Posts in PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Chris Smaje thinks local food production will save us: George Monbiot responds that too much risks global starvation. An advanced localism is at stake
COMMUNITY, LOCALISM, NEW ECONOMICS, 4TH SECTOR, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PLANETARIAN, REGEN ECONOMIES, YES WE CANpat kanefood politics, food, george monbiot
Prominent Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi has won the 2023 Nobel peace prize
“In any given situation, how might you increase the amount of freedom that’s available to you?” Sophie Scott-Brown’s version of anarchism
What would a “social healing architecture” look like? What structures would we need to treat collective trauma, asks Thomas Hübl
Be open to surprise, make space for difference, do self-care: 3 things to make you and your community project thrive
Intensifying the everyday—by making a scent garden for migrants in Gateshead, and by weirding a toy shop in Ayr High Street
“You are stuck in a daydream…the machine was not made for you”. A starkly beautiful journey, by means of dance and film, through our illusions about reality
If you really want a climate-friendly garden, then lower your shovel, and become a eco-slacker
Whether it's large cash payments to the homeless, or a 4-day week, we're turning upside down our traditional attitudes to work
For those who are overly tough on themselves.. try 40 “strengths-based questions”, to uncover assets and powers (instead of cracks and flaws)
Do you want the time (and space) to really imagine your possibilities, in life, activism, business? Then think ten years ahead
The Centauress and the AI: some stories from a future where machines and humans relate in a feminine, symbiotic way
Sinead O'Connor was once seen as a sacrilegious rebel, but her music and life were deeply infused with spiritual seeking
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
How classic psychology warped our view of human nature as cruel and selfish - but new research is more hopeful
Vandana Shiva, Robert Pirsig, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Einstein and others speak on the inner change that system (and climate) change requires
"It is only in leisure that we are free enough to decide what it is we stand for". An argument against productivity, all the time, digitally or not
Universal basic income is winning the argument against sceptics, and mobilising across the world
“Be prolific in small, free, creative acts”. Seed-forms give Bridget McKenzie inspiration for regenerative ways of life and work
AI helped chemists find drugs that counteract ageing. But it did so in five minutes, saving £50K. Stunning
INGENUITY, TECHNOLOGY, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, OLDER GENS, BEHAVIOUR, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTpat kanedrugs, chemists, medicine, machine learning, artificial intelligence, health