“Village Hosts” are collaboration experts who co-create new projects in rural areas - mixing creativity and local knowledge
How to ensure that you're ethically shopping this Christmas? Here's seven indicators to look out for
A commercial bank arguing for a post-growth economy? Triodos are doing exactly that with their new report
On a conference visit to Shanghai, John Thackara brings back a rich harvest of eco-civilisational practice
Crypto types need to give up libertarian ideas of escape, and connect their code to maker communities - known as "Crypto For Real"
Rethinking Prosperity: business and welfare in a postgrowth age (with added Oatly and IKEA)
How can the productions of architects and designers help mitigate and prevent environmental disasters? “Design failure” is often a cause
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
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
Political and social movements can school business practice. But can you separate movements' methods from their moral claims?
The crown is your staff, the trunk is your structure, the roots are your culture, & the soil is your community. A “nature-connected organisation” is a grand tree
We need a “People’s Pub Partnership”—new cooperative business models for pubs, so they can serve community and planet
We'll have to reimagine our holiday season, as climate crisis compels us to change our means of travel and destinations
The UK is moving beyond putting a high value on working - millennials and Gen Z acutely so
Norway's Minus makes "carbon-negative" chairs that you "subscribe" to - ensuring they end up as bio-char
4TH SECTOR, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, INGENUITY, NEW ECONOMICS, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, ARTISTS, REGEN ECONOMIES, TECHNOLOGYpat kanedesign, design ethics, circular economy, furniture, norway
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
Offline and online, coming out of Berlin, maybe a "School of Machines, Making and Make-Believe" is exactly what you need
4TH SECTOR, ARTISTS, NEW ECONOMICS, TECHNOLOGY, REGEN ECONOMIES, LEARNING, INGENUITY, CREATIVE INDUSTRIESpat kaneschools, college, berlin, design, design thinking, ecodesign
Do we produce enough to live dignified, meaningful and creative lives? Yes. And “public-commons partnerships” can get us there, says Abundance