Activism
Why Capital Punishment?
Courtesy: ACLU
Month: February 2024
DO IT ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION
How to use non electric energy where you are
One strategy being pursued to address the climate crisis has been to shift from fossil fuels to electric power as the energy source for common activities. But electric power has environmental costs, too, even when […]
DO IT ACTIVISM
How to go Carbon Neutral in your Community
“Going Carbon Neutral” campaigns not only push for reduced energy usage and carbon emissions, they also strengthen community. The small town of Ashton Hayes in the UK launched the concept by conducting an audit […]
DO IT: NEW BUSINESS MODELS
Community Barter Groups
Money Soup: A Legal Guide to Bartering, Giving, and Getting Stuff without Dollars, put together by the Sustainable Economies Law Center. Barter markets: sustaining people and nature in the Andes Panamédica Cooperativa de Salud […]
DO IT: NEW BUSINESS MODELS
How to Support fundamental change of the financial system.
Local finance and banking alternatives can help communities and local economies, but their impacts will not be big enough to fundamentally remake the global financial system. For that, policy changes that extend beyond the local level […]
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Beyond GDP
Words: Local Futures, Mobilized Production: Mobilized
DO IT: NEW BUSINESS MODELS
Creating Community businesses to serve the community’s needs
52 Alivehoods Raising Dough, Community-Supported Industry Upskilling for a Post-Growth Future Together Two Fold: A Community-Supported Bakery this article on the Vikalp Sangam website Words: Mobilized News, Local Futures, Communities Production: Mobilized News
DO IT ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION
How your community can reclaim their electric grid?
Words: Mobilized News, Local Futures, The American Public Power Association Production: Mobilized News The American Public Power Association’s guide Public Power for Your Community, which includes case studies (US).
DO IT ACTIVISM
Thinking Globally, Take Action Locally
Words: Local Futures, Mobilized News Production: Mobilized News How to Start a Buy Local Campaign Building “Buy Local” Campaigns that Shift Culture and Spending.
DO IT MATERIALS RESOURCES
How to create or join a community shared resources network
Words: Mobilized News, Streetbank, Shareable, Local Futures Production: Mobilized News Resources: How to start a community tool share 300 Guides to help your community thrive Local Sharing with your neighbors