Madhuresh Kumar
In the light of the unfolding climate catastrophes and the unfolding crisis the language of energy transition has gained unprecedented traction. From the corridors of the Parliament down to the provincial governments, the shift from fossil fuels to …
GTA facilitation team
Last month, the Global Tapestry of Alternatives (GTA) completed six years of weaving and connecting networks of Alternatives around the globe. In this message to the constituents of the process, the GTA facilitation team celebrates and reflects …
Marianne Dhenin
Originally published by Yes! Magazine on 21 May 2025.
To fill the growing vacuum of history education in the U.S., racial justice organizers are leaning into community-based education programs to continue teaching a more diverse and comprehensive picture …
Asia Leofreddi
Originally published by The Loop on 14 May 2025.
A student-led movement is challenging what they claim is the ‘capture’ of the state by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. Asia Leofreddi reflects on how this uprising, sparked by tragedy …
This is an excerpt from the fifth episode of the More Than Human: Creative Expression series hosted by the Global Tapestry of Alternatives (GTA) and Kalpavriksh. In this episode, filmmaker Janet Solomon is in conversation with Ashish Kothari about …
Michel Pimbert
At its heart, food sovereignty is a people-led response to the existential threats and multiple crises facing agri-food systems. Led by peasant farmers and agricultural workers, indigenous peoples, pastoralists, and fishers, as well as citizens, activist scholars, women, …
How has modernity shaped the way we perceive, inhabit, and relate to our physical bodies? What does it mean to “reclaim whole body sovereignty”? How do we free not only our minds, but also the body from the shackles of …
Necibe Qeredaxi
Necibe Qeredaxi shares the story of Sakine Cansiz (also known as ‘Sara’), co-founder of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), who dedicated her life to the Kurdish freedom movement. From her early inspirations to her efforts at organising women …
Miho Soon
Originally Published by The Post Growth Institute on 19 November 2024.
To offer a meaningful alternative economic system, I believe it is essential that we engage with what we dream of as ‘good lives ‘— the diverging stories, …
As a young person growing up in India in the 1970s and 80s, the struggle of southern Africans against apartheid—an institutional form of race-based segregation and discrimination that its colonial government imposed—was one that we frequently encountered. Tales of brutality …
Dario Casalini
The fast fashion industry is a significant contributor to the accelerating climate, nature, and pollution crises. Dario Casalini, founder of the Slow Fiber network, offers an alternative to the unsustainable economic model that has proliferated ecologically destructive practices …
An interview with sociologist Alexandrina Vanke by Mitja Stefancic
Mitja Stefancic interviews Dr. Alexandrina Vanke, author of The Urban Life of Workers in Post-Soviet Russia, about the motivation behind writing this book, why the concept of ‘class’ is understood …