By Alex Jackimovicz On April?25,?2025, Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law (located in White Plains, NY) hosted the “Seeds for Food Sovereignty” presentation by…
By Ernesto Raul Carlessi Since assuming the presidency in December 2023, Javier Milei has unleashed economic shock therapy on Argentina, plunging millions into poverty while…
By Roar Bjonnes As the climate crisis intensifies and global inequality deepens, thinkers and activists are increasingly calling for alternatives to capitalism. Three perspectives offering…
By Prabhakar T. Overland A certain socioeconomic issue seems to be staring the world’s legislators and policymakers in their face: How can a minimum of…
By Shriraksha Mohan Economic systems have constantly evolved, and have been influenced by human needs, socio-cultural norms, historical events, and technological innovations of their time.…
By Shriraksha Mohan India is a pluralistic society with a long history of coexistence among people of various languages, customs, traditions and religions. “Unity in…
by Roar Bjonnes As many as 70 countries are due to go to elections in 2024. In many of these countries, the choice is simple and…
By Roar Bjonnes In the past few decades, we have witnessed four main crises within capitalist countries – finance and inequality crises, which are a…
Cooperatives by their definition and purpose seek the best benefit for their members, staff and owners. It’s all the better when these intentions are extended…
This year the Prout Sisters' retreat moved online, encouraging worldwide participation. Topics such as racism, leadership and the arts were all part of this powerful gathering.
Just before Covid restrictions locked down Portugal, the Portuguese Prout Research Institute partnered in organising a systems change conference focused on the future of the EU. Speakers included economist Erik Reinert and Helena Norberg-Hodge from Local Futures.
The study/action guide, co-authored by yogic monk, Dada Maheshvarananda and educator-activist, Mirra Price, is now being used by groups across the globe from Albania to Venezuela.
An interview with Lift Economy Founder Shawn Berry By Andy Douglas Shawn Berry lives in upstate New York and runs LIFT Economy, a worker-owned consulting…
How do you move from the kernel of an idea to a self-reliant, sustainable energy cooperative? Gerry Niessen speaks to Peter Gloudi, chairman of Weert Energie in the Netherlands about their journey.
George Catlin’s interview with Roar Bjonnes, co-author of ‘Growing a New Economy‘ looks at the current economic status quo and where Prout stands within it.
George Catlin’s exchange with Roar Bjonnes continues as they explore how Prout can bring about positive change within the context of a capitalist system.
By Citrá Tran Thúy Ngoc “Watershed Worlds: Eight Indigenous Models for Planetary Survival and Resilience” by Matt Oppenheim, PhD is a non-fiction book about sustainable…
Economic growth, especially as charted by GDP, has long been the conventional measuring stick for the health of an economy, but in recent years the glaring inadequacies and drawbacks of growth for its own sake have become quite clear. One current proposed corrective to this is the concept of degrowth.
By Andy Douglas Nobody knows for sure what the future holds. But we can conjure glimpses. In his new book, The End of the World…
By Michael Towsey Book Review – Another now – Dispatches from an alternative present, by Yanis Varoufakis, Published: The Bodley Head:London, 2020, ISBN: 9781847925633. Yanis…
By Michael Towsey May 2022 The publication of Growing a New Economy by Roar Bjonnes and Caroline Hargreaves[1] was a milestone in the history of…
Bill Ayers reviews the handbook written by Dada Maheshvarananda and Mirra Price. In his words, it "..provides a practical guide for activists and educators who are working to build an unstoppable movement for peace and justice."