Posts in SHAPE THE SYSTEM
The Levelling Up White Paper is ambivalent for those who believe in community power. Some warm words for localism - but still too much centralism and top-down
A startling UK map showing how much we use land for animal agriculture - and how much solar is crowded out
Alternative Editorial: Move Over
Alternative Editorial: How Deep Can You Go?
Alternative Editorial: Can Anarchy Be A Force For Good?
"An enchanted community of citizens, driven by idealist pragmatism, demanding imaginative transcendence of the here and now": Masha Gessen on a parallel polis
Alternative Editorial: End Of Year Report
We’re not on our own here… Mapping the diverse ecosystem that the Alternative UK belongs to
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
We tell ourselves we are consumers 3000 times a day. A new book asks: what if we told ourselves we were citizens?
Religious communities can make the difference in winning the fight against climate change
“Web3” is becoming the collective term for blockchain, crypto, decentralisation & hopes for a better internet. Richard Bartlett is your guide
TECHNOLOGY, INGENUITY, FUTURES, EQUIP FOR THE FUTURE, COMMUNITY, 4TH SECTOR, SHAPE THE SYSTEM, NEW ECONOMICSpat kaneWeb3, decentralisation, blockchain, cryptocurrency, crypto
"An unmitigated failure, or a heart-warming success?" Flatpack Democracy's founder Peter Macfadyen on the ups and downs of their May 2021 election campaign
There are four powers you need to shift a system, say Leadbeater and Whinall. And all of them have shaped the rise and rise of veganism
Out of the black box: how might artificial intelligence develop, if its rules and protocols were shaped by Australian indigenous knowledge?
"The State of Us" event revealed the mulitple forms of agency within municipalism
They used to embrace drilling for oil and gas, mining for uranium. Now, Greenland’s new government is standing in the forefront of climate activism
What's a "landscape partnership"? Like a bioregion, or a CAN, it uses technology to bring humans and nature into alignment
"Do we need a Parallel Polis?"—the question A/UK asked of Helsinki's Untitled festival/community. Here's the full video
If the UK assumed a "fair carbon budget", net zero by 2050 would bust it completely. We have to go “down the slide”