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A Cooperative Grocery Store in the West Oakland Food Desert
Extractivism Alternatives

A Cooperative Grocery Store in the West Oakland Food Desert

An African-American worker-owner of the Mandela Grocery cooperative in West Oakland, California, James Bell shares his passion for bringing fresh, nutritious produce to his community that has been living in a food desert for many years.

Extractivism Alternatives

Satish Kumar on Peace, Nature, and Schumacher College (1 of 4)

In this four-part interview, Satish Kumar shares his views on peace, our relationship with nature, and what led him to found Schumacher College in 1991. Among those who inspire him are Vinoba Bhave, Mahatma Gandhi, Bertrand Russell, and E.F. Schumacher.

LivingConfluence: Community Wellbeing-Rooted Economics, Law, Governance, and Education (ELGE)
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LivingConfluence: Community Wellbeing-Rooted Economics, Law, Governance, and Education (ELGE)

The LivingConfluence is an ecoweb-rooted knowledge-technology-practice (ecoliving) system that presents an innovative transitional and regenerative alternative to the extractivist ELGE system. The LivingConfluence is an income-generating, resource-sharing, co-working, co-learning ELGE entity involving ecoweb-rooted community households, nonprofit organizations, and outside investors.

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George Galvis speaking at From Bhopal to the Bay — Oakland, California, US

George Galvis: "The mission of our organization [CURYJ] is to unlock the leadership of young people to dream beyond bars. We are Indigeous-led. We are formerly incarcerated-led. We believe that our young people are the experts of their own lives."

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Arieann Harrison speaking at From Bhopal to the Bay — Oakland, California, US

Arieann Harrison: “I’m a sixth-generation resident of Bayview Hunters Point District 10. Part of our story is… redlining,… racism,… and being isolated to the southeast sector of San Francisco. My family migrated from the south to District 10 for work.”