Society
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Not Socialism, Not Capitalism… Distributism Seeks Community Power
Not socialism, not capitalism… distributism seeks community power. by Jay Walljasper, On the Commons Conservatives, progressives and everyone else likes…
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Rashtriya Guni Mission – Promoting Traditional Medicinal Systems (India)
A mission to revive and promote traditional health care systems — Guni traditions — in India. Abstract Herbal medicine is…
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Sir Ken Robinson: Do Schools Kill Creativity? (TED video)
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines)…
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Our Need For A Sense Of Unity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJAGrnJ19EQ Alan Watts and Terence McKenna talk about our need for a sense of unity as our global problems are…
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The Pricing of Everything
The Natural Capital Agenda looks like an answer to the environmental crisis. But it’s a delusion. Below is the transcript…
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“We’re running out of oil!” – Formidable Vegetable Sound System Live on BBC London
A couple of days ago after breakfast we had the great pleasure of going on prime-time London radio to announce…
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The Next Economy (video)
An excellent little video on transitioning from Globalization to Eco-Localism. Lots of food for thought.
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Land and Freedom – Low-Impact Building in the “Other” Spain
The tsunami of construction that washed over Spain in the decade of the 2000s has drawn back, leaving behind some…
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Simon Anholt: Which Country Does the Most Good for the World? (TED video)
It’s an unexpected side effect of globalization: problems that once would have stayed local—say, a bank lending out too much…
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Commons Way of Life vs. Market Way of Life
by Silke Helfrich The market has always been with us. What’s new about life in the last three hundred years…
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Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables
When you grow your own food, you know for a fact that every piece does not look as ‘perfect’ as…
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Ecuador Takes First Step Toward a Commons Economy
Government sponsors research on how to transition to commoning and open networks. by David Bollier A child during a parade…
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