Care of People on the Margin

In this podcast produced by Remember the Future, we learn the story of a group of actors in Maine who decided to repair historic wrongs in their own community through returning land while also working to be in meaningful,...

In this visual essay, Theo Henderson, founder of the “We the Unhoused” podcast who has experienced homelessness himself, offers tips on how to get to know your unhoused neighbors from the point of view from someone who has experienced...

This article from Nonprofit Quarterly offers us a glimpse into time-tested traditions we can learn from the Bolivian people for practicing interdependence, mutuality, and self-governance to meet community needs.   Here in the Cochabamba Valley, days after Día de los Muertos (Day of...

What does an economy that works for all people and the planet look like? And what are the policies that can support and protect such an economy? We are living through an historic moment where a number of crises– climate...

Focused on local economies, the centuries-old system liberates communities from foreign, ‘expert-led’ development and the trap of dependence.   In the wake of global anti-racism movements and a growing awareness of the problematic dynamics of colonial knowledge-making in international development, governments, academics...

Last week, the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center (RMEOC), Shareable, and a growing list of partners launched the first session of the Social Cooperative Academy. The Academy will consist of eight weekly sessions from May 1st to June 19 and...

Most people, in thinking about the most dramatic impacts of climate change, imagine the damage that will be wrought on rural and coastal areas. In drought-stricken regions susceptible to crop failure, and in riverside communities prone to flooding, the...

What is the relationship between community and self? What is the place of personal development in the work of addressing local issues and cultivating stronger local relationships? How can we hold space for conflict and for many generations in...

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  For this week's episode we partner with April Doner and the Abundant Community to speak with Tim Vogt about an article...

Building a "next system" to supplant the current systemic drivers of our economic and political crises should include the wisdom of Indigenous cultures rooted in non-capitalist social and economic forms that center life and nature. This panel discussion hosted...