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How not to build a movement, as demonstrated by Chris Saltmarsh

We thought you might like this extraordinary defence of Deep Adaptation by Matthew Slater. Last year, he and Extinction Rebellion co-founder Skeena Rathor, authored a chapter in Deep Adaptation: Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos; last month it was reviewed by newcomer Chris Saltmarsh, the champion of Jeremy Corbyn’s Green New Deal proposals and author of ‘Burnt’.

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Mutual Credit Services – keeping communities alive after COVID: explaining the Credit Commons Protocol

of Mutual Credit Services (MCS), whose mission is to help build local mutual credit ‘clubs’ in the UK and overseas, and to link them together in a global trading network. Here we provide a basic explanation of the Credit Commons Protocol.

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Support small fishing boats over giant super-trawlers

Why we should support small fishing boats over super-trawlers, Part 3

Support small fishing boats over giant super-trawlers

Here’s the third and final part of my interview with Caroline Bennett, founder of ‘Sole of Discretion’ (a community interest company that sells fish caught by a collective of small fishing boats in Devon) about why we should support small fishing boats over giant super-trawlers. We’re talking about how government quotas benefit super-trawlers and disadvantage

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Why we should support small fishing boats over super-trawlers

Why we should support small fishing boats over super-trawlers, Part 2

Why we should support small fishing boats over super-trawlers

Here’s Part 2 of my interview with Caroline Bennett, founder of ‘Sole of Discretion’, a community interest company that sells fish caught by a collective of small fishing boats in Devon. Here we talk about the life of small fishing boat skippers.

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12 reasons industrial-scale agriculture is driving environmental destruction

12 reasons why industrial-scale agriculture is driving environmental destruction

12 reasons industrial-scale agriculture is driving environmental destruction

In this article, the LWA’s Horticulture Campaigns Coordinator Rebecca Laughton explains why we have to produce and trade a greater percentage of food locally.

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Why we should support small fishing boats over super-trawlers, Part 1

Here’s Part 1 of our interview with Caroline Bennett, founder of ‘Sole of Discretion’, a community interest company that sells fish caught by a collective of small fishing boats in Devon. Here we’re talking about the sustainability and community benefits of small fishing boats, the barriers that they face, and how her business can help

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Bridport cohousing

Help Bridport Cohousing group build a community hub building

Bridport cohousing

We’ve been following the progress of the Bridport Cohousing project for a few years. They’re interesting because they’re a community land trust, partnering with a housing association to ensure that their 53 properties remain affordable. Bridport is a nice place to live, and house prices have risen by around 15% in the last couple of

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John Thackara: 'Strange' ideas for strange times

John Thackara: ‘Strange’ ideas don’t sound so strange in strange times

John Thackara: 'Strange' ideas for strange times

This is part 2 of a conversation with John Thackara. In part 1 we talked about what the future might hold for humanity, and here we talk about what our responses might be. ‘Strange’ ideas might be required for strange times.

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John Thackara on the future for humanity

John Thackara: What does the future hold for humanity?

John Thackara on the future for humanity

This is part 1 of a conversation with John Thackara – senior fellow of the Royal College of Art, visiting professor at Tongji University, Shanghai, founder and director of the Doors of Perception sustainable design conferences, and author of many books, including How to Thrive in the Next Economy.

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Mutual credit for small businesses post-Covid

Incredible new research: how small businesses can be saved post-Covid

Mutual credit for small businesses post-Covid

It seems pretty obvious that there’s a giant economic slump on the way that’s going to sweep away millions of small and medium-sized businesses around the world, so that Amazon can step in to continue to try to take over the entire global economy.

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