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6 Ways Americans Voted Against Corporate Power in the Most Expensive Midterm Elections Ever

Deep breaths, everyone. The midterm election didn't exactly go how many people hoped...Here are six local elections that got us excited.

Priorities in Port-au-Prince: Iron Market Sparks Regeneration

Rebuilding the market was a top priority not only because of its vital role …

Peak oil notes - Nov 6

A mid-week update. The great oil crash of 2014 continued this week with New …

How to Shrink the Economy without Crashing It: A Ten-Point Plan

If there is a theoretical pathway to a significantly smaller …

The Local Food Challenge wind up

Being a local relational eater in a consumerist world takes courage and commitment. A lot of it.

Faces of Fracking: Lupe Anguiano

An 85-year-old civil rights hero takes on Big Oil and the company burying the industry’s dangerous waste.
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Wild Carbon

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the landmark Wilderness Act, so I thought I’d add a carbon perspective to the debate: Is there a role for wilderness in the twenty-first century?

Putting Jam in the Doughnut

The beauty of the Transition movement is that it is not a ‘one size …

Oil Price Slide - No Good Way Out

The world is in a dangerous place now. A large share of oil …

Dark Age America: The End of the Market Economy

One of the factors that makes it difficult to think through the economic …

Will fossil fuel divestment take root in South Africa?

When it comes to divestment — be it the U.S. campaigns …

The protests, occupations and uprisings changing our world

From the Battle of Seattle to Occupy Wall St, a new book revisits the major challenges that grassroots movements face in the pursuit of social change.

Investment in Solar Stocks Crushed Big Oil

In October, 2014, Deutschebank issued a report stating that solar will reach grid parity in 36 of fifty US states by 2016. Solar has already …

Slow Food Movement Growing Fast

What is good, clean and fair, and doesn’t cost the Earth? The answer …

Fostering Community Strategies For Saving the World's Oceans

To conservationist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, getting coastal communities …

The Power of a Plan B

When Hay on Wye was threatened with a new supermarket in what appeared to be …

Finding McIntosh

Trees are one way of investing in the future, so lets make our great …

American kids in the Age of Oil: ‘Economically worthless but emotionally priceless’

However much or little they loved their children compared to today, parents …

Omega Institute Hosts First Major North American Conference of Commons Activists

In Rhinebeck, New York, the Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL) …

Federal Reserve Policy Keeps Fracking Bubble Afloat

In August 2005, the U.S. Congress and then-President George W. Bush blessed …

REIT, Drink, and Be Merry: Farmland LP’s Fund Gives Investors, Enviros, and Foodies Something to Cheer About

Farmland LP is an investment fund that buys conventional farmland, converts …

Naomi Klein in conversation about This Changes Everything   

 A conversation with Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything, …
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