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Brave New Alps: Catalyzing a Rural Resurgence through Commoning
Episode 75
By applying commoning practices in rural towns in the Italian Alps, Bianca Elzenbaumer, a community economies designer and cofounder of Brave New Alp…
7 hours ago
'Ecocivilization': Jeremy Lent's Bracing Vision of System Change
Episode 74
In his new book 'Ecocivilization', Jeremy Lent offers a bracing vision for how humanity can escape the destructive imperatives of capitalism and crea…
1 month ago
Benjamin Mako Hill on the Distinctive Dynamics of Online Collaboration
Episode 73
Benjamin Mako Hill has spent years studying the distinctive social dynamics and governance structures of collaborative websites, from open source sof…
2 months ago
Federico Savini on Degrowth and Its Future
Episode 72
Federico Savini, a professor in environmental planning at the University of Amsterdam, talks about the state of the degrowth movement today -- its pr…
3 months ago
Stéphanie Leyronas on France's Bold Experiment in Commons-based Development
Episode 71
For the past five years, Stéphanie Leyronas has been part of an internal team at the French Development Agency (AFD) exploring how it might pioneer n…
4 months ago
Lewis Hyde on Gift Economies & Cultural Commons
Episode 70
Lewis Hyde, a celebrated scholar, essayist, literary critic and poet, wrote two classic books on aspects of the commons -- 'The Gift,' in 1979, about…
5 months ago
Stephanie Rearick on Building Social Wealth through Mutual Aid
Episode 69
As the capitalist economy grows more expensive and predatory, Stephanie Rearick and her colleagues are building an alternative social economy that me…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Future Requires a Politics of Relationality
Episode 68
At a time when the superstructures of modern civilization seem terminally messed up, the authors of 'Relationality: An Emergent Politics of Life Beyo…
7 months ago
Chris Smaje's Vision of a Post-Collapse Eco-Localism that Works
Episode 67
What might the world look like if capitalist growth and carbon emissions continue, and modern civilization collapses? Chris Smaje, a small farmer and…
8 months ago
Isabel Carlisle, Bioregioning as a Response to 'Gaia on the Move'
Episode 66
As climate change and other crises makes the economy and everyday life more precarious, innovative forms of bioregional action are needed to respond …
9 months ago