Category: The Commons
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Climate uncertainty and the arts
Jo Walton discusses how art, games and other creativity can help to open up alternative futures.
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Comic: People Power – Smart Local Energy Systems
A comic about how to involve people in energy systems at a local level, inspired by commons-based approaches.
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To think, feel and see otherwise: a report and a mini-zine from POLLEN23
Some reflections and a mini-zine from the conference of the Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) in June 2023.
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Photo story: Views of Mpox in Nigeria
Based on research in Nigeria, this story explores how mpox is felt and understood by different people – including those with symptoms, the wider community and healthcare workers.
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Comic: Mpox in Nigeria – lessons from diverse experiences
Comic that explores the varied experience of mpox in Nigeria, with suggested lessons for healthcare elsewhere in the world.
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Mapping community gardens in the UK
The organisation Sustain provides a map of community gardens around the UK, and organises a weekend of action where gardens invite people in to take part.
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Naming, unnaming and commons
Names can be used to hurt and heal. What can ‘unnaming’ do for people’s relationships to the other creatures around them?
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A Portuguese village on the front line of the ‘energy transition’
Covas de Barroso is facing the threat of an open-cast lithium mine, with just 10 days to respond to a public consultation.
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Comic: Seeing Conflict at the Margins
A comic explores views of resource conflicts from the perspectives of rural people in Kenya and Madagascar, shared with the help of participatory video methods.
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Film ‘Finite’ documents community resistance against mines
A powerful documentary about people coming together to take action against new mining developments in Germany and the UK.