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Robin Wall Kimmerer’s new book, The Serviceberry, explores reciprocity and gift economies as alternatives to market-driven scarcity and competition. Recognizing the intrinsic value of all life and fostering mutual responsibility is a key step toward better environmental sustainability. Reciprocity: Rethinking Our Relationship with the Natural World https://e360.yale.edu/features/robin-kimmerer-interview Related Reading
Down North, a Philadelphia pizza joint, offers lemonade to local kids, free lunches for the neighborhood in times of need, and it only hires ex-convicts to work in its kitchen. Down North, a Philly pizza joint, provides a lifeline to people who need a fresh start https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/north-philly-pizza-shop-cookbook-rcna187631 Related Reading
With the U.S. facing a nationwide housing shortage, and with developers having largely abandoned building new entry-level homes, families sharing their living spaces with non-relatives is on the rise. Why Americans are moving in with strangers twice their age https://www.vox.com/housing/396042/why-more-americans-are-living-with-strangers-twice-their-age Related Reading
Canadian government announces plans for high speed rail (updated) Canada’s government is planning to build the largest infrastructure project in the nation’s history: a 620-mile high-speed (186 mph) rail line that will link Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City. Canadian government announces plans for high speed rail https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/canadian-government-announces-high-speed-rail-project/ Related Reading
Kamikatsu, a small Japanese mountain town, has found ways to recycle just about everything, and thus has become Japan’s first zero-waste town. It now recycles 81 percent of its residents’ garbage, which compares with Japan’s national average of 20 percent. Introducing Japan’s First Zero-Waste Town https://atmos.earth/introducing-japans-first-zero-waste-town Related Reading
Across the US, grassroots organizations are actively responding to increased ICE enforcement by forming rapid response networks and community defense coalitions. These groups, like Respuesta Rápida de Durham, Community Self-Defense Coalition, NYC ICE Watch, and WAISN, are providing crucial support to immigrants facing deportation threats by patrolling for ICE activity, offering know-your-rights workshops, and providing…
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Indonesia, with the world’s largest Muslim population, is grappling with severe climate change impacts, including sinking land and devastating wildfires. A growing “Green Islam” movement within the country is using religious teachings from the Quran to promote environmental stewardship, inspiring climate action in schools, mosques, and community groups. This movement aims to foster unity and…
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Public housing is not working. It has deepened segregation and concentrated poverty, and nearly half of U.S. renters are rent-burdened, meaning they spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent. But there may be a solution: social housing, under which permanently affordable housing is run as a public good rather than a profit center. The Big Idea:…
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She began growing vegetables as something to do during the pandemic, but she didn’t stop there. Today, she heads a group called Many Hands that works with government agencies in New Mexico to use public lands to end food deserts. The New Mexico Mom Growing Political Power From a Community Garden https://barnraisingmedia.com/with-many-hands-community-garden-new-mexico Related Reading
Some estimates suggest every dollar spent meeting clean air rules returns $10 in health and economic benefits. So why would Donald Trump even consider changing those rules? Clean Air Is One of America’s Best Investments. EPA Deregulation Ignores That. http://archive.today/WiJck Related Reading