“Cook, eat, read stories to our kids, grow food, repair and share things, learn, play”. What they do in the “Participatory City” of Dagenham and Barking
In an incessant info-environment, find your space and excuse to do absolutely nothing, for a while
The knock-down case against nuclear power: it'll be too slow, and too expensive, to help us deal with our IPCC targets
Can creative, originality-generating AIs be our partners in saving the world?
Alternative Editorial: The Only Chance We Have
In 50 cities across the world 'sidewalk talks' aim to counter loneliness and disconnection. Meet a San Francisco volunteer
A new series on A/UK - “The Politics of Waking Up”, Part 1: Power and Possibility in the Fractal Age
Two powerful new arguments for the making of a "commons" as the self-empowerment we need
“There are deep traditions, east and west, of frugality, living within your means and a contemplative life”. Vaclav Smil on growth
Feeling upset, even traumatised, by our eco-crisis (and your role in it)? You should talk to the Climate Shrink
The Youth Climate Strikers aren't just taking to the streets - they're also taking governments to court
Polarisation crudifies our democratic instincts. Citizens assemblies remind us what it feels like to be a "good citizen"
Alternative Editorial: This Really Is From The Grassroots Up
We helped develop XR's Future Democracy Hub - see the finished pages and the launch video
A Macedonian bee-farmer - “half the honey for them, half for us” - shows us what “de-growth” might feel like
Jeremy Lent: The #YouthClimateStrike will begin to replace the broken politics that destroys our earth
In gleaming shopping malls and rowdy football matches, the Hong Kong protestors sing their new crowd-sourced anthem
Are you a digital citizen, looking to intervene in the next UK General Election? Here's your toolbox
If a corporation can have "legal personhood", so can a river. And not just the River Ganges... but the River Frome too
Social ecology, horizontalism, bioregionalism - a brief tour around the theories that back up a return to the local