Amid the grim reality of COVID-19, one of the rare feel-good storylines has been a local business that changes its…
Category: Alternative Economies
Foraging, and Forging, Connections in Cities
Urban foraging can feed the hungry, prevent wildfires, reduce the use of herbicides, restore ancestral memory and inspire action to…
Fashion Is Quietly a Major Fossil Fuel Industry—Could a Sustainable Revolution Be Around the Corner?
New York City is the fashion capital of the world. Its streets are peppered with influencers on Instagram photoshoots, its…
Local Currency: The BerkShare grows strong
Back in the 1990s, a couple of farmers and a deli owner in Western Massachusetts were denied loans, despite their…
The Paper on the Street
How street newspapers in cities empower the people who experience homelessness. In 2011, when Michael Thistle, 60, became homeless after…
Cooperative Acupuncture in the Heartland
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA–In a nondescript strip mall that could be just about anywhere in America, Cait Cain has set up nine…
Fight for your right to repair
You might remember, not that long ago, your town had a camera repair shop. It was probably a mom-and-pop place,…
Universal Basic Income is a Scam to Further Entrench Us in Capitalism
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a much-touted solution to our increasingly tech-driven society, proposed by everyone from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to conservative libertarian…
Money Circles: The most important financial tool you’ve probably never heard of
Nkem Khumbah immigrated to the United States from Cameroon in 1990. The seventh of eight children, he came for an education…
How Minneapolis African Americans use their money in nonviolent protest
In 1960, black families in Minnesota made about 74% of what white families made. Today, they make about half of what…