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The Problem Is the Solution: How Permaculture-Designed Household Isolation Can Lead to Retrosuburbia
The Problem Is the Solution: How Permaculture-Designed Household Isolation Can Lead to Retrosuburbia
As the COVID-19 pandemic first exploded across our globalised world, I found myself unsure of priorities in this time of pivotal change, even though I had been tracking information about Wuhan since January. Not because I didn’t know that a global pandemic of this scale was...
David Holmgren
The Four Foundations of True Liberty
The Four Foundations of True Liberty
Democracy is fragile. If just one foundation is missing, the ropes of democracy can stretch, weaken, and break.
UBI.Earth
Youth Leadership Gave Biden a "Cheat Sheet" for Winning the Support of Young Progressives
Youth Leadership Gave Biden a "Cheat Sheet" for Winning the Support of Young Progressives
Not all of them. But enough to potentially beat Trump.
Films For Action
A World With a $24 Minimum Wage
A World With a $24 Minimum Wage
If worker pay had kept pace with productivity gains since 1968, a full-time minimum wage worker would be earning $48,000 a year today.
Dean Baker
Coronavirus Coverage on Films for Action
Coronavirus Coverage on Films For Action
We wanted to put all our Coronavirus coverage in one place, as a resource to share with friends and loved ones. The quality of our response is only as strong as the quality of our knowledge.   [ffa-repeater][horizontal]23903...
Films For Action
Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners
Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019)
Through the stories of six extraordinary individuals, Self-Taught explores what self-directed education means to them and the impact it has had on their lives, ambitions, work and beliefs.
77 min
As Coronavirus Opens the Door to Big Changes, the Left's Most Attractive Vision Faces Pushback
As Coronavirus Opens the Door to Big Changes, the Left's Most Attractive Vision Faces Pushback
For many Americans, it’s time for a system change along the lines of the Nordic model. This has the political establishment deeply worried.
George Lakey
Coronavirus and Climate Activism: Five Common Lessons
Coronavirus and Climate Activism: Five Common Lessons
The pandemic is a testing ground for how to address the climate crisis, and vice-versa.
Nadia Colburn
Our Economic System Is on Life Support, But Who Are We Really Saving?
Our Economic System Is on Life Support, But Who Are We Really Saving?
Pumping new money into the economy without altering power relations will only exacerbate existing inequalities.
Laurie Macfarlane
John Foran's Interim Program for a New World. What's Yours?
John Foran's Interim Program for a New World. What's Yours?
Since April 1 in some parts of the world is a traditional day for playing tricks and elaborate jokes (mostly on one’s friends), I found myself musing about the world I would like to see and had some fun taking about five minutes to jot down the following list (without...
John Foran
Coronavirus Spells the End of the Neoliberal Era. What's Next?
Coronavirus Spells the End of the Neoliberal Era. What's Next?
Coronavirus is a political crucible, melting down and reshaping current norms. Will the new era be a “Fortress Earth” or a harbinger of a transformed society based on a new set of values?
Jeremy Lent
5 Ways Coronavirus Could Help Humanity Survive the Ecological Crisis
5 Ways Coronavirus Could Help Humanity Survive the Ecological Crisis
The human tragedy of the coronavirus is immense. Thousands have died, hundreds of thousands have been infected globally, and millions more have been affected. Whilst infectious disease has always been a part of the human experience, the expansion of industrial civilization...
Matt Mellen
Comparative Resilience: 8 Principles for Post-COVID Reconstruction
Comparative Resilience: 8 Principles for Post-COVID Reconstruction
This past weekend, a bright Georgetown undergraduate asked me how I squared my passion for localization with the theory of comparative advantage. For economics newbies, he was referring to David Ricardo’s argument that every community should find one product to specialize in...
Michael Shuman
Custodians of Life: Reviving Culture and Nature in Uganda's Great Lakes
Custodians of Life: Reviving Culture and Nature in Uganda's Great Lakes
Custodians of Life tells the story of how, through innovative mapping techniques and intergenerational dialogues, the Indigenous Bagungu People are reviving culture and Nature in their sacred homeland.
15 min
The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?
The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020)
Opening with a powerful ‘deep time’ perspective, from the beginning of the Earth to our present moment, BAFTA-winning director Peter Armstrong's new film recognises the fundamental unsustainability of today’s society and dares to ask the big question: What will follow?
61 min
Reimagine, Don’t Seize, the Means of Production
Reimagine, Don’t Seize, the Means of Production
A promising commons-based approach for the digital age.
