Our traditional, seemingly natural ways of thinking about property are in crisis. Dark Matter Labs wants us to experiment, widely and wildly
What might a parallel polis feel like? David Bollier’s idea of a “commonsverse” - a world in which commons are viable & valued - could tell us
BIG PICTURE, COMMUNITY, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, YES WE CAN, SOCIO-POLITICS, POLITICAL CULTURE, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, NEW ECONOMICS, 4TH SECTORpat kanecommoning, commons, david bollier, silke Helfrich, ontoshift
Local news “drives democratic engagement, mitigates disinformation & protects environmental standards.” UK philanthropy needs to step up to help it
Ma Earth wants culture and economics to move from “extractive to regenerative, transactional to relational, from commodifying Mother Earth to revering her”
The new First Minster in Scotland faces a crossroads on “green vs. growth” economics. But what’s happening at street-level could be an education
“People used to be born into communities, then found their individuality. Today people are born individuals, then find their communities.” Here comes the Post-Individual
Alternative Editorial: Resist The Devil We Know
4TH SECTOR, A/UK EDITORIAL, BEHAVIOUR, CREATE THE FEEL, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, NEW ECONOMICS, PARTY POLITICS, SOCIO-POLITICSpat kanesocio-politics, new paradigm, new politics, cosmolocal, social capital, the craic, personal political
Alternative Editorial: A Month In The Life of Edinburgh
4TH SECTOR, A/UK EDITORIAL, BIG PICTURE, COMMUNITY, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, EQUIP FOR THE FUTURE, PLANET Apat kaneNew politics, Bayo Akomolafe, Integral, transformation, comolocalism
Alternative Editorial: The Dream Of Ecocivilisation
4TH SECTOR, A/UK EDITORIAL, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PLANET A, NEW ECONOMICS, REGEN ECONOMIESpat kaneecocivilisation, regeneration, RegenA, Planet A, china, ecological civilisation, social imaginary
In Scotland, the circular economy is more than an occasion for eco-virtue. It’s ingenious and fun too
REGEN ECONOMIES, NEW ECONOMICS, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, LOCALISM, 4TH SECTOR, YES WE CANpat kanecircular economy, green economics, recycling, upcycling, Edinburgh, Glasgow
Alternative Editorial: Springing Into Action
4TH SECTOR, A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, ALTERNATIVE MEDIA SYSTEM, BIG PICTURE, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, PLANET A, SOCIO-POLITICS, WE CANpat kaneSpring, CAN, new political system, emotions, natality
“From a Value-Added Economy to a Value-Restorative Society”—and other ways Spring relates to capitalism
Alternative Editorial: launch of a new political project from the Alternative Global— SPRING
4TH SECTOR, A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, A/UK PODCAST, ALTERNATIVE MEDIA SYSTEM, ARTISTS, BIG PICTURE, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, PLANET A, POLITICAL CULTURE, REGEN ECONOMIES, SOCIO-POLITICS, SPRINGpat kanenew political system, parallel pois, partner state, praxis, agency, new economy, 4th sector, new media, parallel polis
The Body Shop would seem to be over. But aren’t Gen Z perfectly placed to revive the brand - given its green ethics (and its 90s chic)?
A laughter cafe, a healing cafe, a soup cafe, a mending cafe... Anything but yet another coffee cafe, pleads Bridget McKenzie
To respond properly to climate crisis, says Steffi Bednarek, you have to wrangle your “internal family” - the manager, the exile, the firefighter
Alternative Editorial: A Socio-Politics For Our Times
4TH SECTOR, A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, BEHAVIOUR, COMMUNITY, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, INDIVIDUAL, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIO-POLITICS, YES WE CANpat kaneI-WE-WORLD, socio-politics, individuals, community action network, narrative, hope
How do you make a global citizens movement? Like bees to flowers, connect across profoundly different realities, says Jose Ramos
“I am a window of opportunity”: Plymouth’s innovative social enterprise sector comes up with Vacancy Atlas, redefining the high street
Alternative Editorial: People Power Is Not About Numbers