Are you/we on this map? Here's an attempt to picture what civil society in the UK looks like
Create Streets say: We don't want NIMBYs, but YIMBYs and BIMBYs (Y for "Yes", B for "Beautiful")
When you ban cars from your city centre, you can hear birds sing, coffee spoons tinkle, see children wander...
Alternative Editorial: Evolving Anarchy
Ghent is an "alt-city" - opening its planning and resources to the decision-making of citizens
Alternative Editorial: Let's Be Scared
4TH SECTOR, A/UK EDITORIAL, BREXIT, COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, LOCALISM, PARTY POLITICSpat kaneclimate change, localism, grassroots, environment, organisation, municipalism
“Don’t scale UP, scale OUT". Municipalism isn't just about a smaller version of the old state - but a new kind of politics
Alternatives are flourishing because noisy, energetic participation chimes with so many people.
Another road to the local: a think-tank and a mega-bank collaborate to serve Bury
Plymouth's Nudge Community and Birmingham's Impact Hub both feature on Nesta/Observer's 50 "New Radicals"
Mayors are doing it for themselves - divesting their cities of fossil fuels, and globally convening in Bristol
The Belfast Friendship Club: an open space that strikes conversations between migrants and locals
Parkrun - bigger than the yearly London Marathon, every week - is an example of people's innovation
Seaside, University, Ex-Industrial, Commuter, Market, and New Towns. The Centre for Towns studies them all.
Alternative Editorial: Phase 2 Movements
"In Our Own Hands": documentary on 25 years of community land ownership in Scotland
The Joyful Economy: What happens when "the Next System" is based on localism & positive psychology
Alternative Editorial: Who and What Are We?
BIG PICTURE, COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, GLOBALISTS, LOCALISM, NEW ECONOMICS, A/UK EDITORIALpat kanesolidarity, ancient wisdom, back to nature, festivals, individualism, collective
The UK Government's new Civil Society Strategy. Big Society updated? Communities genuinely empowered? Let's see
Alternative Editorial: We're Looking In The Wrong Place
A/UK EDITORIAL, BIG PICTURE, COMMUNITY, INGENUITY, LAB FOCUS, LOCALISM, NEW ECONOMICSpat kanesymptoms, causes, top down, bottom up, localism, transition network, doughnut economics, spirit level, futurism, collaboration, laboratories, municipalism