Category:News

• Amsterdam, along with other major European cities, bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels [BBC], Daily Alternative (May 22, 2026)
• Solidarity fields in Syria: Reviving local seed production, globalvoices.org (May 21, 2026) — A community garden on Damascus's edge is quietly rebuilding Syria's agricultural memory
• How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe, theconversation.com (May 15, 2026)
• The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world, Adam Morton and Petra Stock, theguardian.com (May 15, 2026)
• How one Kenyan community is building a new future on reclaimed ground, globalvoices.org (May 14, 2026)
• Data Centres Need a Social License to Operate, demnext.substack.com (May 13, 2026) — How lessons from citizens' assemblies are highly relevant for the future of AI infrastructure and data centres, Another Democratic Future and Claudia Chwalisz
• Argentina’s co-operativas escolares: A case study in co-op education, thenews.coop (May 12, 2026) — In 1946, national legislation formally established the teaching of co-operativism and the creation of school co-operatives
• Young inventor plans to stop 90% of floating sea plastic by 2040, positive.news (May 07, 2026)
• Rewilding giants: captive elephants rehomed in Europe’s first sanctuary, theguardian.com (May 07, 2026)
• How to build cities for wildlife, not just people – new research, theconversation.com (May 06, 2026)
• Hope is contagious and science is king: 10 big lessons on ending the fossil fuel era, theguardian.com (May 01, 2026)
• In Indonesia, a schoolboy moves mountains on waste as government targets reform, news.mongabay.com (Apr 30, 2026)
• Notes from Vilnius’ first citizens’ assembly, demnext.substack.com (Apr 30, 2026) — How 39 residents reimagined their city’s transportation with 23 recommendations, DemocracyNext
• ‘My own contribution’: the Ottawa immigrants learning to retrofit homes and fight the climate crisis, theguardian.com (Apr 30, 2026) — Canadian social enterprise hopes to help solve the urgent need for retrofits and shortage of skilled workers
• Santa Marta Process Begins: Tuvalu and Ireland to Host Second Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in 2027 in the Pacific, fossilfueltreaty.org (Apr 29, 2026) — The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, concluded today marking a historic breakthrough in building international cooperation for the phase out of coal, oil and gas extraction and production. This step fundamentally shifts power toward a growing coalition of courageous nations engaged in a new international process to manage an equitable phase out of fossil fuels
• Sail-power offers passengers new crossing between England and France, reuters.com (Apr 28, 2026)
• “The crisis of democratic legitimacy is a design problem—and better alternatives already exist” [Ecocivilization], Daily Alternative (Apr 27, 2026)
• Sick of power outages, this remote Indigenous town is planning to build its own renewable grid, theguardian.com (Apr 26, 2026)
• Toward a Common Grammar for Finance and Mutual Aid, willruddick.substack.com (Apr 21, 2026)
• Kenyan women defy fishing taboos as climate change threatens Lake Victoria, aljazeera.com (Apr 20, 2026)
• Arriving at commoning: it's everywhere, but how can we get it right?, growingcommons.substack.com (Apr 19, 2026)
• Judge rejects Trump administration bid to block Hawaii climate lawsuit, staradvertiser.com (Apr 15, 2026)
• Why Participation Is The Game Changer, Daily Alternative (Apr 12, 2026)
• ‘The danger and value of water are in my blood’: how rain fences are making Dutch homes more climate resilient, theguardian.com (Apr 09, 2026)
• Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future, theconversation.com (Apr 08, 2026)
• Europe needs affordable, low‑carbon homes – here’s how Barcelona is reimagining its housing system, theconversation.com (Apr 08, 2026)
• Foraging commons in action, growingcommons.substack.com (Apr 08, 2026)
• How Pakistan’s solar boom is shielding it from worst of Iran war crisis, aljazeera.com (Apr 07, 2026)
• A new economic superpower could spark a global retreat from fossil fuels, theguardian.com (Apr 07, 2026)
• What are the health impacts of sea-level rise, and who should pay?, theguardian.com (Apr 07, 2026)
• How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets, theguardian.com (Apr 05, 2026)
• The generosity experiment, positive.news (Apr 02, 2026)
• Listening before helping: Why community involvement is essential for peace in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, globalvoices.org (Mar 31, 2026)
• A housing commons for the Basque country - starting with bicycles and cars!, growingcommons.substack.com (Mar 29, 2026)
• Amid an energy crisis, the renewables juggernaut gathers pace, positive.news (Mar 25, 2026) — The amount of solar installed worldwide doubled between 2022 and 2024 alone.
• We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out, George Monbiot, theguardian.com (Mar 25, 2026) — The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is
• NSW bans new coal mines in landmark shift towards fossil fuel phase-out, thepoint.com.au (Mar 20, 2026)
• A water solution for drought‑prone South Africa: we designed systems to replenish aquifers simply and cheaply in five towns, theconversation.com (Mar 19, 2026)
• London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution, theguardian.com (Mar 12, 2026) — Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%
• Which climate policies actually make a difference? Our new analysis has the answer, theconversation.com (Mar 09, 2026)
• ‘In Romania now, you don’t see a bottle anywhere’, positive.news (Mar 09, 2026)
• Talking about the weather - when the weather really matters - in communities and classrooms [Climate Majority Project and others], Daily Alternative (Mar 06, 2026)
• Across South America, canopy bridges evolve as a lifeline for tree-dwelling wildlife, news.mongabay.com (Mar 04, 2026)
• About 6.5 million people in Somalia face acute hunger due to drought, government and UN say, reuters.com (Feb 24, 2026)
• Regenerative agriculture sows success in Kenya, positive.news (Feb 23, 2026)
• How a Groundbreaking Indigenous Treaty on Whales’ Rights Could Change National Laws, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 22, 2026)
• “Love did not eliminate politics; it made it sustainable.” Hélène Landemore on the qualities of citizen rule, over that of politicians, Daily Alternative (Feb 22, 2026)
• The world’s rainforests are vanishing. In this one country, they’re growing back., vox.com (Feb 19, 2026) — How did Costa Rica beat back deforestation and buck the global trend?
• Paris Court Holds Historic Climate Trial in Case Against TotalEnergies, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 19, 2026)
• The planet’s other forest crisis, latimes.com (Feb 19, 2026)
• Environmental defenders labeled ‘terrorists’ for bringing renewable power to Philippine communities, globalvoices.org/ (Feb 19, 2026)
• Introducing Katcha: An African Democratic Innovation Network, demnext.substack.com (Feb 19, 2026)
• “Civilizational transitions require both material infrastructure and shared imagination. People need to envision alternatives before they’ll invest energy building them”. Us, on cosmo-localism, Daily Alternative (Feb 19, 2026)
• ‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics, theguardian.com (Feb 19, 2026)
• Amazon villages build autonomous energy systems after mega-dam failed pledges, news.mongabay.com (Feb 18, 2026)
• Air pollution may directly contribute to Alzheimer’s disease – new study, theconversation.com (Feb 17, 2026)
• Assam India: Where exchange has a home, grassecon.substack.com (Feb 16, 2026)
• A commoners' manifesto: 24 articles on how commons can change the world, Dave Darby, growingcommons.substack.com (Feb 15, 2026)
• Five Years Into a Fishing Ban, the Yangtze River Is Teeming With Life, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 12, 2026)
• We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps, Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis, theguardian.com (Feb 12, 2026) — Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp
• Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say, theguardian.com (Feb 11, 2026) — Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
• ‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions?, theguardian.com (Feb 11, 2026)
• Geothermal could replace almost half of the EU’s fossil fuel power, grist.org (Feb 10, 2026)
• This Isn’t a Dating App, substack.com (Feb 09, 2026) — A Story, Will Ruddick
• Businesses face extinction unless they protect nature, major report warns, BBC News (Feb 09, 2026)
• Climate storytelling often ignores young people – arts-based research can change that, theconversation.com (Feb 06, 2026)
• Bolivia Indigenous communities, local gov’ts help protect nearly 1 million hectares, news.mongabay.com (Feb 06, 2026)
• From environmental threat to international crime: why ecocide is now a global security issue, econews.global (Feb 05, 2026)
• Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn, theguardian.com (Feb 05, 2026) — Recovery would be far harder than after the 2008 financial crash, they said, as “we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks”.
