An interview with Frances Moore Lappé by Sarah Ruth van Gelder
A small cheese shop in Berkeley has become a
community hub and a thriving model of worker
ownership.
Yet this is a sort of knowledge that
generations before us have already held, a way of appreciating
the world that we might share without trauma, without hard
lessons, if we but remember how our ancestors used to
live.
What happens when economic growth produces more “illth” than wealth? What happens when it gobbles up the foundation of the good life—the commons?
Americans are far more affluent, on average,
than we were in the 1960s, but no happier. What do research
data tell us is the real source of joy and
contentment?
International Solidarity Movement and the power of nonviolence
I do not feel particularly brave when I speak. I am simply propelled by the force of what I want to say.
the story of a grassroots effort to renew a
post-industrial city. AC3T, Boggs Center, Detroit summer,
Adamah, Grace Boggs, Cass Corridor Food Cooperative, Romanowski
Park.
Rachel Corrie. A story about Israeli Committee
Against House Demolitions.
8 practical steps to teaching peace in your community.
Time to Be, Time to Love by Rabbi Arthur
Waskow, shabbat shabbaton,
fighting for the soul of the democratic party
by John Dittmer
The Damascus peace mission: pilgrims to Syria find that the healing of wounds begins with listening, learning, and praying together in many languages.
Many thought the global movement against unfair trade started in Seattle 1999. But going back over 200 years, people have reached across borders to end the slave trade, shame a brutal colonial regime, and bring respite to laborers of the industrial revolution.
Reflections on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s revolutionary ideas and what they might mean for us today.
Why do so many attempts to build coalitions across race and culture result in hurt and division? These seasoned activists offer tips on what makes the difference between success and disaster.
Fleeing the violence of Burma's military rulers, Shan women create a sanctuary and a power base by working together.
Waste, pollution, population growth, global
trade rules, and now privatization are threatening billions of
people with water scarcity. How can we reclaim water for all
life?
The Hopi people of the Black Mesa region know how to farm and thrive in the desert Southwest. But a giant coal company is draining the aquifer that feeds their sacred springs and makes their livelihood possible.
Mono Lake activists fought a 16-year David-versus-Goliath battle against the city's Department of Water and Power (DWP) to stop water diversions to Los Angeles. Yet the rural community and the city have emerged from the fray as watershed partners.
WTO fifth ministerial: protest, Lee Kyung Hae, Group of 21, globalization
The struggle to bring back endangered salmon draws one community into a new commitment to the well-being of its watershed
A Canoe in Singing Waters by Elizabeth
Grossman, dam removal in Wisconsin
Your lawn and garden can be both beautiful and water efficient. Xeriscaping is the creative use of native plants that are beautiful, drought-tolerant, and sustainable.
A dying man thought he’d spend his last days
cleaning a small creek behind his house. Did he save the creek?
Or was it the creek that saved him?
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