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Commentary
Camille Jensen
There are many things I could write about after attending Greenpeace’s Digital Mobilisation Skillshare: the smart, passionate people I met (I’ve already written about some of them here), the lively debates on how to mobilise more people to change the world, or the social energy of Spain, where on the first evening I witnessed protests of a failing economy and government corruption.
Michelle Strutzenberger
Much of the time we at Axiom News feel like exiles in the wilderness for the alternative news ecology we’re trying to create here.
Sam Chaltain
I know we're already one month into 2013, but think back to last year for a second. What were the most talked about education stories of 2012?
Tim Hanstad
A week spent at the Sundance Film Festival usually includes photo opportunities in your best mountain chic, mingling with celebrities and getting a sneak peak at the world’s best films of the year.
Adam Spence
Since watching Marty McFly in Back to the Future and Rufus in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure as a young boy, I’ve always been interested in the perils and possibilities of the future.
Mark Hlady
Finance for Good is excited to see the social impact bond (SIB) discussion continue across Canada — in Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, in provincial government ministries, and within the social finance community.
Peter Block
If you believe the news, the future of the economy is in the hands of President Obama, Chairman Bernanke of the Federal Reserve, Prime Minister Cameron in Britain, Italian and Greek debt, the G5, BRIC, and everyone else but us. The lead storyline is that until they do the right thing, nothing is going to get better.
Editorials
The so-far slow moving story of business evolving into a way to organize human effort explicitly for the good of society and planet has been narrated in these pages for a little over a decade. We are a long way from those first whispers of social capital and corporate social responsibility.
In a recent statement to the press, the president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, Canada accused the provincial government of making a “deliberate and provocative choice to wipe out the democratic rights of tens of thousands of educators.”
With the United Nation’s (UN) International Year of the Co-operatives (IYC) 2012 just wrapping up, it’s hard to immediately discern the impact of the year. But for us, one thing rings loud and clear: IYC has built a global co-op movement whose strength is still being understood.
Why not a local, co-operative option for fixing education?
Many state-operated school systems are facing the challenges of scale as government education ministries have grown more centralized and massive teacher’s unions flex the muscle in their memberhip numbers.
Restoring harmony in nature may pull the economy back on track
The problems with the economy that are ruining the credit ratings of nations across the world won’t necessarily be solved by patching up the causes that led them to their financial difficulties, but rather in identifying new opportunities to pull them toward a brighter future.
There’s a place in the heart of Memphis, Tennessee, that could be considered a microcosm of American society, at least its urban centres, and in this community are the roots of necessary transitions that could light the path to a better future.
Newspapers the world over are filled with common refrains these days: double-dip recessions; skyrocketing unemployment; civil unrest. The melodies snatch our attention like mousetraps.
On July 25, the Globe and Mail Report on Business online ran a piece by news editor and columnist Michael Babad under the headline: Economy: 8 reasons the world is an uglier place today.
At Axiom News we’re called to catalyze change by writing engaging stories that highlight strengths from within the movements we serve.
Considering 25 years of social purpose
In Rio de Janeiro, global citizens are gathered today to begin the next chapter in a decades-long global discussion about the adoption of truly sustainable environmental understanding and practices.
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