CIRCULAR DESIGN
Materials–From Take-Make-Waste to Circularity
Our current methods of production are geared for constant consumption, and are based on endless extraction, built in obsolescence with short life-cycles, which then lead […]
stories
Democracy
The Great Transition: Democracy
How communities worldwide can rebuild trust, participation, and public power from the ground up The big picture: A healthier democracy does not begin in a […]
Democracy
Personal and Digital Democracy: Who Controls the Systems?
Democracy is being rewritten in real time. The future of democracy is continuous participation. Not only by elections. By algorithms. By platforms. By data systems. […]
CIRCULAR DESIGN
Transforming Production toward Circularity
What is wrong? Most materials and manufacturing systems remain linear: extract resources, manufacture products, consume them and throw them away. Valuable materials are lost as […]
CIRCULAR DESIGN
Transforming Production: From extractive to circular design
THE CASE FOR A NEW MATERIALS AND RESOURCES SYSTEM From extraction, exploitation and dispossession to regeneration, shared prosperity and community ownership What if we redesigned […]
Democracy
Personal & Digital Democracy
The Upgrade: Systems news, updates & breakthroughs Discover → Learn → Connect → Build → Act Discover what is happening.Learn what is changing.Connect with people and projects.Build useful collaborations.Act where […]
Democracy
What if democracy didn’t end when we left the voting booth?
From power over people and nature to shared stewardship with people and nature. Who is government supposed to serve? From governing over people and nature […]
DESIGN FOR LIFE: FOOD
Bring Food Power Home
The big idea: The future of food should not be reduced to “buy local.” It should be about who owns the farms, processing, logistics, technology, intellectual property, […]
CIRCULAR DESIGN
Circularity: Kate Raworth of Doughnut Economics
Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics, addresses the Meaning Conference of business people for change, in Brighton, England, in 2017. She explains the framework she […]
Democracy
Enabling Personal and Digital Democracy
Transforming Towards Personal and Digital Democracy What is wrong? Democratic participation is often limited to elections, while major public and technological decisions are made without […]
ENERGY
The Great Transition: Energy
From Dirty Power to Community Power How fossil fuels captured economies, politics, media — and why locally owned clean energy can help restore public health, […]
Democracy
Why Bayard Rustin’s Legacy Matters Now
Bayard Rustin did not become famous the way history usually makes people famous. He did not stand at the microphone for the most remembered speech. […]
Democracy
How Media Broke Reality — and How We Rebuild Trust
Truth didn’t die. It was buried by profit. So we’re unearthing it—with community-owned media built on trust by design. For years, the attention economy monetized […]
FINANCE
Democracy
How can communities become creators of technology rather than only consumers of platforms?
From Users to Creators How communities can build technology that serves the people who depend on it We carry powerful computers in our pockets. Yet […]
I.C.T.
I.C.T. and Cyber Security
Period covered: June 7–13, 2026 The digital world is entering an AI-speed security era. The upgrade is not simply more antivirus or stronger passwords. It […]
CIRCULAR DESIGN
Circular Systems Are Restoring Health—From Materials to Communities
📣 Call for Submissions Why it matters: The way materials are made, used, and discarded directly shapes human health and planetary health. Around the […]
CIRCULAR DESIGN
Water Circularity & Nutrient Recovery: Closing the Loops That Sustain Life
Imagine a world where water never becomes “waste.” Where every drop is reused. Where nutrients don’t go down the drain — but return to the […]
CIRCULAR DESIGN
Plastics with an Expiration Date: Bioplastics & Circular Polymers
What if plastic didn’t last 400 years? What if bottles, wrappers, utensils, packaging, and foams didn’t turn into microplastics floating through rivers, oceans, soil, and […]
CIRCULAR DESIGN
The Circular Built Environment: Zero-Carbon, Zero-Waste Construction
What if the buildings we live in… didn’t destroy the planet while they’re being built? What if construction didn’t mean waste piles, carbon pollution, and […]
CIRCULAR DESIGN
Circular Cities: Urban Systems Designed for Flow
What if cities didn’t function like machines that consume and discard… but like ecosystems that circulate and regenerate? What if buildings breathed, transit loops connected […]
CIRCULAR DESIGN
Circular Manufacturing: Repair, Remanufacture & Product-as-a-Service
What if the stuff we own didn’t break after two years… because it was designed to last twenty? What if phones, appliances, tools, and electronics […]
CIRCULAR DESIGN
Designing Out Waste: Circularity 101 for Communities
What if I told you that waste… isn’t natural? In nature, there is no landfill. No garbage trucks. No “away.” Every leaf, every drop, every […]