Laura Cascada

Mar 8, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Michael Hudson |April M. Short |Bharat Dogra |Laura Cascada

Whether in the realms of trade or agriculture, the operative principle was that debtors should not lose their economic liberty by being held liable for “acts of God.”When interest-bearing commercial and agrarian debt came to be incorporated into civilization’s economic structure in the third millennium BC, it was accompanied by clean slates that liberated bondservants and restored to debtors the rights to the crops and land that creditors had taken.

Feb 26, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Byron Deeter says |April M. Short |Bharat Dogra |Laura Cascada

Architects and everyday people are teaching each other to build spaces for community and climate resilience using local, natural materials. The way we build our structures and organize our cities can have a significant impact on the way we live, interact, and even survive these complex times on our planet. As the realities of climate change increase the frequency and scale of natural disasters in communities around the world, architecture needs to support climate resilience.

Feb 24, 2024 | countercurrents.org | April M. Short |Bharat Dogra |Laura Cascada |Chris Smaje

A short film and narratives project “Stories for Life” seeks to bring about the shift in culture that humanity needs to survive. The stories we do and don’t tell about ourselves and these times in which we’re living shape the direction of our lives and our cultures. Stories have the power to alter how we interact and relate.

Feb 7, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Laura Cascada |Chris Smaje |Liz Theoharis

If asked to compare a community of forest produce gathering people about 7000 years ago with a most modernized group of people in New York City today, most people would say that of course, the later situation reflects much greater development and progress of humanity in terms of easily accessing so many comforts and luxuries, not just needs.

Feb 1, 2024 | laprogressive.com | Laura Cascada

The global shift toward plant-forward diets, particularly in wealthy countries, is consistently recognized as one of the most effective ways to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Given the significant influence media wields in shaping cultural norms, news outlets have a unique opportunity to promote plant-based eating, mainly through the recipes they offer their audiences.