"They hang the man and flog the woman that steal the goose from off the common, but let the greater villain loose that steals the common from the goose." (English folk poem, ca. 1764) "THE COMMONS, n., gifts of nature and society; the wealth we...

"We need to focus less on symptoms of corporate abuse and more on the underlying cause--excessive corporate power. We must recognize that ultimately our struggle is for power. It is not just to make corporations more responsible, but to make them our...

An excellent insight on how our money system is failing us and some leads on how to fix it: "The purpose of money was and should be to serve the human community as well as the Earth community. However, it appears that the original purpose has now been...

by Wibowo Sulistio, May 07, 2008 "For many of us, design is invisible. We live in a world that is so thoroughly configured by human effort that design has become second nature, ever-present, inevitable, taken for granted. And yet, the power of design...

Quoted from the article: "Postindustrialism is all about closing resource loops and directly meeting human need--for nutrition, access, shelter, illumination, entertainment, community, and self-actualization--in the most elegant and efficient ways...