Considering the Fens of Cambridgeshire, their eventual reflooding, and what resistance that could provoke, from Greg Frey
Alter Natives: beset with Long Covid, Greg Frey finds healing - and lessons for radical politics - in a Lea Valley organic food coop
Alternative Editorial: Moving Into Integrity
A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, ALTER NATIVES, ALTERNATIVE MEDIA SYSTEM, BOUNCE BEYOND, CREATE THE FEEL, FUTURES, PLANET A, TELL THE STORYpat kanemedia, trauma, integrity, climate breakdown, truth, I-WE-WORLD
Alter Natives: designer John Willshire moved into a Sussex new build, then rewilded his barren patch into a full ecosystem
ALTER NATIVES, COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, INDIVIDUAL, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PRACTICE, SOCIO-POLITICSpat kanesuburbia, housing, gardening, regenerative, ecosystem, rewilding
Alternative Editorial: Our Human Revolution
A/UK EDITORIAL, ALTER NATIVES, ARTISTS, EQUIP FOR THE FUTURE, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PLANETARIANpat kaneTina Turner, addiction, transformation, human revolution, buddhism, inner direction, autonomy, parallel polis
“The way we exploit Earth’s resources is the way we exploit our own energy and creativity. We separate and displace ourselves from it”. Rūta Žemčugovaitė, AlterNative
Alternative Editorial: Future Sensibility
A/UK EDITORIAL, ALTER NATIVES, BEHAVIOUR, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PLANET A, YOUTHpat kaneRegenA, youth, emotional intelligent, social media, future, greta thunberg, fridays for future, hope
Alter Natives: on a road-trip round his New Zealand homeland, Rich Bartlett says “microsolidarities” could answer our unsettledness
“I realised: cynicism is apathy dressed up as wisdom”. An alter-native from POWU’s Book Club gets wise about how the world can be different
Alternative Editorial: We Don't Need A New Story
A/UK EDITORIAL, ACTION, ACTION FORUM, ALTER NATIVES, CREATE THE FEEL, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, LOCALISM, TELL THE STORYpat kaneCOOP26, people power, community action network, talking
Alternative Editorial: Hope is dead. Long live Hope
A/UK EDITORIAL, 4TH SECTOR, ALTER NATIVES, COMMUNITY, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, LOCALISM, YOUTHpat kanecop26, climate change, solutions, municipalism, cosmolocalism
Alter Natives: Sleepless, fretting over her son’s future, Inez Aponte sets us some crucial questions in this first week of COP26
"You have to design differently to make a difference". Nobel-prize winner Karen O'Brien praises the transformational leadership of Monica Sharma
In a tale from an AlterNative, Maria Dorthea Skov writes on Buddhist Retreat vs Lockdown
Alternative Editorial: Getting Ready For A/UK 2.0
Alter Natives: the Singing Mamas natural voice choir is an example of "social prescribing" - better health through conviviality
Alter Natives: Gripped by collective identities, maybe we should rip them up and start again, says Kev Sherry
Alternative Editorial: Back On The Streets
Alternative Editorial: Mastering Overwhelm
A/UK EDITORIAL, ACTION, ALTER NATIVES, BEHAVIOUR, POLITICAL CULTUREpat kanepolitical parties, brexit, political culture, emotional needs, action, collaboratories, Citizens Action Networks
In the weekdays, you work, socialise, relax. On the weekend, you're a disciplined protestor. Hong Kong's Alter Natives