For those who are overly tough on themselves.. try 40 “strengths-based questions”, to uncover assets and powers (instead of cracks and flaws)
Alternative Editorial: State Of Play
A/UK EDITORIAL, FEMININE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, SHAPE THE SYSTEM, TELL THE STORYpat kaneBarbie, Hollywood, soft power, gender, male, patriarchy, feminism, bildung
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
Alternative Editorial: Time For Realisation
A/UK EDITORIAL, ARTISTS, COMMUNITY, FUTURES, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIO-POLITICS, TELL THE STORYpat kanebildung, Realisation, social justice, festival, privilege
Alternative Editorial: AI Is Not The Only New Form Of Intelligence
Alternative Editorial: Who Speaks For The People?
A/UK EDITORIAL, A BETTER MEDIA, ANTI-RACISM, BEHAVIOUR, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, LOCALISM, PARTY POLITICS, TELL THE STORYpat kanesoft power, football, immigration, politics, language, power of the arts, media, propaganda
Alternative Editorial: Not Knowing
A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, ACTION, ALTERNATIVE MEDIA SYSTEM, BEHAVIOUR, FUTURES, SHAPE THE SYSTEM, TECHNOLOGY, TELL THE STORYpat kaneconfidence, regeneration, courage, psychology, multiple crises, role of media, power of story, technology, artificial intelligence
A beguiling short cartoon about a solar-punk, eco-techno paradise. Should it matter it comes from a commercial yoghurt company?
When information war shuts down our digital communication networks, the ingenious response... is short-wave radio
The Unboxed festival was triggered by Brexit, says its consultant Pat Kane—but it’s become a wild and diverse celebration of human creativity
Alternative Editorial: Where is truth?
Thrutopia.life is both "a writing masterclass and a regenerative-future think tank", making route-maps to a plausible future
If we want the middle and north of England to authentically "regenerate", culture must be at the heart of it
Good advice on how empowered communities can get their story over. But also a vision for a different, CAN-based media system entirely
Alternative Editorial: What Could Possibly Be New About 2022?
A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, ALTERNATIVE UK, BIG PICTURE, TELL THE STORYpat kaneNew Year, time, perspective, future, CANs, new media, convening
Forecasting peers into the future - backcasting builds backwards from an imagined future. Regen·era is a great example of the latter.
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Alternative Editorial: Choices We Don't Have To Make
A/UK EDITORIAL, ACTION, EQUIP FOR THE FUTURE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, SHAPE THE SYSTEM, TELL THE STORY, THE ELEPHANTpat kanechoice, autonomy, system, conflict transformation, social work
How the COVID pandemic changed digital journalism, bringing in new voices and techniques
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
