Alternative Editorial: We've All Got To Upgrade
From Pop-up Prayer, to smart cars for anti-narcissists: designing new rituals for secular people
The Alternative UK is partnering sessions at this year's FutureFest event - tickets available now
“It’s no ordinary shopping centre. It’s a laboratory." The Guardian reports on CounterCoin
Algorithms at your service, not you at theirs: Francois Chollet says exercise your agency over AI
How Costa Rica gets it right on sustainability and wellbeing, says Nobel-prize-winner Joseph Stiglitz
"Barcelona isn’t just a wave...it's a tide, which goes up & up & up and is unstoppable"
What does it mean to be a river-hunter in suburbia? Trailing the Loughton Brook
Alternative Editorial: This is what an Alternative Party looks like
Commonspoly: unlike "Monopoly", a game which rewards cooperation, not competition
‘We have brought swallows into Milan’, says the inventor of the vertical forest (inspired by Calvino)
Mathew Lawrence on reaping the benefits of mega-tech - with communities + big policies having equal status
The Art of Now: R4’s series on culture at the heart of current change
To celebrate May Day, here's some quotes on work, both deep and delightful
"We're not a Smart City, we're a Transition City": Rob Hopkins' amazing tale of Liege
"European Spring": the name (& first meeting) of DIEM25's transnational list for Euro '19 elections
Alternative Editorial: What kind of space can welcome a diverse community?
A handbook for those seeking to work with others to change the world - from Crisis Action
"Bury me, my love": computer games that put you in the shoes of a refugee/migrant
More reflections on CtrlShift at Wigan - & a conference video with quiet confidence