Author: Daniela

  • ET Alert

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    If you are a fan of Extra Terrestrials, Science Alert  has an interesting article on the latest plan to contact the closest Earth-like exoplanet in our Solar system: Scientists are making preparations to send a transmission to Proxima b – the closest Earth-like exoplanet to our Solar System. The team is putting together a plan to build or…

  • Agroecology Popular in Latin World

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    I came across several good articles on agroecology this week.  First, Lois Ross at Rabble.ca feels we have a lot to learn from Cuba’s agroecological revolution.  After the collapse of the Soviet Union Cuba’s export market for sugar fell.  “It did not have the currency to import petroleum or petroleum-based fertilizers to continue cultivation of monocultures…

  • Co-ops Help Lift People Out of Poverty

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    Laura Flanders is a big proponent of co-operatives.  In her recent article in Yes! magazine, she demonstrates how Cooperative Home Care Associates, the nation’s largest cooperative lifts people out of poverty: When Arroyo convened a first-of-its-kind hearing on co-ops this February, New Yorkers packed not one but two hearing rooms at City Hall. Among the co-op…

  • A Conceptual Challenge to Capitalist Thinking

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    Pete Dolack at The Daily Times writes an extensive review of Peter Ranis’ latest book, Cooperatives Confront Capitalism: Challenging the Neoliberal Economy.  He notes that: As capitalism lurches from crisis to crisis, and a world beyond capitalism becomes a possibility contemplated by increasing numbers of people, finding a path forward becomes an ever more urgent task.…

  • Cooperative Helps the Formerly Incarcerted

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    Cooperatives, which are owned and democratically controlled by workers, often provide economic opportunity for the formerly incarcerated, the long-term unemployed and immigrants. In certain industries like commercial cleaning or taxi service, worker-ownership can prevent exploitative or hostile work environments. At TightShift, which provides moving, landscaping, and cleaning services, every member has equal say in the…

  • 3-D Printers

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    Every time I see these 3-D printers I think of Star Trek.  Printing an object, at that time, was just a fantasy.  Now we can to do it.  And, we are finding new uses for the technology all the time.  Can printing a cup of coffee or a meal be far behind? New devices —…

  • Bioneers 2015 Keynote

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    News reporting has become so unrelentingly negative and superficial that one has to look elsewhere to learn about the positive trends happening all around us. Kenny Ausubel’s 2015 Bioneers keynote speech is the perfect “State of the Union” address giving us hope for what lies ahead…

  • Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything

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    This speech was given at the 2014 Bioneers Annual Conference. Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges.  To experience talks like this, please join us at the Bioneers National Conference each October, and regional…

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  • Truth and Taxes

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    How often do we feel a certain way about an issue without knowing if it’s actually true? Wisconsinites elected a governor and state legislature, in part, on the pledge of “lowering taxes.” Yet it seemed to me Wisconsin taxes were unreasonably high.  Out of curiosity I did an internet search, which, if I’m reading these…