Migrants can be a transformative force for sustainable development - see Amsterdam, Bangladesh, Accra for proof
ENVIRONMENTALISTS, ACTION FORUM, GLOBALISTS, NEW ECONOMICS, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PLANETARIAN, REGEN ECONOMIESpat kanemigrants, immigration, amsterdam, ghana, Bangladesh, sustainability
It’s good when communities map their assets. But what if this mapping could mutually strengthen separate networks? The Murmurations Protocol can help
Philanthropy that doesn’t ask to you report, or comply, and “gifts” you way more than you asked for... Studying Mackenzie Scott’s YieldGiving
REGEN ECONOMIES, PRACTICE, COMMUNITY, INDIVIDUAL, NEW ECONOMICS, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, YES WE CANpat kanephilanthropy, Mackenzie scott, Jeff bezos, amazon, GIFT ECONOMY
A prefab building wave can help resolve both the climate and housing crises
Are life coaches and fitness classes, aiming to get those on long-term sick leave back to work, coercive or liberating?
"We treat land more like a consumer good than a fundamental foundation of existence." Revive and Common Weal on "Our Land"
“Village Hosts” are collaboration experts who co-create new projects in rural areas - mixing creativity and local knowledge
How to ensure that you're ethically shopping this Christmas? Here's seven indicators to look out for
A commercial bank arguing for a post-growth economy? Triodos are doing exactly that with their new report
On a conference visit to Shanghai, John Thackara brings back a rich harvest of eco-civilisational practice
"Is that a doughnut or a meringue?" No, you were right the first time... Doughnut Economics makes its arrival in Glasgow
Scottish land policy gets the Dark Matter Labs treatment: Crofting 2.0, Layered Commoning and the Land Relationships Register
“The more multi-faceted your job, the less risk of it being automated out of existence”. Lessons from working with ChatGPT
Crypto types need to give up libertarian ideas of escape, and connect their code to maker communities - known as "Crypto For Real"
Rethinking Prosperity: business and welfare in a postgrowth age (with added Oatly and IKEA)
Abandoned oil rigs could scrape carbon from the sky and store it in empty undersea reservoirs (there's a political economy to this, too)
What is to be done with cavernous ex-retail spaces, in a post-consumerist era? Make them cathedrals of dance music, says Drumsheds
ACTION, ARTISTS, BEHAVIOUR, COMMUNITY, INGENUITY, NEW ECONOMICS, REGEN ECONOMIES, YOUTH, NEW ENERGY SOURCESpat kanedance culture, retail, postconsumerism
Why young workers are leaving fossil fuel jobs – and what to do if you feel like ‘climate quitting’
Barking and Dagenham Giving are putting the decisions for social enterprise investment into the hands of residents
After 160 years, the vibrant arcades and markets of Brixton Village are a testament to the Windrush generation, and space-making methods