Examines the policies, technologies, and
strategies that could lead the US and the world to a
sustainable energy future.
its founding in 1987, Hopi Solar Electric has
installed photovoltaic systems on more than 300
homes.
Community choirs accross the US provide a place
where people of all backgrounds and abilities can sing
together.
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, an
interview with David Korten by Sarah van Gelder. Authors
converse about threats to democracy and the environment posed
by corporate globalization.
A story of Patrick Lydon and the Camphill Communities.
Great commons of the World, by Kari McGinnis.
Commons are places where people gather and community blossoms.
Examines the qualities that make a good commons and describes
some of the best in the world.
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.
A recent class-action suit by black farmers against the USDA fails to stem the loss of land by African American farmers.
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, by Maude Barlow.
Privatization of Bolivia's water supply fails in the face of
protest, and a local coallition takes on water
distribution.
We should increase vacation time in the
U.S.
The myth if compassionate conservatism and the
reality of corporate conservatism.
Thank-you to donors
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador and actor Danny Glover talks about his lifelong activism.
Is the work we are doing good for the Earth and its inhabitants now and for seven generations into the future?
Parker Palmer writes about finding his vocation and the link between self and service
Innovation, insight, and knowledge from the 20th century could inspire social transformation in the 21st.
the new solidarity, by Anthony S. Arch.
Steelworkers and forest activists forge a new
alliance.
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.
The Veterans of Hope Project brings together veterans of the civil rights movement with young activist to explore links between religion and social transformation.
Stories of youth activists and their campaigns for the earth,
for justice, and against globalization.
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.
Two perspectives on a talking circle about racism held following the WTO protests in Seattle.
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