by Ro D. Economade | Citizenship and Agora, Collective, Community, Equity, Learn Citizenship, Local, Long Distance (through countries and continents), Participative Citizenship, Political, Uncategorized
Popular Assembly: 8 steps for change In the current time of social protests all around the world, the problem that citizens are facing is not being heard or understood by their official representatives. Here are some steps that could inspire you to bring a democratic...
by Anna Bien | Alternative Housing/Building, Collective, Housing, Individual, Knowledge, Lifestyle & Philosophy, Locally Sourced, Low Tech, Material, Passive Resilient House/Building, Political, Resilience, Self-Build, Sustainability, Upcycle
Aardhuis Earthship – A self-build ecological house Imagine a house, that respects the environment, self-built and cheap, as well as based on abundant natural materials and upcycling recycled material. Too good to be true? No, and it has a name: Earthship! Our...
by Ro D. Economade | Citizenship and Agora, Collective, Live Together and Solidarity, Municipal, National, Participative Citizenship, Political, Practices
Effective Pacific Protest – Make your voice and claims heard In the current context of climate and social protests popping all over the world, we wanted to contribute in the improvement of the social dialogue by sharing the best practices seen in history and...
by Anja Doksani | Collective, Education & Spreading Knowledge, Individual, Knowledge, Municipal, National, Parenting, Practices
Parenting Styles – What it takes to be a good parent? There is an ongoing debate in psychology about nature vs. nurture. What determines the personality and psycho – social adjustment, the genetic code or the parenting style and external events? The debate...
by Louis Garnier | Collective, Drawdown, Food, Individual, Knowledge, Low Tech, Municipal, Political, Practices, Provincial, Regulate Climate, Save Water, Sustainability, Water
Zaï – An inspiring no-till farming In 2016, WWF published a online article, reporting a deforestation reaching 18,7 millions acres annually. A scaremongering statement, which must not impede us from seeing the many initiative taken those last year, supporting...
by Ro D. Economade | Collective, Food, Individual, Knowledge, Local, Low Tech, Municipal, Practices, Production Practices, Provincial, Sustainability
Food Forest – Sustainable food production and low maintenance gardening Since 1950, the Green Revolution -that is green only in its name- has made most people believe that the most productive way of producing food would be only through the massive use of...
