Alternatives to Political Systems
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Retrofitting a Small Town
For the last four years, I have been dreaming of retrofitting a small town with a group of like-minded individuals…
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Transition Towns – Organizing For Resilience (video)
Rob Hopkins, instigator of the Transition Towns movement, is on tour in the U.S. This video is a 90 minute…
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Syria Back-Story, Part I: Internal Displacement and the Story Framework
Editor’s Note: Some time ago I asked one of my permaculture contacts in Syria if they could give us some…
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On Inequality and the Collapse of Globalization
Editor’s preamble: I want to preface the title article, The Collapse of Globalization, found further below, with the following two…
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Michael Sandel: Why We Shouldn’t Trust Markets With Our Civic Life (TED video)
In the past three decades, says Michael Sandel, the US has drifted from a market economy to a market society;…
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India’s Foundation for Ecological Security Awarded Land for Life Award
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsBBT3OAMME India’s Foundation for Ecological Security is currently in the process of restoring over half a million acres of common…
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The Chikukwa Permaculture Project (Zimbabwe) – The Full Story
So we were saying, now what are we going to do? So we worked very hard. — Jessica Chibharo Introduction…
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Endgame Strategy
Why the Revolution Must Start in America The unrest in the Middle East, the convulsions in Ivory Coast, the hunger…
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Charter of the Deep Future: Enough, For Everyone, Forever
Below is a short excerpt from Samuel Alexander’s new book, Entropia: Life Beyond Industrial Civilisation. This book is a creative…
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Thinking Out Loud: Rentier Capitalism, Natural Capitalism, and Permaculture – A Few Observations
Ecological destruction and environmental degradation are merely symptoms of a more profound structural economic problem endemic to industrialization and consumerism.…
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How on Earth? Flourishing in a Not-for-Profit Economy by 2050
by Donnie Maclurcan and Jen Hinton Imagine waking up in a world where you feel good about going to work,…
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Wealth Inequality in America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6yAIj5F6JA Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of…
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