by Sven | Oct 11, 2013 | articles, online, writing
Glamorized consumer culture has serious side effects — and to help people in remote Indian villages understand this, author and filmmaker Helena Norberg-Hodge brought them to the West. I recently talked to Norberg-Hodge for Yes! Magazine about what they thought...
by Sven | Sep 16, 2013 | articles, online, reporting, writing
After YES! Magazine published my article Chevron Pollutes, Here’s What the People Did Back last week about two actions this summer to bring attention to a multitude of the oil giant’s toxic transgressions, it was re-posted yesterday in Common Dreams. Read...
by Sven | Aug 7, 2013 | articles, features, online, reporting, writing
The host of this year’s Ecocity World Summit, Nantes has shown the way of using art to build a culture of resilience. My article Lessons for building an ecocity culture in the Matador Travel Network introduces Nantes, Ecocity 2013, and my role in it, while...
by Sven | Jul 18, 2013 | articles, features, online, writing
A new process called Data Jams is spreading through government because of their effectiveness in creating public benefit and business opportunities from open government data. I got to explore these “long distance hackathons” in my latest feature article...
by Sven | Apr 1, 2013 | articles, how to, online, writing
Repair Cafés are not only great events to get your vacuum, waffle iron, or lawn mower fixed, but the very nature of their collaborative and community-oriented learning spirit contains the antidote to our modern day throw-away mentality. Some useful things to know...
by Sven | Mar 27, 2013 | articles, print, writing
The Spring 2013 issue of Yes! Magazine is now available online, including my piece, 6 Ways to Fuel the Cooperative Takeover. The whole issue is dedicated to scaling up the cooperative movement and well worth a read. Personally, I enjoy reading the hardcopy on the...
