Our Power climate gathering builds ‘roots to weather the storm’
The campaign intends to accomplish two broad goals: end the era of extreme energy and implement a just transition to local, living economies.
building resilient communities
Building with the Mudgirls
I spent part of last week at a workshop offered by the Mudgirls, a natural building collective in British Columbia.
Urgency and the long Game
One conversation, one community event, one social enterprise, one ‘aha!’ moment at a time. And hoping for the best. This is the long game.
Double Jeopardy: Thousands of fracked gas wells over an active coal mine
Greene County is the second largest coal producing county in the country and is also home to thousands of gas wells. The people are the subjects of a grand energy experiment.
Taking Resilience to the Streets
Transition Streets brings together small groups of neighbors and supports them in taking effective, practical, money-saving and carbon reduction actions.
From Occupation To Reconstruction: This Movement Is Just Beginning
Ever since I wrote a book about Occupy Wall Street, I’ve often found myself on the receiving end of people asking, “What happened to Occupy, anyway?”
Transcending Collapse
I predict the lineages of people alive 1,000 years from now will count among their ancestors people who transcended today’s collapse mythology and got to the real work of self and community development, inner work and adaptation.
Survive and Thrive with Permaculture
I was reminded of how I’ve noticed over the years that when people really get educated about this triple threat of climate chaos, energy depletion, and economic instability; and when they seriously consider the options for how to respond; that permaculture very often comes up as the number 1 recommended approach.
Transition & the New Economy: Reflections from CommonBound
At the New Economy Coalition “CommonBound” Conference in Boston earlier this month, more than 600 people came together to explore how to reform and rebuild our flawed economic system.
Our 10 Tips for Reinvigorating Local Democracy – in one place
During June, [Peter Macfadyen) shared his 10 Tips for Reinventing Local Democracy. Here they are, all gathered together in one place.
Biourbanism: Rethinking the Science of Space
Biourbanism considers the city as an organism, but in a different way, because we apply some of the latest developments in the life sciences to architecture.
Engaging Diverse Communities in Climate Action: Lessons from Chicago
What does climate change mean to people in the U.S. in the context of their daily lives? What does “climate action” look like in the context of particular places and cultures?