Searching for alternatives to unsustainable and inequitable model of ‘development’
Ashish Kothari speaks with Elandria Williams and Mabrouka Mbarek about a unique journey of explorations and discovery they undertook in three cities of the United States to understand the nature of socio-economic struggle being waged by the Black communities and the political awakening it has resulted in.
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Contemporary urban housing has become an economic and environmental mess, a festering problem forever dodging solutions. Anitra Nelson explores the way out of the crisis and discusses the role cohousing could play in rejuvenating the urban space.
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The Kickapoo River valley in Wisconsin, USA was condemned to reckless “development” in the 1970s as a mega-dam flood control project got underway. But that move was met with resistance from the Ho-Chunk people who consider the area their sacred homeland. Paul Robbins and Marcy West recount the powerful story of a community led and focused ecological revival of the Kickapoo valley, underscoring the triumph of negotiations and collaboration over mistrust and fear.
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The neoliberal dispensation governing the world is pushing it towards an ecological catastrophe while ensuring the economic and political supremacy of an entrenched elite class. Using an income-based class perspective, Marko Ulvilla and Kristoffer Wilen discuss the ways in which we could create ecologically sustainable and socially equitable post-growth societies.
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Multinational corporations want to transform water as a commodity and promote financialization of water bodies and ecosystems, privatizing resources and commodifying a human right. Social movements, unions, local communities, feminist groups and indigenous peoples gathered in Brazil to organize and fight against that vile attempt.
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There is a growing body of work in economics challenging the orthodoxy of free-market fundamentalism as well as exposing its link to rampant environmental degradation all over the world. David Barkin explains the incisive inroads Ecological Economics has made and the promise it holds in our search for an alternative to the dangerous myth of “endless growth”.
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Gustavo Esteva narrates his encounter with “development” and how that has shaped his understanding of the need for crafting new alternatives to free market fundamentalism.
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Zeina Fakhriddin takes us on a journey of action and defiance in the quest for environmental sanity in occupied Palestine
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A vibrant gathering of farmers and their supporters at the Seed Exchange at Nabon, Ecuador reaffirms its opposition to transgenic crops and seeds.
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Located in the Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh, close to the town of Penukonda, the Timbaktu Collective is an initiative
Read moreIn August 2010, the U.N. Secretary General set up a “High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability,” to formulate a “new vision
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