• One of Africa’s Most Important Water Sources Just Got Some Very Good News, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 05, 2026) — Angola’s vast highland wetlands feed rivers that deliver freshwater to millions. They just gained global recognition that could help keep it that way.
• Uganda’s first peace journalism awards redefine the media landscape, globalvoices.org (Feb 03, 2026)
• Fossil fuel firms may have to pay for climate damage under proposed UN tax, theguardian.com (Feb 01, 2026)
• Colombia’s persistent violence seems overwhelming. But this “systems approach to youth-led peace building” has affected millions, Daily Alternative (Jan 29, 2026)
• Where Stewardship Starts, A Conversation with TreesForDev, Aude Peronne, audeperonne.substack.com (Jan 29, 2026)
• Overshoot: The World Is Hitting Point of No Return on Climate, e360.yale.edu (Jan 28, 2026) — With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences — from the melting of ice sheets to the death of the Amazon rainforest — that could not be reversed. By Fred Pearce
• Small-scale farmers produce more of the rich world’s food than previously thought – new study, theconversation.com (Jan 28, 2026)
• The quiet lessons of Minnesota, supervivalism (not survivalism), “Storm Networks”, and more insights from mutual-aiders [Collapse Club], Daily Alternative (Jan 28, 2026)
• New tools for growing the commons, part 4: what life in a commons town might be like, Dave Darby, growingcommons.substack.com (Jan 25, 2026)
• Amsterdam Defies Last-Minute Lobbying to Become First Capital City to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads, desmog.com (Jan 23, 2026)
• Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds, theguardian.com (Jan 22, 2026) — Beijing, New York, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro and Delhi among those facing extreme stress, while London, Bangkok and Jakarta classed as being highly stressed
• I developed an app that uses drone footage to track plastic litter on beaches, theconversation.com (Jan 21, 2026)
• Adopting low-cost ‘healthy’ diets could cut food emissions by one-third, carbonbrief.org (Jan 21, 2026)
• Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn, theguardian.com (Jan 20, 2026)
• my country has established a pilot network for product carbon footprint labeling and certification in 25 provinces, ideacarbon.org (Jan 20, 2026)
• World Enters “Era of Global Water Bankruptcy” UN Scientists Formally Define New Post-Crisis Reality for Billions, unu.edu (Jan 20, 2026)
• As the UN General Assembly Turns 80, Can Ordinary Citizens Change How the World Is Governed?, desmog.com (Jan 19, 2026) — Democratic innovation as a pathway for revitalising global climate action.
• Dublin Bay’s oyster graveyard rises from dead in effort to restore rich ecosystem, theguardian.com (Jan 18, 2026)
• Why restoring nature can work so much more effectively when led by local people, theconversation.com (Jan 15, 2026)
• Growing up alongside deadly fires inspired me to study them – and fight flames with swarms of drones, theconversation.com (Jan 15, 2026)
• Wikipedia at 25: can its original ideals survive in the age of AI?, theconversation.com (Jan 14, 2026)
• India shows how urban forests can help cool cities – as long as planners understand what nature and people need, theconversation.com (Jan 14, 2026)
• The Syrian volunteers rebuilding their shattered schools, positive.news (Jan 12, 2026)
• Pakistan seeks justice for environmental harm through climate litigation, globalvoices.org (Jan 11, 2026)
• Surprising number of foods contain microplastics. Here’s how to reduce the amount you consume, theconversation.com (Jan 07, 2026)
• Indigenous women lead a firefighting brigade in Brazil’s Cerrado, news.mongabay.com (Jan 07, 2026)
• The biggest climate migration problem may be that there’s not enough of it, grist.org (Jan 05, 2026)
• Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first, theguardian.com (Dec 29, 2025)
• Lessons on Scaling Gift Economies—and How It Can Help the Planet, insideclimatenews.org (Dec 25, 2025)
• A New Jersey Buyout Program for Flood-Prone Homes Is a National Model, insideclimatenews.org (Dec 25, 2025)

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