Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
I spent Saturday night under a 100 year old pear tree with David Holmgren, Su Dennett, and a spirited gathering of Victorian permaculturalists, for their annual summer solstice party. My household’s urban homestead doesn’t compare…
If you’re a previous visitor of resilience.org you’ll notice that things look… well, a little different. Longtime visitors will remember that the site was re-branded and re-launched back in 2011 (from EnergyBulletin.net) to more accurately reflect the breadth and depth of the site, which had evolved from its first days as clearinghouse of news and information … Read more
If we want to save the world, we don’t need gadgetry, we need to be what we are: human beings.
Hundreds of water protectors gathered in a solar-powered 200-foot geodesic dome nestled on the plains amid tipis and waited three hours to join a traditional Lakota dinner on Thanksgiving.
To put it another way: modern citizens today use more energy and physical resources in a month than our great-grandparents used during their whole lifetime.
Food sovereignty and not merely security, land ownership not tenancy, and thriving not just surviving are the goals of an Earthcare Coalition mobilizing around the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent.
How different would the world be if the grace and poise shown at Standing Rock were to influence our wider political culture? Very different.
