The Center for Sustainable and Just Communities

09/22/2026

We need to help each other...a dangerous concept, I know, but we must

With age, I’ve become more aware of the world’s complexity but also better equipped to come to simple, albeit painful, conclusions: We need to replace fantasies of endless growth with ideas about managing the contraction.

08/17/2025

Yes, it's all connected; economics, ecology, science. And Life on Earth. Let's not lose sight of that amidst all the turmoil created as the U,S, moves into dictatorship

To achieve a steady state economy, we need ecologists—the experts monitoring Earth's pulse—to draw connections to economics.

04/10/2025

Another good idea out of Europe. Time to be creative, innovative, and organize!

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in Renewable Energy Communities (REC), legal entities that collectively manage energy, promoting economic, social, and environmental benefits for their community. This model of citizen management over an essential resource has been widely accepted ....

01/21/2025

Many economists criticising the developing degrowth movement fail to appreciate this critical point of Earth’s biophysical limits.

02/05/2024

If you would like to get a better understanding of "degrowth", this program is worth a listen

Economist Tim Parrique speaks with co-host Rachel Donald on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast about the economic model known as “degrowth.”

04/14/2023

Hi All, I've closed my personal Twitter account and now want to move our non-profit off Twitter as well. Was considering Mastodon. Any other suggestions for Twitter-free social media? Any comments about experience with Mastodon would be helpful as well. Thanks for any feedback

04/11/2023

Just a few of the things we can all do to enhance community and foster resilience. I'm sure you can think of many other ways to bring neighbors together in mutual support

But what if… we instead saw resilience as something we share in common? Resilient communities are at the heart of Transition.

03/23/2023

Agrihoods...the time has come for us to implement the alternative for a healthy planet

Farm-centric master-planned communities are a hit with buyers, but it takes skill and planning to keep the agriculture in bloom.

02/14/2023

We need to address the over consumption and extraction by the over-developed North and renounce unlimited growth as national imperatives.

An appeal to leaders, institutions, and our brothers and sisters, from the Ecosocial and Intercultural Pact of the South.

01/31/2023

Excellent idea for repurposing and new use of existing infrastructure. A step in the right direction of turning libraries and schools into community space. More if this, please!

Across the country, cities are transforming asphalt schoolyards into spongy, shady community centers.