Articles: Future
What Does a Sustainable Future Look Like?
In a time of looming uncertainties, what would a truly resilient society look like? Farmer and social scientist Chris Smaje argues that organizing society around small-scale farming…
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Lessons From a Small Country
People say good things sometimes come in small packages, and the little country of Whales is an example of just that. As Minister for Environment, Sustainability and…
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Survive the Future: Three Principles to Get Started
What guiding principles will you need to not just survive the future, but imagine a better one? To answer this question we not only need to look…
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A Small Farm Future COVID-19 Special: For Whom The Bell Tolls
By Chris Smaje, author of the forthcoming book, A Small Farm Future, to be published Fall 2020. This article originally appeared on Chris Smaje’s website Small Farm Future. …
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The Importance of Imagination
From What Is to What If author Rob Hopkins is a co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network. He is also the author of The Power…
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Healthy Culture, Society and Mother Earth: Agri-Culture
In Call of the Reed Warbler, Charles Massy’s stunning observations of interaction between nature, culture, and society is nothing short of eye opening. “By arrogantly having placed ourselves outside…
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A Call for Regenerative Agriculture: From the Group Up
Farmland covers 38 percent of the Earth’s land area and is a major contributor to climate change. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Soil and…
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Fixing the Economy: Radical Thinking for 21st-Century Economists
The economy is a complex, evolving system, and that’s an empowering thought: it means that every one of us can play a part in shaping its evolution.…
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VIDEO TED2018: A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow
What would a sustainable, universally beneficial economy look like? “Like a doughnut,” says Oxford economist Kate Raworth. In a stellar, eye-opening TED2018 talk, Kate explains how we can move…
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