It's a beautiful game. But even more beautiful when it provides a path towards self-mastery for homeless people, as a new movie shows
Alternative Editorial: Resist The Devil We Know
4TH SECTOR, A/UK EDITORIAL, BEHAVIOUR, CREATE THE FEEL, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, NEW ECONOMICS, PARTY POLITICS, SOCIO-POLITICSpat kanesocio-politics, new paradigm, new politics, cosmolocal, social capital, the craic, personal political
The public needs input, and consensus, on how they should shape AI in their lives. Belgium’s Citizen Panel on AI promises much
The "15 minute city" is toxic here - but in 50 other cities, they're removing "masculine desires" from urban planning
From Here To Ecocivilisation: a Connectathon conversation with Violeta Bulc, Uffe Elbæk, Indra Adnan & Pat Kane, and Jeremy Lent
"If you want Gen Z [or ReGen A] to stop being such 'doomers', start offering them solutions", suggests Alice Garnett
The powerful municipalism operating in Naples and Barcelona has concrete lessons for community power in the UK
“Housing that is dignified, durable, beautiful and adaptable, and made available for all.” Dan Hill and Mariana Mazzucato dream big
Digitally mapping fertile spaces, teaching deep permaculture, all becoming co-stewards: Plymouth’s special social power at work
The Climate Majority Project keeps on building - a new book, new mission and vision statements, and help for teachers
ENVIRONMENTALISTS, POLITICAL CULTURE, SOCIO-POLITICS, REGEN ECONOMIES, LEARNING, GLOBALISTS, FUTURES, ACTIONpat kaneclimate crisis, climate emergency, climate breakdown, Rupert read
Alternative Editorial: Springing Into Action
4TH SECTOR, A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, ALTERNATIVE MEDIA SYSTEM, BIG PICTURE, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, PLANET A, SOCIO-POLITICS, WE CANpat kaneSpring, CAN, new political system, emotions, natality
Another Q for Spring: how can we get beyond "talking shops", and head for deliberative democracy?
More questions for Spring: How would the project work in relation to The Scottish Parliament?
Alternative Editorial: launch of a new political project from the Alternative Global— SPRING
4TH SECTOR, A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, A/UK PODCAST, ALTERNATIVE MEDIA SYSTEM, ARTISTS, BIG PICTURE, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, PLANET A, POLITICAL CULTURE, REGEN ECONOMIES, SOCIO-POLITICS, SPRINGpat kanenew political system, parallel pois, partner state, praxis, agency, new economy, 4th sector, new media, parallel polis
What's an "interspecies council"? A way of bringing more-than-human voices into a deliberation over the environment. And UKGov hosted it
Alternative Editorial: A Socio-Politics For Our Times
4TH SECTOR, A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, BEHAVIOUR, COMMUNITY, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, INDIVIDUAL, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIO-POLITICS, YES WE CANpat kaneI-WE-WORLD, socio-politics, individuals, community action network, narrative, hope
How do you make a global citizens movement? Like bees to flowers, connect across profoundly different realities, says Jose Ramos
"Tech for Today - and for Tomorrow" makes a resounding case that community tech can drive change in Britain
"Don't Fight", "Don't Win", "Don't Surrender". The mottos of the independent Republic of Užupis, made by artists in Lithuania's capital Vilnius
The Humanity Project has 70+ popular assemblies set up in the UK—communities acting in the face of our climate extremes
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