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.
As part of local partnerships, the Italian Prout Research Institute has set up a water and biodiversity conservation pilot project in response to local climate change and another focused on teaching young people and their families how to grow food at home.
Democratic society is hastily slipping toward autocratic rule. The reboot to Democracy 2.0 calls for the ethical, cultural, social, political, economic and ecological engagement of our regional communities. James Quilligan explores the concept of Embodied Action.
Dada Maheshvarananda, co-author of Tools to Change the World, shares his five top reasons to eat a plant-based diet: improve your health; save the planet; feed humanity; be kind to animals and improve your state of mind.
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.
A project report from the OroqCoco Women’s cooperative in the Philippines, which is founded on sustainable Prout principles and is already providing employment to hundreds of local residents.
A pandemic – suddenly they are closing borders and the world feels different. What will it come to? There is a freeze on immigration; will there be a cutback on imported goods as well? It feels like we are being asked to do more on a very local level. Suddenly our sense of control is reduced. Maybe that is why
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.”
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