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At the Mercy of Strangers
What would you ask of the people who will care for you when you are unable to care for yourself?
Retirement Crisis, Real or Imagined? Moral and Economic Questions on Social Security
Social security privatization, the collapse of
private pensions, low rates of savings -- what should we
do?
Can Elders Save the World
This is no time to be wasting the talents and wisdom of elders.
Of, By and For Seniors: Japanese Seniors Co-operatives
Japanese families are getting smaller while the ranks of the aged are growing. A co-operative has stepped into this vacuum, connecting thousands of elders who have something to give and something to receive.
Parenting: The Sequel
These grandparents bring savvy and compassion to the task of raising another generation
What Is Old Age For?
It turns out there is a reason humans live decades after our reproductive years end, a reason obscured by reference to "the golden years" and endless products designed to keep us young. The truth is we need our elders to be elders.
Just, Green & Beautiful Cities
Carl Anthony on the regional equity movement, and making cities work.
Two Crises, One Solution
We face devastation of the natural world and violence in human communities. There's a way to solve both these crises. A reverence movement would anchor a different economics, a restorative economics. Working with nature, we can create wealth sustainably and spread it more equitably. Solution-based, investment-driven environmentalism.
Seven Great Ideas for Movement Builders
Movement building is not just about winning on a particular issue, says Grace Lee Boggs. It is about advancing the evolution of human society.
Five Ways to a Great Place
Project for Public Spaces works to create places that attract people. What makes these places work?
The New City Beautiful
Vancouver, Seattle, London, and Chicago are getting healthier and more beautiful through "green urbanism."
Community Benefit Agreements
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
developed "community benefits agreements" to specify benefits
to be provided to neighborhoods affected by a particular
development.
Cities For All: An Interview with Angela Glover Blackwell
Angela Glover Blackwell is founder and CEO of PolicyLink, a national organization working for economic and social equity. Her work has centered on revitalizing low-income communities and communities of color and public-interest law. She recently co-authored Searching for the Uncommon Common Ground: New Dimensions on Race in America (2002, WW Norton & Co).
The Green Belt Movement, and the Story of Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai, founder of Kenya's Green Belt Movement, recently won the Nobel Peace Prize. Her message: Peace is founded in healthy ecosystems, access to natural resources, and democracy.
Presente! A Radio Station Barn Raising
When farmworkers needed a way to reach one another, they invited activists nationwide for a radio barn raising.
Bill Moyers
Some journalists are stubbornly pursuing the truth despite growing media monopolies, government secrecy, ideology, and public relations spin doctors—but it’s getting tougher
Going to Where the Silence Is: Interview with Amy Goodman
Interview with Amy Goodman, how she created
Democracy Now
Spare the Rod
It's not coincidental that throughout history the most violently despotic and warlike societies have been those in which violence, or the threat of violence, is used to maintain domination of parent over child and man over woman.
A Life Lived Whole
What happens when people refuse to live a lie?
A Phoenix from the Ashes
Our youth, our natural world, our neighbors—all are treated as expendables. What we need is a joining of movements based on valuing all life.
12 Steps: the cascading maths
The maths starts with the US consumption of 118 billion gallons of oil a year for travel in cars and light trucks.
Step 1: Stay Home 5 percent. Fuel
The Climate-friendly Northwest
Despite dire warnings, Northwest businesses, farmers, and cities are finding climate-friendly policies bring prosperity.
Making it Last
Hunter Lovins helped found and manage the Rocky Mountain Institute, famous for turning conventional wisdom about energy on its head. She’s still changing minds in the worlds of business, nonprofits, and government, showing a more sustainable path to prosperity.
The Hour Before the Dawn
Ten good reasons for hope.
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