"Is that a doughnut or a meringue?" No, you were right the first time... Doughnut Economics makes its arrival in Glasgow
Scottish land policy gets the Dark Matter Labs treatment: Crofting 2.0, Layered Commoning and the Land Relationships Register
"Hunger doesn't wear club colours." These food pantries organised by football supporters are a lifeline - and a rising political front
Can you see like a superorganism? In polarised, antagonistic times, Richard Bartlett shows us how to perceive our “macro-beings”
Barking and Dagenham Giving are putting the decisions for social enterprise investment into the hands of residents
After 160 years, the vibrant arcades and markets of Brixton Village are a testament to the Windrush generation, and space-making methods
Cosmolocalism and CANs - with locals and refugees - at Manchester Urban Diggers (MUD) and their market garden
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
Alter Natives: beset with Long Covid, Greg Frey finds healing - and lessons for radical politics - in a Lea Valley organic food coop
If you believe it takes systemic thinking to ensure lasting change happens, you should visit the House of Annetta
Intensifying the everyday—by making a scent garden for migrants in Gateshead, and by weirding a toy shop in Ayr High Street
We need a “People’s Pub Partnership”—new cooperative business models for pubs, so they can serve community and planet
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
“Uncertainty can be scary, but can it also be a source of hope or opportunity?” The pastoralists of the world may have much to teach us
If you really want a climate-friendly garden, then lower your shovel, and become a eco-slacker
Do we produce enough to live dignified, meaningful and creative lives? Yes. And “public-commons partnerships” can get us there, says Abundance
The UK-based Neighbourhood Democracy Movement is building a media system, creating an inspiring world of can-do stories
So much being "made in Plymouth"... Even their vending machines contain art, poetry, plays and pin badges
Asserting community power, and rejecting polarisation, is how we can react to a worsening climate—without waiting for politicians to change their ways
Cities that use tech to measure their performance, but make that data serve an "emergent civic economy", from Dark Matter Labs
COMMUNITY, TECHNOLOGY, YES WE CAN, SOCIO-POLITICS, REGEN ECONOMIES, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, NEW ECONOMICS, LOCALISM, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, 4TH SECTORpat kaneurban studies, urban development, dark matter labs, cities, citizens, smart cities, sustainability