Pooja Kishinani
An interview with filmmaker and water conservationist Lobzang Wangtak, whose latest documentary “I Am Zanskar” is a portrait of an ecologically fragile landscape that is undergoing rapid changes.With glaciers receding at an alarming rate and erratic snowfall patterns, …
Esperanza Martínez
The Yasuní struggle in Ecuador embodies a historic challenge to extractivism by crystallizing the demand to “leave oil underground” into a national referendum victory in 2023. Despite government resistance and partial non-compliance, the vote opened new legal, political, …
Valentina Donato
This article was originally published by degrowth.info on 15 August 2025.
What can be done when vast corporations take control of the land, poison the soil, and exploit the hands that care for it? Valentina Donato explores the …
Sayan Dey
As we dream and build alternative futures, how do we move beyond anthropo-ego-centrism towards a humble, cobwebbed, and rhizomatic state that is “protean, open, prefigurative, and coexisting” with the rest of nature? With this question at …
J.P. O’Malley
Originally published in Resurgence & Ecologist.
J.P. O’Malley talks to the directors of a moving documentary about the citizens of Zenica, one of Europe’s most polluted cities, and how they came together to fight against the local, …
Brian Tokar
Originally published by Resilience.org on August 1, 2025.
Proponents of the theory and praxis of social ecology – the holistic approach to reharmonizing society and nature originated by social theorist Murray Bookchin during the 1960s – ’90s – …
Milica Kočović De Santo
This article highlights the historical significance of self-management practices in Yugoslavia as inherently anti-capitalist and anti-colonial. The Yugoslav model’s institutional structure embodied principles that degrowth theorists advocate, offering relevant insights for future provisioning systems in a …
Madhuresh Kumar
Over the past few years, the phrase “just transition” has travelled across climate policy corridors, from international negotiations to national energy plans. It suggests a promise: of fairness, of repair, of moving away from fossil fuels without leaving …
Mohammed Al-Murtadha
The most inspiring alternatives are not found in rigid ideologies or centralised plans, but in the adaptive, decentralised and plural pathways emerging from lived experience that make room for care, experimentation, and slow transformation. Mohammed Al-Murthadha writes that …
Satish Kumar
Satish Kumar shares his experience of visiting Delhi’s Lodhi neighbourhood where the streets are transformed into colourful canvases. He highlights the importance of art as a way of infusing creativity and celebration into everyday, re-enchanting the world, and …
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 …