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In this episode, Peter Joseph addresses the release of the Integral White Paper, as the core focus, and critiques the pervasive vagueness of alternative economic discourse, arguing that terms like socialism, communism, and Marxism function as empty abstractions that obscure...
118 min
The city is the solution.
Patrick Mazza
There's a pattern in left politics that's both understandable and ultimately self-defeating: we're brilliant at articulating what we oppose, but often struggle to define what we're for. We can catalog the horrors of capitalism and empire in exhaustive detail, but when pressed...
Tim Hjersted
Nina Turner's insight cuts to a crucial distinction in movement work: there's a difference between trying to win arguments and trying to build power. But I'd take it further—the deepest purpose of activism isn't even primarily about changing minds or mobilizing the...
Tim Hjersted
Revolution: Food is all about the positive changes taking root in our modern food system. It focuses on real farmers who are growing, raising real food and the consumers who are demanding it.
71 min
If Zohran Mamdani is serious about delivering on his promises, he needs more than policies — he needs institutions that empower working people. Popular assemblies offer a way to build a new, bottom-up political culture in New York City.
Gabriel Hetland, Bhaskar Sunkara
Pundits and politicians mocked universal childcare as a socialist fantasy—now many of them are silent as it becomes a practical reality.
Qasim Rashid
Ordinary people can run society — but only if we build the structures to let them.
Roger Hallam
By every measure, shifting from fossil fuels to electrification, renewables, and energy efficiency and conservation is far more beneficial to most people than following the same fossil-fueled road.
David Suzuki
Solarpunk is an aesthetic and genre which envisions a sustainable future built around social and ecological resilience. It often includes concepts such as renewable energy, rewilding & harmony with nature, counter-culturalism and decolonialism, collective living, optimism...
37 min
Every one that goes up incrementally reduces the attractiveness of the oil that underlies so much conflict and tyranny, including Trump's latest attack on Venezuela.
Bill Mckibben
The first step in recovering from addiction is to tell the truth—admit the addiction, acknowledge its consequences. Yet this is something we still seem unwilling to do with our addiction to oil. Addicts would rather stay high than confront their addiction and commit to recovery.
Rick Steiner
My guest today is Donnie Maclurcan, founder of the Post Growth Institute and a thinker who played a major role in my own journey. In this episode, Donnie breaks down why money accumulation under capitalism necessarily produces rising debt and inequality, leading to human...
80 min
Streaming December 9–13, 2025.
3 min
“So you’re saying we should just be nice to fascists.”
Tim Hjersted
In this article, Peter Joseph presents Integral—a cooperative economy designed to replace both markets and top-down state control with an architecture of open design, time-based reciprocity, and democratic coordination, starting with small mutual-aid projects at the...
Peter Joseph
To defeat the rise of authoritarianism, Chris Hedges has called for mass movements, strikes and counter‑institutions to challenge corporate rule and revive democracy. This guide breaks down his suggestions into actionable steps.
Tim Hjersted
By embedding degrowth principles in local, everyday practice, "Kreisler" associations offer a vision for urban provisioning beyond extraction and individualism and toward a communal, crisis-resilient future.
Cléo Mieulet
Part 1 of this 2 part short film explores one of humanity’s greatest challenges — the energy transition — and the bold choices that will define our future. The next 25 years will decide who leads and who is left behind.
24 min
In this video essay, I examine what ecosocialism might look like in the future. From zero-carbon, accessible, and free public transit, to low-cost housing, an ecosocialist future would seek to bring better well-being to all people and the planet.
21 min
One could say that ‘bioregioning’ is our species long-term evolutionary survival pattern and hence a return to it may well be the most promising pathway our species can take through the tumultuous if not catastrophic decades ahead.
Daniel Christian Wahl
Peak oil calls on us to imagine a lower-energy future and to start adapting now. It’s a game-changer, and a life-changer.
Richard Heinberg
Most American towns before the 1950s were already 15-minute cities. What changed wasn’t freedom—it was corporations dismantling transit to profit from cars and sprawl.
Tim Hjersted
The Green New Deal is often framed as a response to climate change — but whether you see it as a crisis or a hoax, the real point is what it delivers here at home: millions of good jobs, lower energy bills, stronger communities, and true energy independence. It’s about...
Films For Action
Economic anthropologist, Jason Hickel, is one of the leading degrowth researchers leading the charge for ecosocialism. He says if we limit the energy demands of the elite and hungry multinational corporations, reimagining economics to support and nurture human dignity, we...
58 min
With this manifesto, we are putting national governments everywhere on notice. We are not going away. We will become bolder in our local experiments and in our challenges to your authority.
Michael Shuman
My guest today is Jason Hickel, Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science & Technology (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and author of two books: The Divide and Less is More. We discuss why a growth-based capitalist economy is incompatible with a...
77 min
Regenerative living is a revolutionary philosophy rooted in reciprocity, creativity, and care.
In the face of widespread ecological destruction, social injustice, economic deprivation, there are powerful countercurrents. 'Ordinary' people in several parts of India are resisting the disruption of their lives by constructing alternatives in the form of sustainable...
