Citizens' Assemblies should lean towards becoming a parallel polis - and much less a democratic figleaf for establishments
Thermal imagining technology is at the heart of warfare. Here, it's a medium for filming glorious, sensuous dance
Political and social movements can school business practice. But can you separate movements' methods from their moral claims?
The crown is your staff, the trunk is your structure, the roots are your culture, & the soil is your community. A “nature-connected organisation” is a grand tree
Be open to surprise, make space for difference, do self-care: 3 things to make you and your community project thrive
We need a “People’s Pub Partnership”—new cooperative business models for pubs, so they can serve community and planet
“Uncertainty can be scary, but can it also be a source of hope or opportunity?” The pastoralists of the world may have much to teach us
So much being "made in Plymouth"... Even their vending machines contain art, poetry, plays and pin badges
Do you want the time (and space) to really imagine your possibilities, in life, activism, business? Then think ten years ahead
We know that cosmolocalism is a way of empowering communities. But it's also the seeds of a new (and needed) economic system
The Stroud Commons aims to shift housing, energy, land, food, water, transport, social care & the means of exchange into community ownership
"The next big thing in climate action will be many smaller things". The Climate Majority Project brings Lords and Swampies together
COMMUNITY, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, POLITICAL CULTURE, PRACTICE, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, LEARNING, FUTURES, ACTIONpat kaneclimate crisis, activism, creative activism, Extinction Rebellion, Rupert read
The more powerful a community, the more wellbeing it feels. But this should precede “interventions” from outside, which often cause resentment and tension
Alter Natives: designer John Willshire moved into a Sussex new build, then rewilded his barren patch into a full ecosystem
ALTER NATIVES, COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, INDIVIDUAL, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PRACTICE, SOCIO-POLITICSpat kanesuburbia, housing, gardening, regenerative, ecosystem, rewilding
The delicate skill of Noh maskmakers, irregular baby heartbeats as modular beats, and GrimesAI scattering her voice to the world. All cultural craft is here
Hemp and algae are super-organic substances that can make ecological localism real and practical
YES WE CAN, TECHNOLOGY, PRACTICE, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, LOCALISM, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, COMMUNITY, REGEN ECONOMIESpat kanehemp, algae, rare flowers, film essay
How do you build an “architecture of participation” in your organisation? We Are Open provides a very clear ten-point checklist
The British Chinese takeaway needs defending - a product of the movements of people, foodstuffs and ideas across borders
One-to-one conversations are the most effective converters to a cause, says research. To get to Net Zero, we need them urgently
COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PRACTICE, INDIVIDUAL, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, ACTIONpat kanepolitical technology, conversation, one-to-one, net zero
The AI merry-go-round continues... Should we ban it from "counterfeiting people"? Let it unravel capitalism? Build "resilient small tech" instead?