Increasingly, I am finding myself in conversations I could only have dreamt of when I first became aware of the link between the economy and the climate crisis,…...
Read MoreI have written for Stir to Action magazine, Reconnect, Alternative UK, P2P foundation, The Schumacher Institute and Resilience.org. Topics include: the real economy, land, play, story, and finding ways to live well in a crazy beautiful world.
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This planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Important rules like don't poison the water, soil, or air, don't let the...
Read MoreCommunities as hothouses for regenerative culture – part 4
Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria – a brief case study In order to deepen the reader’s understanding of possible applications of the Regenerative Culture framework, I introduce a…...
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Capitalism has created a cycle of scarcity that cripples our capacity for systemic change making. It is imperative that we break this cycle of scarcity in order to...
Read MoreCommunities as hothouses for regenerative culture – part 2
Regenerative Space is a key component of any attempts to build Regenerative Culture. In order for us to adequately meet our fundamental needs we need access to the...
Read MoreCommunities as hothouses for regenerative culture – part 1
This is Part 1 of Chapter 5 of New Economy, New Systems published by GoodWorks, an imprint of the Schumacher Institute. You can read Part 2 here. Communities as hothouses…...
Read MoreNew Economy, New Systems: Radical Responses to our Sustainability Crisis – book
The book is for all of us who know that we need to change the economy in response to our worsening ecological and social crises. The authors are...
Read MoreAlone in a sea of marshmallows
Understanding and challenging the attention economy In a letter to Joë Bousquet, the French philosopher Simone Weil wrote, “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity”. At…...
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Another day, another climate talk – Part 2 It’s 3.45 in the morning and I’m awake. Outside I can hear the rain, the incessant rain. Was it the…...
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