Recent Posts
Kisir, Turkey: The Next Big Radioactive Tourism Destination?
Disaster tourism is big business; will Kisir, Turkey become the next hot spot?
ISE Newsletter: Spring/Summer 2020
The ISE has some excellent upcoming programs, so be sure to check out our online Social Ecology Intensive in June, Summer Ecology of Freedom Reading Group, new issue of Harbinger, an invitation to get involved with the ISE, and more!
Reimagining a World where Justice is Possible
Salddin Ahmed on the uprising against white supremacy sparked by the murder of George Floyd. "The real looters are the 1%, not those who have been robbed of their livelihood. The real thugs are the ruling elites who habitually associate looting and violence with the victims... A world that does not have a place for black people is too small, too stupid, and too violent to be fixed. Instead, it must be reimagined and reconstructed. ...
First Arabic Translation of Murray Bookchin's work now available!
The ISE is thrilled to announce the first-ever translation of Murray Bookchin’s work into Arabic: a translation of “The Communalist Project.”
When We Lose the Ability to Be Shocked, Fascism Has Already Arrived
A pattern of deterioration of the state is now visible from the USA and Brazil to India and Turkey despite the gulf that separates them in terms of political traditions, institutional practices, and constitutional protections of human rights. In each case, the public sphere is continually shrinking under the pressure of a mass movement that shows three incredibly dangerous symptoms: racism, religious fundamentalism, and a populist leader whose popularity among his volkisch base often increases ...
The Ecology of Freedom Reading Group: June 30-Aug. 18
Join us this summer for a free 8-week reading group of Murray Bookchin's classic book The Ecology of Freedom.
“Humans” are not the problem: Reflections on a “useless” documentary
While “Planet of the Humans” makes a few valid points about over-reliance on techno-fixes in general, and the fundamental flaws of biomass energy in particular, it does a serious disservice to those seeking to bring a more systemic and forward-looking approach into the climate movement.New Social Ecology Comic!
We're thrilled to share a new comic strip about social ecology and the ISE produced in collaboration with our friends at Ad Astra Comix - take a look!
• Based in north-central Vermont, the Institute for Social Ecology has offered experiential radical education and support for grassroots organizing and community-building for more than 40 years.
• Social Ecology advocates a reconstructive and transformative outlook on social and environmental issues, and promotes a directly democratic, confederal politics. Social Ecology envisions a moral economy that moves beyond scarcity and hierarchy, toward a world that reharmonizes human communities with the natural world, while celebrating diversity, creativity and freedom.
• Social Ecology advocates a reconstructive and transformative outlook on social and environmental issues, and promotes a directly democratic, confederal politics. