Category: Society
-
How to start a community currency
reposted from shareable.net Mira Luna The centralized creation of money and credit has a profoundly negative effect on local economies, sovereignty, and social cohesion. Bankers value profit at all costs, while locally-controlled institutions tend to prioritize other values like community, justice, and sustainability. Communities can regain some control of the flow of money and credit
-
9 Urban Food Policies for Strong Local Food Systems
Sustainable Economies Law Center reposted from Sharable.com Photo credit: shoothead. Excerpted from the Policies for Shareable Cities report. In a sharing economy, individuals look less to big chain stores to meet their food needs, and look more to each other. Food travels fewer miles between producers and consumers, making fresher, tastier, and often healthier food more accessible
-
Resisting Critical Race Theory
What is Critical Race Theory? What does it believe? Where does it come from? How does it work? And what can we do about it? These are core questions to understanding our times. In this series of lectures, originally delivered in Tampa, Florida, in July of 2021, James Lindsay, the founder of New Discourses, gives