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Nine Ways to Create a Local, Regenerative Economy
We need to address the failures of capitalism and its ineffective reforms head-on by creating decentralized and cooperative local economies, emphasizing local production with local resources, to meet local needs, and to build local wealth.
Economic Degrowth: The Solution to Climate Breakdown
Certainly, global warming will negatively effect certain resources and thus reduce economic growth—but, ironically, few economists will admit that degrowth may be the only solution to solve climate change.
Local food and global food security
Local food systems provide a truly sustainable alternative to unwieldy and environmentally damaging global food chains.
Highlights: The Corona Chronicles – Envisioning a New Normal for Regeneration and Thriving – by Ralph Thurm
“The Corona Chronicles” by Ralph Thurm is a must-read for all those that want to move to wiser action, beyond empty sustainability promises, fatalism or the illusion of progress.
Scientist Who Spent Year at ‘Epicenter’ of Climate Crisis Warns World May Already Have Hit Arctic ‘Tipping Point’
Atmospheric scientist, Markus Rex, says that we still have a short window to save the summer Arctic sea ice. What systemic changes do we need to put in place to ensure that happens?
World’s Peasant Farmers Unveil ‘Anti-Imperialist Manifesto’ in Defense of Nature
Via Campesina, a movement representing millions of people across the globe, has released a powerful manifesto highlighting the destructive role of imperialism.
E.F. Schumacher and the Limitations of Green Capitalism
E F Schumacher’s groundbreaking work may have spurned the sustainability movement. But green capitalism is still taking us closer to planetary breakdown.
Restoring Broken Boundaries: Scientist Johan Rockstrom’s Message for Dark Times
Johan Rockstrom’s work is making a splash in the climate narrative. But is changing our habits enough to divert the course we are on? Or are there more powerful culprits to blame?
The Radical Power of Your Sourdough Starter
What does fermentation have to do with systems change? More than you’d think, according to author and fermentation enthusiast, Sandor Katz.
Don’t Be Fooled: The European Green Deal Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
‘Green growth’, colonialism and fossil fuel funding are just a few of the cracks showing in the facade of the European Green New Deal and there are more.
2021 Photographic Challenge Winners
Photographers from around the world submitted images of Community Empowerment through Local Economy.
See the stunning winning images.
Post-Growth Challenge Results
The results of the Post-Growth Challenge are finally here! Back in January, together with Steady State Manchester and The Manchester Meteor, we challenged you to …
Corporate Giants to Soak Up Global Water Supply?
The increasing privitazation of natural resources threatens to diminish the commons. The corporate merger of Veolia and Suez is currently endangering public control of precious water resources.
Could a Green New Deal Save Civilization?
To fully and systematically address the climate/energy crisis, the plan will have to be far broader in scope than what is currently being proposed. And while we need to mobilize society as a whole with a World War II-level of effort, the reality is that there’s never been a challenge like this before.
A Project for the COP26 – and Beyond
In early 2020, Arkbound Foundation began putting together a landmark publication on climate change for the COP26 Summit in Glasgow. The summit was postponed to …