44 min
In this video, I examine why we need solarpunk, ecosocialist, and degrowth-oriented cities. Specifically, I look at what those future cities might look like, and the failures of capitalist cities today. - OCC
28 min
Planet Local Voices is video and podcast series featuring cutting-edge thinkers, writers, movement-builders and activists from across the world, united by a planet local vision of ecological economies, healthy communities and local food systems.
445 min
Solarpunk is a vision of a future that is sustainable, equitable, and optimistic, where humanity has learned to live in harmony with the natural world and technology is used to improve the lives of all beings. One of the key aspects of Solarpunk is decentralization and a...
8 min
In this video, we introduce the People's Library—a parallel economy where resources like housing, food, tools, and transportation are shared instead of hoarded, and where access is based on participation, not profit.
20 min
In this video, we explore how our dependence on paychecks to meet basic needs keeps us trapped in a cycle of survival—and how the People’s Library offers a real, community-powered alternative.
6 min
Ecolieu Argoumbat's mission is to enable everyone to fulfil their pontiac, living together in harmony with the living world, in service of a fairer world.
23 min
Explore 5 sustainable ecovillages and communities that are built on the premise of building a brighter future. See these locales that are built with focuses on permaculture, and other design techniques that you can use to make your home more friendly to nature and the Earth.
20 min
This writing began with the premise that humans are not alone in this world, and that our largest problems are rooted in imagining ourselves alone. The original focus was on climate change. During the years of writing, society fell apart in multiple ways. I found myself...
Shodo Spring
While a lot of time, energy, and resources will be necessary to stop the erosion of civil rights and defend democracy during a second Trump administration, it’s essential that we don’t neglect the equally important work of building alternative systems and cultures.
Don Hall
Whenever the idea of a Universal Basic Income comes up, certain objections are raised almost immediately. These concerns deserve real answers. So here’s five of the most common objections, addressed plainly and clearly:
There's a basic question hanging over the future of work that almost no one in power is asking out loud:
Tim Hjersted
We recently posed a simple question to our community on Facebook: How can we make America great? We got hundreds of comments.
Make Earth Great Again (MEGA) exists to support and amplify the movements that are actively working towards a just, regenerative, free and egalitarian world. MEGA seeks to reclaim the Earth from corporate globalization and create a society that honors all beings on the...
"The Democratic Socialists of America condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and demands immediate diplomacy and de-escalation to resolve this crisis. We stand in solidarity with the working classes of Ukraine and Russia who will undoubtedly bear the brunt of this war, and...
In this important webinar, we share how to create a strategy for storytelling that rapidly scales to regenerate the Earth.
93 min
In this (2 hour+ !) episode of Revolution Now (Episode 54), Peter Joseph examines the complexities of systemic transition and the limitations of reformist approaches to change, including a critical review of Jason Hickel’s work.
136 min
The Liberal Party of Australia has made an ad about its nuclear plan, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!
5 min
As humanity stands at a crossroads, 13 Indigenous Elders from diverse cultures around the globe gather in Hawai’i to discuss the state of the world and invited the filming of their councils and ceremonies to co-create a message for humankind.
14 min
Daniel Pinchbeck is the author of How Soon is Now? We are on the brink of an ecological mega-crisis threatening the future of life on earth and our actions over the next few years may well determine the destiny of our descendants. Between a manifesto and a tactical plan of...
11 min
The past century has been marked by the rise of globalization in every sense of the word - through production, culture, agriculture, consumption and more. This trend has brought great wealth and opportunities to many people - but what have we lost and forgotten through this...
89 min
Deep Ecology delves into the profound interconnectedness of our personal and collective grief with the ecological and systemic crises engulfing our planet. At its heart lies the transformative practice of community acknowledgment and expression—rituals where participants...
53 min
“Leave the oil in the ground? Give up more than a billion dollars a year? Put nature above the economy? What madness is this?”
Pablo Solón
Five years in the making, this hour-long film documents the uprising that swept Chile from October 2019 to March 2020, showing how everyday people sustained six months of rebellion by creating extensive networks of self-determination and mutual aid.
65 min
Most of us are aware that our profit-driven, capitalist economy is driving our climate and ecological crises. But what are our alternatives?
20 min
We are living in a time of profound transition, a moment when humanity must choose its path forward. The old systems—of empire, domination, and exploitation—are showing signs of weakness, and in their wake, we have the opportunity to build something far more life-affirming. A...
An introductory overview of the Great Transition framework and vision
7 min
This 32 minute animation - in 4 Acts - describes the backdrop for The Great Simplification - an economic/cultural transition beginning in the not-too-distant future.
33 min
It is my deepest desire to see the emergence of the movement we need right now—one that is open, welcoming, broad-based, strategic, and oriented to our core human needs, one that can gain the power to make this world more balanced, just, and kind.
Starhawk
If we want to build a broad-based movement, a regenerative movement that can heal and renew the world, a movement that attracts people as they really are, not just as we think they should be, a set of guiding principles can be helpful. Here are thirteen, to start with.
Starhawk
In the aftermath of the 2024 American presidential election, we have seen a lot of finger-pointing and misplaced blame. The fact that Donald Trump's brand of far-right populism beat the liberal centrism of Kamala Harris and the Democrats is not surprising.
10 min