Community

Strengthening our connections.

Reaching for Resilience

by Christa Hillstrom

posted Oct 21, 2010

10 ways that one rural ecovillage is building strong foundations for coming times.

A Day in the Life of a BerkShare

by Bill McKibben

posted Oct 18, 2010

Want to encourage the local economy? Try printing your own regional money.

The End of the Experiment

by Vicki Robin

posted Oct 08, 2010

So what did I learn from a month of hyperlocavore eating?

Support Groups for Hard Times

by Chuck Collins

posted Oct 05, 2010

How can Transition Towns and Common Security Clubs help us navigate a changing economy and environment?

Reflections on the Transition

by Pamela O’Malley Chang

posted Oct 05, 2010

Self-sufficiency, I realize, is a misnomer. What I am aiming for is local sufficiency, together with my neighbors.

Eat. Blog. Love.

by Vicki Robin

posted Sep 27, 2010

How can you not love the one who feeds you? If you have the good fortune to know who that is, I mean.

Reclaim Your Streets: How to Create Safe and Social Pedestrian Plazas

by Erika Kosina

posted Sep 22, 2010

6 steps for replacing cars with parks.

Happy Park(ing) Day

posted Sep 17, 2010

One day a year, in cities throughout the country, parking spots take on a whole new meaning. Simply by paying the parking meter and rolling out some grass, residents claim these spaces as public parks.

“In the Face of This Truth”

by Robert Jensen

posted Sep 17, 2010

It’s time to talk honestly about collapse–no matter how others may respond.

3 Big Ideas for a Resilient Future

posted Sep 17, 2010

Build skills, go local, and celebrate life to prepare for times ahead.

Resilient Ideas: Making Fruit Public

by Susan DeFreitas

posted Sep 09, 2010

Art-infused activism to bring city fruit to the public.

Resilient Ideas: Low-Impact Urban Living

by Sven Eberlein

posted Sep 09, 2010

The challenges of creating urban ecovillages can also be great advantages.

10-Mile Dieter at a 100-Mile Diet Potluck

by Vicki Robin

posted Sep 02, 2010

What my neighbors and I learned when we sat down to figure out what food resources we have at hand, and how to fill the gaps.

In New Orleans, Kindness Trumped Chaos

by Rebecca Solnit

posted Aug 27, 2010

Lessons of dedication, solidarity, love, and recovery, five years after Katrina.

Home-Grown Businesses: The Role of Grassroots Financing

by Stacy Mitchell

posted Aug 26, 2010

How businesses are turning to their neighbors for funding.