The three main barriers to meaningful public engagement

From The Local Economy Revolution: What’s Changed and How You Can Help

Every week, I open The Local Economy Revolution to a random spot and give you a selection…

The elder children of the Rust Belt 

From the Wise Economy Workshop

Growing up in New Castle, Indiana, identical twins Kelly and Kyle Phelps shared everything — a bed, hand-me-downs from their six older siblings, their school classrooms, and all the rhythms…

Where the flushes go

Swirl.ly and San Francisco’s sewer system

The average American…

The Library: Re-envisioned

A look into what a library could become in the near future

When Billionaires come to play in your yard….

A welcome to Sean Parker’s Brigade

Dreaming and crafting a better neighbourhood together

The London Regent Estate dreams drawing factory

Shovels in the Ground

America’s Pressing Need for Renewed Infrastructure

7 Important reasons NOT to rely on Facebook as your primary online civic engagement channel

The Scottish Referendum — lessons for citizen participation

As I write this the results of the Scottish independence referendum are starting to come in and it looks like a no vote.

I make no comment on the issue of independence, though as a British expat I’m…