Madhuresh Kumar
How do you imagine a regional future that honours people’s dignity when states fail to do so?Alternative regionalism is not an abstract ideal; it is already unfolding in fragments across Southeast Asia. MASSA (Movement for Alternatives and …
What and where are the grassroots movements and alternative visions that challenge green colonialism and offer ‘ecosocial transition’ pathways toward equitable and ecological futures? This question is at the heart of ‘The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism: Global Justice and …
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 …
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 …
Quincy Saul
In this article, Quincy Saul shares snippets of his experiences at the World Social Forum in Kathmandu, Nepal. He highlights the moments and movements – on democracy, food justice, and protecting river ecosystems – that have inspired him. …
Quincy Saul
A.T. Ariyaratne, founder of the Sarvodaya Movement in Sri Lanka, passed away on 16th April 2024. Quincy Saul offers a tribute to the legendary figure, sharing key lessons we can learn from his life’s work as movements around …
Carlos Tornel
“In times of civilizational collapse, the preservation of dignity can only come from below.”*
In conversations ranging from coffee shops to university classrooms, the language and notion of “civilizational collapse” is becoming increasingly common. The disaffection …
Ecocene? Yet another new word to describe the ‘Earth era’ in which humanity currently exists? Is it necessary and desirable, and if so, why? What was/is wrong with Anthropocene, Capitalocene, or Chthulucene (apart from having no idea how to pronounce …
Clem McCartney
Seven weeks have passed in the current heightened phase of the conflict in Israel/Palestine – seven, often seen as a special number. The level of death and destruction that has occurred during this time might have given those …
Salimah Valiani
In the mid-1970s, at the height of the Cold War, and following the victory of the Vietnamese people over US world hegemony, The Green Book was published in Africa. Muammar al-Qadaffi’s Green Book offered what he termed “the …
Christine Dann
What is “ecosophy’? In his Introduction to Ecosophies of Freedom, Miland Wani gives a good overview of the derivation of the word (a contraction of ecological philosophy, with the emphasis on ‘eco’ – home or household, and …
Neema Pathak Broome and Akshay Chettri
With looming ecological calamities and the failure of the current systems and measures to conserve biodiversity, the need for alternative transformative pathways is being felt acutely and being discussed widely – alternatives to address …