Play Life More Beautifully In The Age of Extinction
Originally posted on carolynbaker.netWritten by Community Solutions fellow Carolyn BakerOne day I called my friend Andrew Harvey who told me that he couldn’t talk at the moment because he was on his...
View ArticleThe Goldilocks question: How much economic growth is just right?
Originally posted on simplicitycollective.comGlobal economic growth is slowing, with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development now forecasting the world economy will expand by three...
View ArticleCapitalism or Socialism? There’s an Even Better Option
Originally posted on commondreams.orgWritten by David KortenPolitics and polling data reveal a remarkable shift in American attitudes toward socialism. More Democrats now view socialism favorably (42...
View ArticleCorruption, Resources, Climate and Systematic Risk
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions fellow Kurt CobbCorruption is a loaded word. One person's corruption is another's sound social policy. Some people...
View ArticleThe Hundred-Year Plan
The Hundred-Year PlanWritten by Jim MerkelPedro Martin and I hopped off a trailer pulled by an old Russian tractor, paid the farmer and set off down a dirt track. We headed toward a windmill and a...
View ArticlePolicies for a Post-Growth Economy
Written By Community Solutions fellow Samuel AlexanderOriginally posted on simplicitycollective.com INTRODUCTIONThe 1972 publication of Limits to Growth sparked a controversy that has yet to subside....
View ArticleIntroducing Turn 21
by Craig LitwinOriginally published by resilience.orgAs part of Launch Turn21, we were recently interviewed for the University of Hawaii’s student paper, Ke Kalahea. Here are the answers to their...
View ArticleWhy the Economy Should Stop Growing—And Just Grow Up
Originally posted on yesmagazine.orgWritten by David KortenListen to the political candidates as they put forward their economic solutions. You will hear a well-established and rarely challenged...
View ArticleWhy You Can't Argue With a Modern
Originally posted on resource.insights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow Kurt CobbThe modern world is filled with things many of us regard as antiquated and old-fashioned. Modern people...
View ArticleWe need Regenerative Farming Not Geoengineering
Originally posted on charleseisenstein.orgWritten by Charles EisentsteinGeoengineering has been back in the news recently after the US National Research Council endorsed a proposal to envelop the...
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What's Right with the Youth Today?
Written by Community Solutions Miller Fellow Scott MontgomeryI have been disheartened lately because of the messages I have been hearing about my generation. As a Millennial, I have been bombarded with...
View ArticleBy Their Fruits Ye Shall Know them
Originally posted on charleseisenstein.netWritten by Charles EisensteinI’m dealing with massive cognitive dissonance right now. Multiple, contradictory beliefs and perceptions inhabit my mind, each...
View ArticleCarbon Free Athens: A Vision From the Future
Friends and fellow citizens of Athens, you give me great honor to speak to you today in 2035, only 20 years after our start, to summarize the steps by which our town of Athens has achieved such...
View ArticleWhy a "Modern" Can't Understand the Risks We Face
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow Kurt CobbIn my previous piece, I discussed why it is useless to argue with a person clinging to what I called the...
View ArticleMidwest Sustainable Communities Conference
Originally posted on dancingrabbit.orgCommunity is an important missing link in addressing climate change and resource depletion, and the Midwest is one of the best regions in the US to create...
View ArticleCompost Capitalism
Originally posted on simplicitycollective.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow Samuel AlexanderI’ve had a handful of requests from people asking for a transcript of my short introduction to the...
View ArticleZika and the Mentality of Control
Originally posted on newandancientstory.netWritten by Charles Eisenstein The ruling institutions of this world are quite comfortable with a virus.First with SARS, then H1N1, then ebola and now the Zika...
View ArticleThe Faux Insurgency of the Climate Change Deniers and the Need for Closure
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow Kurt CobbClimate change deniers like to style themselves as latter-day Copernicuses and Galileos, lone...
View ArticleThe Startup Turning Locals Into Entrepreneurs in Cincinnati’s Gentrifying...
Originally Posted on yesmagazine.orgWritten by Araz HachadourianWhen neighborhoods develop, longtime residents are often left out of the boom. This incubator helps local entrepreneurs turn big ideas...
View ArticleIt's Time for a Land Reform Movement: An Interview with Cooperative Property...
Originally posted on occupy.comWritten by Matt Stanard(Leading up to the Charting a New Course Conference Community Solutions will be featuring the writing of speakers at the conference.)Cassandra...
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