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A Wiki for all solutions on Earth

August 3, 2017 by Tony 4 Comments
Using a wiki for all solutions on Earth as a foundation for the ultimate action network -An introduction and call to arms
The Louisville Flood
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Will the Poor Always Be With Us?

April 17, 2017 by Local Futures No Comments
Is poverty an essential feature of all human societies, or is it largely a product of our current, particular form of 'civilization'?
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American Gulag

March 22, 2017 by Patricia House No Comments
What Makes America A Gulag?
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The Sharing Economy: It Takes More than a Smartphone

February 28, 2017 by Local Futures No Comments
By Steven Gorelick; originally published on the Economics of Happiness Blog at http://www.localfutures.org/sharing-economy-takes-more-than-smartphone/.
How to build a new world for humanity
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Transition To A New HUman Ecology

February 13, 2017 by Michael Breeden 1 Comment
The world is changing rapidly and deeply. The challenge is first to undertand the changes, then how to respond. For over four decades I have used the science of ecology to analyze, describe and organize the changes humans are dealing with. It is very revealing. I have systematically worked to...
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How a transient home could be a permanent solution to homelessness

May 12, 2016 by Eric Y.F. Lim No Comments
How a transient solution to homelessness can overcome inequality in wealth and opportunity and lead to the formation of Commons Collaborative Communities 
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4 examples that show that poverty isn’t a natural human condition

October 17, 2015 by Thomas Pichon 3 Comments
Although Gates has a noble purpose trying to help eradicate poverty, he seems to be missing the main point: he is not addressing where poverty comes from and how it’s generated. His actions aim at attacking the symptoms only, not what has caused poverty in the first place.
Farming in harmony with nature
Alternatives, Commons, Ideas, Nine films about food and farming

A virtual film festival: Nine films about food and farming

July 22, 2015 by James North No Comments
Our recent virtual film festival, “9x9: Nine little films about food and farming”, has shown The Rules' community at work. A few months ago a member of the community - filmmaker Jason Taylor - approached us with some films he had made about farming that told a positive story about...
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A Forest of Fortune: Picking Community over Corporations

July 18, 2015 by Swati No Comments
As a chief of his community, Ayal was offered $200,000 for the community land by one of Indonesia’s largest coal mining companies. He refused because he had seen other communities that had sold their land and heard their stories.
Alternatives, Featured, Nine films about food and farming

The Source Project: Looking Beyond Symptoms to What Causes Them

July 15, 2015 by The Rules No Comments
The Source Project is set up to work in a more holistic way within the so called development media as the likes of the World Bank and Bill and Melinda Gates foundation begin to transform the development sector into a business driven model.
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The REAL Story of Wealth Creation

The REAL Story of Wealth Creation

August 13, 2015
What would you do with 2 trillion dollars?

What would you do with 2 trillion dollars?

June 9, 2015
3 ways humans create poverty

3 ways humans create poverty

March 12, 2015

The Illusion of Legitimacy: The predatory borrower and inequality

April 8, 2015
4 things you probably know about poverty that Bill and Melinda Gates don’t

4 things you probably know about poverty that Bill and Melinda Gates don’t

February 4, 2015

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