Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld
Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld trace a worldwide network of communities healing soil and reweaving relationships between people and land.
This brown, dirty stuff beneath our feet is in fact teeming with life and …
Abdul Semakula
The climate crisis is a listening crisis. We’ve lost the human capacity to hear what the web of life in our places is telling us. A community in Kampala is rebuilding, in an urban context, the cultural infrastructure …
Ecosystem Restoration Communities
Originally published by ERC in March 2025.
The rural community of Matera in southern Italy’s Basilicata region has a deep connection to the land. But over the past decades the community has faced mounting challenges that have …
Robbie Blake
Originally published by ARC2020 on 20 February 2026.
How accessible are conversations around transition? As we at ARC2020 deepen our longstanding work to support agroecology and food sovereignty, with a focus this year on the right to food …
Ashish Kothari
Originally published by Meer on 13 February 2025.
Lessons from grassroots ecological and social innovations in India.
January 2026 has been an inspirational start to a new (Gregorian) year, if I look beyond the daily stories of …
Caroline Shenaz Hossein
Caroline Shenaz Hossein’s latest book sheds light on the activism of the Black women who act as ‘Banker Ladies’ in their communities, creating systems of mutual aid, co-operation, and collectivity. The book highlights how Black women counter …
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 …
Sonali Sathaye
What and how do you teach young people as they witness and navigate the currents of the climate crisis? Sonali Sathaye reflects on teaching courses on climate change to urban youth in Bangalore, India. Alongside factual knowledge about …
Gregory Pettys
The Planet Local Summit, which took place in Ladakh from September 3-7, brought together visionaries, practitioners, and cultural change-makers to celebrate localisation, indigenous wisdom, and co-shape pathways for futures that are local, resilient, and healthy. Writer and …
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, …
David Blanton
Facing habitat loss, climate change, and shifting livelihoods, Maasai women are leading a transformative program that links sustainable dairy farming with the preservation of the Serengeti’s iconic migrations and the resilience of local communities.
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 …