The Good Life: Consumerism Is So Last Century
In growing numbers, Americans are rediscovering that the real meaning of the good life doesn't come from things they can buy but from things they can feel.
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Food Revolution: Americans Lose their Appetite for Anonymous Food
Why are farmers鈥� markets, community supported agriculture, direct farm-to-household marketing, organics, and humanely raised meats all on the increase?
Sustainability: Planet at the Crossroads
As signs of climate change grow, and leaders lack political will to change course, people are acting in community to create a world that works for all.
How to be Brave in a Culture of Fear
A nonviolent army stands fast, watching over human rights in the midst of conflict, a model of courageous peace.
Resurrect New Orleans: a better city is possible
In post-Katrina New Orleans, will casinos, big business, and tourism displace people and the culture of the Big Easy? How will the city protect itself from future storms and rising seas? New Orleans could be rebuilt to serve its residents, poor and rich, and prosper in harmony with its watery ecosystem.
Java Justice
A Jewish Ugandan coffee farmer partners with Christian and Muslim neighbors to produce jobs, understanding, and a great coffee. Thanksgivingcoffee.com
A Stranger at the Door
Although Las Posadas is a beautiful ritual, the reality it addresses is a painful one: the reality of human need and exclusion.
95 Theses or Articles of Faith for a Christianity for the Third Millennium
Like Luther, I present 95 theses or in my case,
95 faith observations drawn from my 64 years of living and
practicing religion and spirituality. I trust I am not alone in
recognizing these truths. For me they represent a return to our
origins, a return to the spirit and the teaching of Jesus and
his prophetic ancestors, and of the Christ which was a spirit
that Jesus鈥� presence and teaching unleashed.
The Prophets Versus Empire
Is it time for Americans to build a culture that rejects empire and adopts the principles of the Jubilee?
Holy Impatience: an interview with Matthew Fox
An interview with Matthew Fox. Organized
religion needs to get its act together and bring in the
feminine, the widom of Sophia. See also his 95
theses.
Checkpoint Women
Monitoring human rights abuses at checkpoints in occupied Palestine
The Folk Rock On: Utah Phillips
Utah Phillips.聽 Photo provided by Fleming & Associates, Inc We met each other a number of years ago when Ani was doing a single in Philadelphia. She was playing at
At the Mercy of Strangers
What would you ask of the people who will care for you when you are unable to care for yourself?
Retirement Crisis, Real or Imagined? Moral and Economic Questions on Social Security
Social security privatization, the collapse of
private pensions, low rates of savings -- what should we
do?
Can Elders Save the World
This is no time to be wasting the talents and wisdom of elders.
Of, By and For Seniors: Japanese Seniors Co-operatives
Japanese families are getting smaller while the ranks of the aged are growing. A co-operative has stepped into this vacuum, connecting thousands of elders who have something to give and something to receive.
Parenting: The Sequel
These grandparents bring savvy and compassion to the task of raising another generation
What Is Old Age For?
It turns out there is a reason humans live decades after our reproductive years end, a reason obscured by reference to "the golden years" and endless products designed to keep us young. The truth is we need our elders to be elders.
Just, Green & Beautiful Cities
Carl Anthony on the regional equity movement, and making cities work.
Two Crises, One Solution
We face devastation of the natural world and violence in human communities. There's a way to solve both these crises. A reverence movement would anchor a different economics, a restorative economics. Working with nature, we can create wealth sustainably and spread it more equitably. Solution-based, investment-driven environmentalism.
Seven Great Ideas for Movement Builders
Movement building is not just about winning on a particular issue, says Grace Lee Boggs. It is about advancing the evolution of human society.
Five Ways to a Great Place
Project for Public Spaces works to create places that attract people. What makes these places work?
The New City Beautiful
Vancouver, Seattle, London, and Chicago are getting healthier and more beautiful through "green urbanism."
Community Benefit Agreements
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
developed "community benefits agreements" to specify benefits
to be provided to neighborhoods affected by a particular
development.
Cities For All: An Interview with Angela Glover Blackwell
Angela Glover Blackwell is founder and CEO of PolicyLink, a national organization working for economic and social equity. Her work has centered on revitalizing low-income communities and communities of color and public-interest law. She recently co-authored Searching for the Uncommon Common Ground: New Dimensions on Race in America (2002, WW Norton & Co).
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