Posts Tagged ‘resistance’
Beyond Growth: A Mountain Community Rewriting the Future of Climate Resilience
Perched on the upper slopes of Mount Halimun–Salak in West Java’s Sukabumi region, the cultural landscape of Kasepuhan Gelar Alam is easily misread by modern rationality as a sociological fossil, trapped in the romanticism of the past. Behind the thatched ijuk roofs and agrarian rituals, however, lies a progressive political laboratory. Omah Gede – Indonesia…
Read MoreEcological Resistance and the Politics of Regeneration in Kurdistan
Across Kurdistan, the village has not been just a place of settlement; it has been a living ecological system, a web of deep interconnections among people, land, seeds, animals, water, and culture. Today, industrial agriculture drives urban expansion and centuries of political violence continue to weaken rural life. Yet a growing grassroots movement is regenerating…
Read MoreIs a Mass Revolt Against Technocracy Starting to Happen?
Ted Gioia has a popular Substack called “The Honest Broker.” Although, as an author, his books tend to focus on music and popular culture, he writes eloquently about a wide range of topics and offers insightful commentary about the global forced march toward technocratic lifestyle and governance that we’re now immersed in. In one posting,…
Read MoreWhat I Saw Outside the Blue Zone in Belém
I am Thais Mantovani, co-founder of EcoUniversidade, and for the past six years I have also been working with Local Futures, helping to strengthen the localization movement in Brazil and supporting grassroots initiatives that defend territory, rebuild food systems and imagine ecological futures from the ground up. I went to COP30 in Belém not only…
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