The Paradigm Shift Bookmarks

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Geoship - Bioceramic Architecture

Geoship is a regenerative village building platform, owned by the people, in service to the Earth. Our vision is a revolution in affordable regenerative architecture to reconnect human communities with the natural world.

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The world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood now has its first houses

A giant 3D printer is currently squeezing out new homes in rural Mexico. Each one takes 24 hours and lets local families upgrade from a shack to a two-bedroom house. Could this be part of the global housing solution?

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The Doomsday Glacier - Rolling Stone - Pocket

In the farthest reaches of Antarctica, a nightmare scenario of crumbling ice – and rapidly rising seas – could spell disaster for a warming planet.

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Welcome to FIC's website! Intentional Community includes ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, co-ops, and housing cooperatives.

Thousands of communities model solutions for social connection, environmental responsibility, and economic equity. We support the development of intentional communities as pathways towards a more sustainable and just world. Help spread community solutions!

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We Need an Ecological Civilization Before It’s Too Late

In the face of climate breakdown and ecological overshoot, alluring promises of “green growth” are no more than magical thinking. We need to restructure the fundamentals of our global cultural/econ…

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Inspiring Woman Invents Refugee Tents That Collect Rainwater and Store Solar Energy | Egyptian Streets

Since 2011, the Syrian Civil War created one of the most devastating humanitarian disasters in the world, with an estimated number of 13.5 million Syrians internally displaced or are refugees outside Syria, according to the United Nations. Facing the difficulty of finding basic shelter and a home to live in, award-winning Jordanian-Canadian architect Abeer Seikaly was inspired to come up with a solution to help transform the lives of these refugees. Named 'Weaving a Home', this design uses a unique structural fabric composed of high-strength plastic tubing molded into sine-wave curves that can expand and enclose during different weather conditions, and also be broken down to allow an ease in mobility and transport. Aside from that, the tent can also collect rainwater and provide basic sanitation like showering, as the rainwater is collected from the top of the tent and and filters down the sides to storage pockets. Through its innovative engineering design, the tent can also absorb

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Welcome to the "Aardehuizen", or "Earth houses". It took over 3 years to build and was built by the people themselves following the Earthship principles, using mostly recycled, reused, and locally sourced building materials. 23 houses; 70 people; mostly families live here.

For technical information about the Aardehuizen's energy system, see https://www.metabolic.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SIDE-Systems-Report.pdf

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NuMundo

Discover transformational experiences at ecovillages, intentional communities, permaculture farms, social projects and retreat centers across the globe.

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Earth Guardians is growing a resilient movement with youth at the forefront by empowering them as leaders and amplifying their impact

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Tired of Dirty Dishes and ‘Hacker Houses,’ Millennials Revamp Communal Living

‘Co-living’ offers more affordable rent, a cleaning service and even the occasional happy hour. And no more psycho roommates.

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Former Industrialized Area in Belgium Transformed Into Futuristic Eco-Village

Vincent Callebaut, green sustainable architecture master, has conceptualized the transformation of a Belgian industrial area into a futuristic eco-village.

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Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme - but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.

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TimeBanks USA is your home for joining a TimeBank, starting a TimeBank, connecting with TimeBanks, and learning about TimeBanking. Founded by Dr. Edgar Cahn.

Timebanking is a time-based currency. Give one hour of service to another, and receive one time credit. You can use the credits in turn to receive services — or you can donate them to others.

Unlike money, where some work is valued highly, and other work is given little value, an hour of service is always one time credit regardless of the nature of the service performed.