The "Lebensmittepunkte" - or Berlin's Food Hubs - are a perfect and sustainable fit for the idea of the fifteen-minute city
We know what "corporate veganism" is - greenwash for the same old brutal food giants. But what if they faced a socialist veganism?
Generation Z is veering away from alcohol and drunkenness. Cost, precarity and an acute sense of the demands of the future seem key
ACTION, YOUTH, PRACTICE, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, INDIVIDUAL, FUTURES, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTpat kanealcohol, alcoholism, drinking, food, gen z
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
Chris Smaje thinks local food production will save us: George Monbiot responds that too much risks global starvation. An advanced localism is at stake
COMMUNITY, LOCALISM, NEW ECONOMICS, 4TH SECTOR, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PLANETARIAN, REGEN ECONOMIES, YES WE CANpat kanefood politics, food, george monbiot
The British Chinese takeaway needs defending - a product of the movements of people, foodstuffs and ideas across borders
Innocent build an all-electric drinks factory called The Blender. It smells of strawberries (but still makes millions of plastic bottles)
Welcome to the Agrihood! Detroit's urban gardens are becoming a whole system of housing, employment and good health
Three forms of protein that might save our planet - no-kill chicken, insect farms in the sky, and food pulled from the air
What do we think of when we think of luxury? A Walthamstow cafe that does magic with salvaged surplus food profoundly answers the question
Why we should see veganism as a political movement rather than a dietary choice
To “Reboot Food”—meaning protein made without animals—sounds exciting. But will the same old corporate interests be in charge of it?
Our food chains are unravelling. But food waste costs the earth as much as - sometimes more than - food packaging. We need to look at the whole picture
9 vegetables healthier for you when cooked - asparagus, mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, carrots, bell peppers, brassica, green beans, kale
How do we feed the world without devouring the planet? Read George Monbiot interviewed on his new book, Regenesis
In a hardscrabble Liverpool location, a community "pantry" (not a food bank) feeds both bodies and souls
A startling UK map showing how much we use land for animal agriculture - and how much solar is crowded out
Locavore, and Glasgow Community Energy, show off the city’s appetite for green businesses, under a global spotlight
Throw a local food feast (along with Russell Brand and Naomi Klein) to celebrate Local Futures' "World Localization Day", June 20th
Common Knowledge crafts digital tools that enable communities and causes to make radical changes