Homepage [Unofficial]How the neoliberals won — and what we can learn from them
History suggests inequality ends in catastrophe. We need another path
Seeds Series Volume 2: Building regenerative economies in an age of collapse
Real economic change requires more than reform, we must build a solidarity economy
How a different kind of education built the world’s most equal democracies
How environmental destruction is built into corporate design
Camille Winds Down"Sweet dreams. How the doughnut diagram works to preempt more radical approaches to planning"
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14730952261448510
>This analysis shows that the doughnut diagram forecloses ways of seeing and enjoying that more fundamentally could challenge mainstream planning.
#systemschange #donuteconomics #doughnuteconomics #kateraworth
Transition Towns are key to degrowth, but current movements remain too reformist
Ministry of Good IdeasGood Idea: Think about whats next
https://storytelling.greenpeace.org/story/2189/five-lessons-for-imagining-the-future/
Critique and dismantling are necessary but not sufficient. At some point movements need to switch from identifying what is wrong to actually picturing what comes next -- and that turns out to be a skill most people have not practiced. Five practical principles from workshops run with 50+ activists and community leaders:
1. Imagine without self-imposed limits. Change that seemed impossible has happened within years, sometimes weeks. Do not pre-censor ideas by how realistic they feel.
2. Imagine with others. Collective visioning produces more resilient ideas than individual ones, and builds the relationships that make action possible.
3. Create psychologically safe spaces for new ideas. Incomplete and imperfect ideas need room to exist before they can be refined. Ridicule kills them early.
4. Practice regularly. Imagination is a muscle. Draw, write, say things out loud. The goal is consistency, not a perfect manifesto on the first try.
5. Act with intention. The future is not fixed. Speaking up about a different possibility is itself an act that gives others permission to do the same.
Thanks to our friends @activacy
#CollectiveAction #SystemsChange #Activism #Community #Imagination #Building #Futures #solarpunk
The ecological crisis begins with how we see ourselves in nature