Stacco Troncoso and Ann Marie Utratel
Five Habits to Heal the Heart of Democracy
Five Habits to Heal the Heart of Democracy
The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions. Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer our attention rather than our opinions? And do we have enough resolve in our...
Parker Palmer
From Mutual Aid to Dual Power in the State of Emergency
From Mutual Aid to Dual Power in the State of Emergency
The COVID-19 public health crisis is rapidly devolving into a vast, multi-faceted crisis of social reproduction with no end in sight. How can we seize this moment to build dual power?
Woodbine
No Return to Normal: For a Post-Pandemic Liberation
No Return to Normal: For a Post-Pandemic Liberation
Today, new forms of solidarity, mutual aid, and common struggle are emerging in the pandemic. How will they shape tomorrow’s struggles for a post-capitalist world?
Max Haiven
HOLY SH*T! 7 Things to Do Instead of Hoarding Toilet Paper
HOLY SH*T! 7 Things to Do Instead of Hoarding Toilet Paper
Beautiful Trouble’s irreverent guide to activism in the time of pandemic
Rae Abileah and Nadine Bloch
Planetary Mission: Unique Self Symphony of Human Genius, Innovation & Synergy
Planetary Mission: Unique Self Symphony of Human Genius, Innovation & Synergy
"For the first time in history, humanity has a story that has the potential to unite us all. As we embody the natural impulse of evolution within us, we create a powerful field connecting cocreators worldwide in a unique self symphony of human genius, innovation and synergy...
5 min
The New Story | La Nueva Historia
The New Story | La Nueva Historia
The old paradigm of separateness, patriarchal anthropocentrism, religious monopolies, and the dictatorship of the ego, among other guiding threads, have brought humanity and planetary living systems to the brink of collapse. To aspire to a possible future, it is essential to...
20 min
And the People Stayed Home: A Poem about Hope in Coronavirus Times
And the People Stayed Home: A Poem about Hope in Coronavirus Times
This beautiful poem by Kitty O'Meara has been shared around the world already. If you haven't heard it yet, here it is in video form.  So much love for this! May it be so!  - Films For Action
2 min
Humans Are Not a Virus - the Virus Is a Cultural Ideology
Humans Are Not a Virus - the Virus Is a Cultural Ideology
This bears repeating: Humans are not inherently toxic, sinfl or destructive. Humanity is not a cancer.
Tim Hjersted
The Coronavirus Rehearsal: Can Capitalism Survive The Coronavirus?
The Coronavirus Rehearsal: Can Capitalism Survive The Coronavirus?
The coronavirus shutdown as a dress rehearsal for the reformation of late-capitalism to allow climate repair.
Eamonn Kelly
Coronavirus Capitalism — and How to Beat It
Coronavirus Capitalism — and How to Beat It
Governments around the world are busily exploiting the coronavirus crisis to push for no-strings-attached corporate bailouts and regulatory rollbacks.
9 min
To Stop the Cult of Trump We Need to Satisfy the Human Need for Meaning
To Stop the Cult of Trump We Need to Satisfy the Human Need for Meaning
Like all cult leaders, Trump fills a certain void for his followers. Stopping him means providing pathways to sustainable forms of spiritual fulfillment.
Michael Nagler
'Progress Comes From Changing How Humans Think' — a Conversation With 'Soldier of Peace' Paul K. Chappell
'Progress Comes From Changing How Humans Think' — a Conversation With 'Soldier of Peace' Paul K. Chappell
"What makes nonviolence so different from violence, is the way that nonviolence seeks to address and confront root causes of problems: violence addresses the symptoms and nonviolence goes at root cause of the problem."
Paul K. Chappell
Corporations Are Human Creations. We Can't Let Them Threaten Our Survival
Corporations Are Human Creations. We Can't Let Them Threaten Our Survival
The concentration of corporate power is driving us toward catastrophe. We need new organizational models that serve the common good.
David Korten
Six Rules for Organizing a Grassroots Regeneration Revolution
Six Rules for Organizing a Grassroots Regeneration Revolution
We must think, act and organize locally, while simultaneously cultivating a global vision and global solidarity.
Ronnie Cummins
Matriarchies Are Not Just a Reversal of Patriarchies: A Structural Analysis
Matriarchies Are Not Just a Reversal of Patriarchies: A Structural Analysis
Matriarchies are not just a reversal of patriarchies, with women ruling over men – as the usual misinterpretation would have it. Matriarchies are mother-centered societies. They are based on maternal values: care-taking, nurturing, mothering. This holds for everybody: for...
Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth
Iowa’s Vision of a More Beautiful World, 10 Years After Passing a Green New Deal
Iowa’s Vision of a More Beautiful World, 10 Years After Passing a Green New Deal
What would America's heartland be like, 10 years after we pass a Green New Deal?
8 min
We’ve Got a Better World in Mind - 8 Principles for a Beautiful Future
We’ve Got a Better World in Mind - 8 Principles for a Beautiful Future
How to get from here to there in the next 10 years
Christine Hanna and Berit Anderson
We Need Electoral Reform — and a Whole Lot More
We Need Electoral Reform — and a Whole Lot More
The United States would be much better off with a multiparty, proportional representation system. But we shouldn't delude ourselves that this “one quick fix” would root out the rot that pervades America's political economy.
Chris Maisano
The New Story Revolution: Over 75 Films & Articles About the Movement With Many Names
The New Story Revolution: Over 75 Films & Articles About the Movement With Many Names
"It’s all a question of story. We are in trouble just now because we are in between stories. The Old Story—the account of how the world came to be and how we fit into it—sustained us for a long time. It shaped our emotional attitudes, provided us with life purpose, energized...
Tim Hjersted
Feminism and the Social Solidarity Economy: a Short Call to Action
Feminism and the Social Solidarity Economy: a Short Call to Action
The following text is a translation of Marian Díez‘s impassioned closing speech at the recent convergence meeting of the World Social Forum for Transformative Economies.
Marian Díez and Guerrilla Translation
'Toward a Brighter More Just Future': 100+ Black Writers and Scholars Endorse Bernie Sanders
'Toward a Brighter More Just Future': 100+ Black Writers and Scholars Endorse Bernie Sanders
"When so much is at stake, not only for Black people but for all people, and all life on the planet, we feel it imperative that we step outside of our classrooms and go beyond our campuses, to speak out on the current presidential election."
Jon Queally
Every Challenge Can Be Overcome: 6 Ideas for Getting Started
Every Challenge Can Be Overcome: 6 Ideas for Getting Started
There is no time for hopelessness. Here are some ideas for what we can do – now – to fight back against the attacks we know are coming.
Ed Goddard
The Important Word in ‘Democratic Socialism’ Is ‘Democratic’
The Important Word in ‘Democratic Socialism’ Is ‘Democratic’
Sen. Bernie Sanders isn’t talking about making America into Cuba or Venezuela. He’s talking about extending social guarantees like those offered in other advanced countries, such as Denmark and Sweden.
Jesse Jackson
Radical Dharma – Interview with angel Kyodo williams (Podcast)
Radical Dharma – Interview with angel Kyodo williams (Podcast)
In this in-depth interview, Reverend angel Kyodo williams reflects on our widespread crisis of story, the failure of institutional religions to offer a new way forward, and her philosophy of Radical Dharma—a path to individual and collective liberation. A Sensei in the...
39 min
How to Stop Poverty: Start a Worker-Owned Cooperative | Jim Brown
How to Stop Poverty: Start a Worker-Owned Cooperative | Jim Brown
Why is chronic poverty tolerated in America? Is our economic system flawed? Through personal stories and insights, University of Alabama professor J. Palmer (Jim) Brown explores the problem of poverty and advocates a solution in worker ownership and cooperation.
18 min
“Economics Is Not Just About Money; It's About Our Holistic Well-Being as a Planet”
“Economics Is Not Just About Money; It's About Our Holistic Well-Being as a Planet”
Nonty Charity Sabic is cofounder of the international Rise Ubuntu Network, based on “ubuntu”, an indigenous South African philosophy that aims to teach and collectively remember the connection shared between humans and nature. Based in Barcelona, Sabic is involved in...
MarÍa Sanz DomÍnguez and Timothy McKeon
Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World
Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World (2021)
INHABITANTS follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate. For millennia Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted...
76 min
How to Turn Your Brain From Anger to Compassion
How to Turn Your Brain From Anger to Compassion
Attention is like a spotlight—whatever it shines on becomes brighter in the mind. This knowledge can help us build compassion, says Paul Gilbert.
Paul Gilbert
Beyond Sustainability: A Call for Regeneration | Sierra Robinson
Beyond Sustainability: A Call for Regeneration | Sierra Robinson
Sierra Robinson is a seventeen-year-old farmer, homeschooler, and environmental activist from Vancouver Island, BC.
