News Aggregator/Basic needs
Stay updated with the latest cosmolocal news on a wide range of topics connected with Assets for basic needs and Wellbeing Economy.
Water and drought
‘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)
- 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)
Food
- Foraging commons in action, growingcommons.substack.com (Apr 08, 2026)
- Regenerative agriculture sows success in Kenya, positive.news (Feb 23, 2026)
- Small-scale farmers produce more of the rich world’s food than previously thought – new study, theconversation.com (Jan 28, 2026)
Community energy
- The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world, Adam Morton and Petra Stock, theguardian.com (May 15, 2026)
- Sick of power outages, this remote Indigenous town is planning to build its own renewable grid, theguardian.com (Apr 26, 2026)
- How Pakistan’s solar boom is shielding it from worst of Iran war crisis, aljazeera.com (Apr 07, 2026)
Land activism
- How one Kenyan community is building a new future on reclaimed ground, globalvoices.org (May 14, 2026)
- Climate storytelling often ignores young people – arts-based research can change that, theconversation.com (Feb 06, 2026)
- Community land trusts: Building a different kind of wealth, thenews.coop (Feb 03, 2026) — How the model is protecting US neighbourhoods from property speculation and gentrification
Soil activism
- Local Barley Becomes Local Booze at a Wisconsin Distillery Prioritizing Ag Sustainability, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 09, 2026)
- ‘Soil is more important than oil’: inside the perennial grain revolution, theguardian.com (Dec 12, 2025)
- How soil could help us reach climate targets, theconversation.com (Nov 13, 2025)
Housing
- Europe needs affordable, low‑carbon homes – here’s how Barcelona is reimagining its housing system, theconversation.com (Apr 08, 2026)
- New York Cooks Up a Plan to Boost Energy Efficiency in Public Housing, insideclimatenews.org (Mar 16, 2026)
- Community land trusts: Building a different kind of wealth, thenews.coop (Feb 03, 2026) — How the model is protecting US neighbourhoods from property speculation and gentrification
Towards sustainable economies
- 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
- 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
- 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
Social inclusion
- Listening before helping: Why community involvement is essential for peace in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, globalvoices.org (Mar 31, 2026)
- Looking Ahead to When Gas Stations Vanish, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 05, 2026)
- Fossil fuel firms may have to pay for climate damage under proposed UN tax, theguardian.com (Feb 01, 2026)
Sustainable livelihood
- Congo’s communities are creating a 1-million-hectare biodiversity corridor, news.mongabay.com (Dec 18, 2025)
- The Right Livelihood Award - also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize” - goes to Audrey Tang and others, Daily Alternative (Oct 04, 2025)
- Working less is the most underrated climate solution, sower.world (May 14, 2025)
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