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Putting technology in its place

Putting technology in its place - blog Local Futures

The most recent topic explored by the thinkers and activists who make up the Great Transition Network was “Technology and the Future”. As writer after writer posted their thoughts, it was heartening to see that almost all recognize that technology […]

Filed Under: Development, Technology Tagged With: corporations, democracy, depression, farming, livelihoods, mental health, technology

Appropriate Technology, Traditional Cultures and Degrowth

Technology, Traditional Cultures and Degrowth blog by Alex Jensen - Local Futures

The industrial-capitalist-technological system is characterized by perpetual growth through excessive production, relentless marketing and public relations to expand markets and demand through consumerism.[1] In the process, novel ‘needs’ are manufactured and the boundaries and norms of comfort and convenience are […]

Filed Under: Capitalism, Community, Development, Health, Localization, Technology Tagged With: community, consumerism, corporations, degrowth, indigenous, sustainability, technology, well-being

Source Temple and the Great Reset

I recently visited a spiritual community in Brazil called Source Temple. Drawing primarily on the teachings of Adi Da and A Course in Miracles, it comprises about thirty people from about ten countries, mostly Brazil and South America, ranging in […]

Filed Under: Community, Development, Economic Growth and Degrowth, Free Trade and Globalization, Inner transformation, Localization Tagged With: community, degrowth, economic growth, economics, globalization, localization, South, trade agreements

Why is the Food Systems Summit silent on corporate land grabs?

Peasant movements in Asia marked March 29 as the Day of the Landless. The day pays tribute to the founding of the Asia Peasant Coalition (APC). About 15-million strong, the APC was established in 2003 by more than 20 organizations […]

Filed Under: Capitalism, Development, Food and Farming, Inequality, Livelihoods and jobs, Local food Tagged With: agriculture, corporate control, corporations, development, farming, global food, industrial agriculture, livelihoods, South

Progress and the modernization of Ladakh

One morning during breakfast, my family started talking about new policies of the government towards “Progress” to ensure road connectivity and freshwater pipelines to every house, which have been categorized as basic necessities. I agree that these facilities make life […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Community, Development, Happiness Tagged With: climate change, community, development, happiness

How the World Bank helped re-establish colonial plantations

In October 2020, a group of 79 Kenyans filed a lawsuit in a UK court against one of the world’s largest plantation companies, Camelia Plc. They say the company is responsible for the killings, rapes and other abuses that its […]

Filed Under: Capitalism, Development, Food and Farming, Free Trade and Globalization Tagged With: agriculture, corporations, farming, global food, industrial agriculture, local food

Lockdown in Ladakh

I returned to my village in Ladakh when the Prime Minister announced the first lockdown in late-March. I ended up spending the whole lockdown period in the village assisting my family with various agricultural and pastoral tasks. This was the […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Development, Food and Farming, Health, Livelihoods and jobs Tagged With: agriculture, culture, development, farming, health, livelihoods, well-being

What does self-reliance really mean? Amazing stories from India’s villages

Not so long ago, Dalit women farmers in Telangana used to face hunger and deprivation. Today, they have contributed foodgrains for pandemic relief. Farmers on the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border have been sending organic produce to Bengaluru even during the lockdown. […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Democracy, Development, Food and Farming, Livelihoods and jobs, Localization Tagged With: agriculture, culture, democracy, farming, health, livelihoods, localization, well-being

Post-pandemic development: a Ladakhi perspective

A week before the announcement of the Janata [public] Curfew slated for March 22, 2020, I spoke with a 43-year-old close relative in her village in Leh, Ladakh, by phone from Delhi. Around that time, the news of rising infections […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Development, Education, Food and Farming, Livelihoods and jobs, Localization Tagged With: agriculture, culture, farming, global food, indigenous, local food, localization, well-being

Land Without Bread: the Green New Deal forsakes America’s countryside

Days after the heart-stopping Notre-Dame Cathedral fire in April, Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg trained her eyes on the United Kingdom’s parliament and chastised its meager response to climate change. “I want you to panic,” the baby-faced sixteen-year-old quietly instructed the […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Community, Development, Food and Farming Tagged With: agriculture, climate change, community, economic growth, technology

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