERNATIVE UK, BIG PICTURE, COMMUNITY, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, GLOBALISTS, LOCALISM, PRACTICE, POLITICAL CULTUREpat kaneCANs, Citizens Action Networks, community, community action network, south africa, cape town
Alternative Editorial: We Are FOUR
A/UK EDITORIAL, A BETTER MEDIA, BOUNCE BEYOND, POWU-BOOK, THE ELEPHANT, ALTERNATIVE UKpat kanebirthday, anniversary, CANs, system, future, CAN of CANS, I-WE-WORLD
We’re delighted to discover Cape Town’s CANs movement - “community action networks” that have been keeping a city together, under Covid
ALTERNATIVE UK, BIG PICTURE, COMMUNITY, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, GLOBALISTS, LOCALISM, PRACTICE, POLITICAL CULTUREpat kaneCANs, Citizens Action Networks, community, community action network, south africa, cape town
Alternative Editorial: Speed Matters
A/UK EDITORIAL, ACTION, ARTISTS, LEARNING, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, POLITICAL CULTUREpat kanetime, CANs, acitvism, division, change, Power of the Arts
