A Tribute to Donella Meadows
A Tribute to Donella Meadows, by Fran Korten.
Donnella Meadows is remembered as a woman dedicated to helping
us learn to live within the limits to growth.
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Second Chance For Black Farmers
A recent class-action suit by black farmers against the USDA fails to stem the loss of land by African American farmers.
The Cornucopia of the Commons
Community gardens, free software, self-help groups,
and other examples of how the gift economy fosters community
and social cohesion as well as economic
innovation.
Thirst For Justice
Thirst for Justice, by Maude Barlow.
Privatization of Bolivia's water supply fails in the face of
protest, and a local coallition takes on water
distribution.
Where There’s a Way
Where there's a way, by Michael M’Gonigle.
Global Trade Agreements are just the latest way local
communities are losing control over the surrounding forests and
the watersheds. If there was a way to reclaim the commons,
might there also be a political will?
What To Do When Corporations Rule the World
What to do when Corporations Rule the World, an
interview with David Korten by Sarah van Gelder. Authors
converse about threats to democracy and the environment posed
by corporate globalization.
Dream of a Ridiculous Man
A story of Patrick Lydon and the Camphill Communities.
Real Vacations For All
We should increase vacation time in the
U.S.
Corporate Cabinet
The myth if compassionate conservatism and the
reality of corporate conservatism.
Thank-you, thank-you
Thank-you to donors
Danny Glover: An Interview by Sarah van Gelder
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador and actor Danny Glover talks about his lifelong activism.
Right Livelihood
Is the work we are doing good for the Earth and its inhabitants now and for seven generations into the future?
Now I Become Myself
Parker Palmer writes about finding his vocation and the link between self and service
Breakthroughs
Innovation, insight, and knowledge from the 20th century could inspire social transformation in the 21st.
The New Solidarity
the new solidarity, by Anthony S. Arch.
Steelworkers and forest activists forge a new
alliance.
India’s Silent But Singing Revolution
India's silent but singing revolution, by Pramila Jayapal. Swadyaya social movement in India is based on the belief that God resides within, all people and nature are connected, and a person's responsibility is only to do one's duty to the best of one's capability for God and without attachment to the fruits of the labor.
Freedom’s Sacred Dance
The Veterans of Hope Project brings together veterans of the civil rights movement with young activist to explore links between religion and social transformation.
The Next Revolutionaries
Stories of youth activists and their campaigns for the earth,
for justice, and against globalization.
Garden of Simplicity
garden of simplicity, by Duane Elgin.
Simplicity is the new mantra for the overworked, over-stressed,
and over-cluttered, and for those who want to lighten their
impact on the Earth. The author of the classic book on
voluntary simplicity says the ways to simplicity are
many.
Youth Court: Jury of Their Peers
The Time Dollar Youth Court in Washington, D.C.
for first time juvenile offenders aims to keep first offenders
from becoming hardened criminals.
War Games
the War on Drugs: the social cost of the drug war and the people in and out of the criminal justice system who are calling for an end to war.
Genesee Peacemakers
Involving victims in the criminal justice system can lead to healing, community empowerment, and fewer repeated offenses.
White on Black, Black on White
Two perspectives on a talking circle about racism held following the WTO protests in Seattle.
Song of the Land
Mohave Creation Song cycle describes relation
of the Mohave to their land and helps prevent Ward Valley from
becoming a nuclear waste dump.
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