- From Asphalt to Inspiration: The Student-Led Transformation of America’s Schoolyards, reasonstobecheerful.world (Oct 04, 2024)
- The idea of a "public diner" has much historical precedent - and leads the way to a better food culture for the future, Daily Alternative (Aug 29, 2024)
- Hurricane blackouts: New Orleans' 'lighthouse' solution to keep the power on through floods and high winds, bbc.co.uk (Aug 07, 2024)
- “What if you could create a physical place in every community where people can gather and turn to one another in the event of a crisis?” To the Lifehouse!, Daily Alternative (Jul 10, 2024)
- Public luxury for the everyday citizens of Mexico City—with “100 Utopias” being built by new Mayor Clara Brugada, Daily Alternative (Jul 06, 2024) — "brilliant example of collective amenity and a public infrastructure of care", David Madden
- Fewer wildfires, great biodiversity: what is the secret to the success of Mexico’s forests?, theguardian.com (May 01, 2024) — More than half of the country’s forestry is in community and Indigenous hands – and from CO2 absorption to reducing poverty the results are impressive
- The climate cafe helping eco-anxious Africans find hope amid the heat, positive.news (Mar 11, 2024)
- Launch of a new political project from the Alternative Global— SPRING, Alternative Editorial (Mar 01, 2024)
- A laughter cafe, a healing cafe, a soup cafe, a mending cafe... Anything but yet another coffee cafe, pleads Bridget McKenzie, Daily Alternative (Feb 21, 2024)
2023[edit | edit source]
- ‘We needed to get off the grid’: New Orleans’ community-driven response to blackouts, theguardian.com (Nov 16, 2023)
- Alter Natives: Deana Wildgoose from the Coalville CAN, on the creativity and joy released when communities take over buildings, The Daily Alternative (Jan 11, 2023)
2022[edit | edit source]
- "A floating, multifunctional space for a community": Ecuador's Santay Observatory tests out residence on water, The Daily Alternative (Nov 04, 2022)
- ‘It’s a beautiful thing’: how one Paris district rediscovered conviviality, The Guardian (Jul 14, 2022) — It started with an organised ‘bonjour’. Now the ‘republic of good neighbours’ say they want to reclaim the streets
- Costa Rica’s Los Higuerones coop is a perfect example of what a CAN looks like - combining economy, relationship and conviviality, The Daily Alternative (Mar 21, 2022)
- What do we mean by public luxury? Glorious spaces that people can use and enjoy freely, cutting consumption and increasing connection, The Alternative UK (Jan 28, 2022)
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