Ryan Sandford-Blackburn is the Permaculture Association’s strategic communications coordinator. Here he talks to us about what permaculture has achieved worldwide, and the solutions it offers to a range of urgent contemporary problems. Continue reading Designing to thrive: an interview with Ryan Sandford-Blackburn of the Permaculture Association
Improvising the commons: lessons from la ZAD
Artist and activist James Brady will be delivering the Commonweal Lecture for 2018 – Commonweal’s 60th anniversary. His topic will be la ZAD, a bold experiment in common living in rural France. We asked him to tell us about la ZAD and why it deserves us our attention right now. Continue reading Improvising the commons: lessons from la ZAD