Energising the future: wind and solar the EU’s top power source in 2022
What if AI was just as strange an intelligence to us humans, as that of deer, bees or mycelium? James Bridle on an "ecological technology"
Alternative Editorial: Burn Out Is A Function Of The System We Are In
Other than removing Musk, what's the best way to salvage Twitter? Turn it into a mix between a B-Corp and a Co-op
From a French citizens' assembly, an eyewitness report on how non-experts are their real strength
Al Gore gets furious with his elite peers, on behalf of youth climate activists around the world, at Davos
“The main goal of the Museum of Care is to produce and maintain social relationships…There are no guards.” The late David Graeber’s legacy continues
"When we hear 'the singularity is near', let us remember: the Plurality is here." Audrey Tang on democracy and VR
"The greatest thing I know is that I know nothing". A beautiful doc on how teaching philosophy calms the angry kids of Belfast
The Futures Bazaar Toolkit is a way for communities to turn household junk into "artefacts from the future"
Alternative Editorial: On Another Planet
A/UK EDITORIAL, BEHAVIOUR, EQUIP FOR THE FUTURE, FEMININE, PLANET A, PLANETARIAN, REGEN ECONOMIES, SHAPE THE SYSTEMpat kanePlanet A, perspective, parallel polis, system thinking, NHS
The podcast Adventures In Nutopia covers movements, systems, myths and ideas aimed at “a more inclusive, networked and ecological future”
Blue Monday may be lurking. But a wintry walk on the beach at a seaside resort dispels much seasonal gloom
Post to Greenpeace’s giant digital mosaic, and play the FT’s 2050 zero-carbon game. Social media raising environmental consciousness
"She's a nice bunch of people": how the possibility of creating digital avatars for ourselves can be both authentic, and world-improving
PLANETARIAN, PLANET A, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, INGENUITY, INDIVIDUAL, FUTURES, TECHNOLOGYpat kanemetaverse, web3, blockchain, virtual reality
Alter Natives: Deana Wildgoose from the Coalville CAN, on the creativity and joy released when communities take over buildings
The investigative climate magazine DeSmog provides a useful list of the stories they'll be pursuing in 2023
The film-essay is an important way to become aware of the power of images in our lives. Here’s a list of the best recent examples
Alternative Editorial: Breaking Free
4TH SECTOR, A/UK EDITORIAL, BEHAVIOUR, BUILD THE ECONOMY, EQUIP FOR THE FUTURE, INDIVIDUAL, PLANET Apat kanePlanet A, social imaginary, tribes, usual suspect, community, cosmolocalism
XR said recently "We Quit". They’re still activists. But they are trying to get out of the "emotacycle"—peak activity, then burnout