Trebek and Williams ask: What if we ran our economies and societies as if we had “arrived” - instead of obsessing about progress? 4TH SECTOR, GLOBALISTS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, NEW ECONOMICS, FUTURESpat kane29 January 2019Katherine Trebeck, wellbeingComment
Imagine you went to a festival, and it restored the land, rather than trashing it? Here's Ecosystem Restoration Camps ENVIRONMENTALISTS, PRACTICE, ARTISTS, COMMUNITYpat kane28 January 2019regeneration, festivals, Restoration, place
Alternative Editorial: Step Up Regeneration A A/UK EDITORIAL, BIG PICTURE, COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTALISTSpat kane27 January 2019systems thinking, regeneration, extinction rebellion, youth, greta thunberg Comments
Here's Participedia. That's right: an encyclopedia of participatory and deliberative practice DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, A BETTER MEDIApat kane27 January 2019participation, deliberationComment
The UN agreed a Declaration on the Rights of Peasants/Workers in Rural Areas to have "seed sovereignty" GLOBALISTS, ENVIRONMENTALISTSpat kane26 January 2019permaculture, peasantryComment
Citizens Assemblies are the idea of the moment. But will they actually help the current UK political crisis? DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, BREXITpat kane25 January 2019citizenship Comments
"Stop shouting 'future' - start doing it". Anab Jain of Superflux in praise of "alternative trajectories" FUTURES, TECHNOLOGYpat kane24 January 2019SuperfluxComment
How to do commentary as poetry: Brexit - A Cry From The Border, with Stephen Rea and Clare Dwyer Hogg ARTISTS, BREXITpat kane23 January 2019ireland, northern irelandComment
What is "soft infrastructure"? Maybe it's using the batteries of parked electric cars as stores for renewable energy ENVIRONMENTALISTS, INGENUITY, NEW ECONOMICSpat kane22 January 2019sustainability, clean energy, green energy, greentechComment
Now free to watch: The People's Spring -how civic tech movements affect modern politics DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, A BETTER MEDIA, GLOBALISTS, TECHNOLOGYpat kane21 January 2019social tech, civic tech, civil societyComment
Alternative Editorial: The Revolution Now Possible A/UK EDITORIAL, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, LOCALISM, PARTY POLITICSpat kane20 January 2019electoral reform, proportional representation, new partiesComment
"Beyond the fear & chaos of contemporary life, there is good news to share": David Wood's Sustainable Superabundance FUTURES, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, 4TH SECTOR, MANIFESTOSpat kane20 January 2019david wood, london futures, sustainabilityComment
"Spending a day in a room getting food cooked for you": Extinction Rebellion's way of looking at reality (and arrest) DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, GLOBALISTS, PRACTICE, POLITICAL CULTUREpat kane19 January 2019extinction rebellionComment
The bus is leaving for politics as usual... Over 60% want it radically reformed and want it local DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONpat kane18 January 2019make votes matter, proportional representation, constitutionalismComment
"Whatever you do, don't call what we do 'empowering'. The power is already there." Stella Duffy on losing control DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, LOCALISM, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PRACTICEpat kane17 January 2019fun palaceComment
The Social Learning Club - a model for a radical, grass-roots education in handling the future ARTISTS, LEARNINGpat kane16 January 2019education, social learning Comments
Top ten regrets in life by those about to die. (Is this about new politics? You betcha.) PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, INDIVIDUAL, BEHAVIOURpat kane15 January 2019death, philosophy, ungerComment
New narratives from Africa - shaped by news and investigative reporting, and contemporary art-film A BETTER MEDIA, ARTISTS, GLOBALISTSpat kane14 January 2019afrofuturism, africaComment
Alternative Editorial: Three Steps Back BREXIT, A/UK EDITORIAL, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, BEHAVIOURpat kane13 January 2019collaboratories, brexit, political culture, imagination, westminsterComment
A documentary that "sums up the hope of Yorkshire, and the linked sense of belonging as unquestionably diverse" LOCALISMpat kane13 January 2019yorkshire party, yorkshire, regionalism, constitutionalism, devolutionComment