Like Water for Gold in El Salvador
The story of a community’s effort to ban gold mining in El Salvador involves environmental martyrs, powerful economic interests, and a DC-based tribunal that can trump democracy.
“How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule,” New Report, Proposes a Way Out of Economic Recession
As Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke discusses preventing inflation, a new report being released next week calls for restructure of the Fed, bank localization, and more.
An Appeal to U2: Who is More Rooted?
Anti-poverty crusaders like Bono call critical attention to what’s wrong with the world. But what if we also showed who’s doing it right?
The Road Not Built: Redefining Progress At Home and Abroad
Local opposition to a proposed road in Trinidad brings new understanding of “progress,” and what it means to be rooted.
We’re Not Broke, Just Twisted
Reversing tax giveaways to the super-rich and the nation’s largest corporations could raise $4 trillion within a decade and avert possible government closures.
Food Protests and Food Democracy
The Philippines is well poised to be a leader in food democracy in saying no to food vulnerability and in reinvigorating rooted farms.
Building The Movement to Stop Corporate Tax Evasion
In response to a reader’s comment, Noel Ortega looks at the recent successes of the US Uncut movement.
Turning Points: Is a Different Future Possible?
With the citizen-backed blockage of a proposed aluminum smelter, is Trinidad and Tobago changing course toward a rooted future?
Is a Higher GDP What We Want?
An increasing GDP may demonstrate growth in gross transactions, but it may not indicate that the majority of us are better-off.
The Coming Global Food Fight
As aggression mounts with the rise of food prices worldwide, small-scale farms rooted in local markets could avert international disaster – and lead the way to “food democracy.”
Why Billions Eat Unhealthy Rice and Shouldn’t
How about a big campaign to shift consumption back to “brown rice”?
Rooted Agriculture: 5 Ways Governments Can Help
In an increasingly vulnerable world, we’re searching for rooted communities–and what we can learn from them.
Organics and the Science of Farming
Some say that organic farming means going “backwards.” These farmers think otherwise.
Food for a Rooted Future
Rice farmers in the Philippines go chemical free, community strong.
The Age of Vulnerability
How the 2008 financial crash redefined what it means to be economically vulnerable.