I have never thought of power as both a noun and a verb. Before reading Active Hope, I considered “power” to be something that an individual has or acquires, usually because they have more of something compared to the rest of the population. Macy and Johnstone defined this as “power-over”. “Power-with”, on the other hand, suggests that “the whole is… Read more »
WinslowComments Off on Are These Cookies Guilt-Free?
A quick-look at our action project presents mixed results. The issues we chose to direct calls to, the repeal of Net Neutrality and the GOP Tax Plan, are both expected to pass with relative ease despite our group’s opposition. Initially, we set out to help in preventing these two potentially dangerous legislative actions. While we likely won’t succeed in this… Read more »
cbacon16Comments Off on Disillusionment: Seeing the Earth as it Is
Creative Project Link I sought to illustrate “Earth as it is”, and the trajectory on which humanity, and industrialized, individualistic societies in particular, has been on to create and perpetuate our current ecological and social condition. It is our prerogative as members of the global North to become aware of how our obsession with material accumulation and our ignorance of… Read more »