12 min
Ten Steps That Transform Anger Into Compassionate Connection
Ten Steps That Transform Anger Into Compassionate Connection
Practicing Nonviolent Communication guides us to reframe the way we listen to others and express ourselves by focusing our consciousness on four areas: what we are observing, feeling, needing and what we are requesting to enrich our lives. In this context the word need...
Center for Nonviolent Communication
Regenerative Cultures, Regenerative Economics & Bioregional Regeneration
Regenerative Cultures, Regenerative Economics & Bioregional Regeneration
Some people are starting to talk about regenerative cultures as possible pathways towards a thriving future of people unfolding their unique potential within the context of the communities and regions they help to regenerate — cultures that are healthy, resilient and...
Daniel Christian Wahl
Bernie Sanders Isn't a Radical — He's a Pragmatist Who Fights to Un-Rig the System
Bernie Sanders Isn't a Radical — He's a Pragmatist Who Fights to Un-Rig the System
Sanders would use both markets and government to reverse the upward redistribution of income to the already rich
Mark Weisbrot
SCARS
SCARS
Journey with us to Pelican Bay State Prison in California, to see how HUSTLE 2.0 is empowering incarcerated men through Entrepreneurship + Emotional Intelligence training.
14 min
Why the Future Economy has to be a Wellbeing Economy | Katherine Trebeck
Why the Future Economy has to be a Wellbeing Economy | Katherine Trebeck
Katherine is the Policy and Knowledge Lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. She has over eight years’ experience in various roles with Oxfam GB - as a Senior Researcher for the Global Research Team, UK Policy Manager, and Research and Policy Advisor for Oxfam Scotland.
16 min
Next Gen Farming Without Soil and 90% Less Water
Next Gen Farming Without Soil and 90% Less Water
Aeroponics grows fruits and vegetables faster, cheaper and better.
12 min
Economics for People
Economics for People (2019)
“It is extremely important for our democracy to function that ordinary citizens understand the key issues and basic theories of economics.” – Ha-Joon Chang
385 min
The Vision of Wellbeing Economies
The Vision of Wellbeing Economies
The concept of Wellbeing Economies (WE) does not attempt to explain the world through a central foundational economic model, nor does it recommend a particular path for achieving its goals. Rather, it is essentially a very pragmatic approach that begins not with a “system”...
Martin Oetting
Germany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America | Jeff Rosen
Germany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America | Jeff Rosen
Germany has a much lower crime rate and fewer people in prison than the United States. How does Germany do that? Is it because their prisons are different than ours? Is there anything we could learn from them? Find out.
26 min
An Economic Hit Man Confesses and Calls to Action | John Perkins
An Economic Hit Man Confesses and Calls to Action | John Perkins
John Perkins describes the methods he used to bribe and threaten the heads of state of countries on four continents in order to create a global empire and he reveals how the leaders who did not “play the game" were assassinated or overthrown.
19 min
We’re Doing Dying All Wrong | Ken Hillman
We’re Doing Dying All Wrong | Ken Hillman
As a world leader in managing the care of very sick people, Ken Hillman’s breakthrough methods of treating critically ill patients have become the gold standard in Australia, the U.S. and Europe.
15 min
The Transformative Power of Trustbuilding: Towards a Culture of Shared Responsibility
The Transformative Power of Trustbuilding: Towards a Culture of Shared Responsibility
"The challenge of building trust across divides is universal and inescapable. Can we move from a culture of blame and avoidance to an acceptance of shared responsibility for a new future?" - Initiatives of Change International
Rob Corcoran
Recovering Your Sacredness | Jerry Tello
Recovering Your Sacredness | Jerry Tello
Our society is experiencing profound levels of stress and anxiety, a public health crisis that’s triggering unresolved traumas in many people, resulting in widespread uneasiness, poor public health, social dysfunction, and alienation, as well as high levels of violence...
26 min
The Confederation as the Commune of Communes
The Confederation as the Commune of Communes
Confederalism as a revolutionary strategy provides us with the means to build and organize a radically democratic and egalitarian society at scale.
Debbie Bookchin, Sixtine van Outryve
Psychedelics and How to Change Your Mind | Michael Pollan
Psychedelics and How to Change Your Mind | Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan's new book "How To Change Your Mind" surveys the highly controversial terrain of the renaissance of both the science and popular usage of psychedelic substances. As one of our most brilliant and clear-eyed explorers of such topics as plant intelligence and how...
31 min
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