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 …
Helena Paul
Climate change and biodiversity destruction are moving faster than we ever thought possible, with deadly implications for future generations, while inequality, injustice, conflict, disease and hunger are constantly increasing. Our governments continually fail to take action – and …
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 …
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 …
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 …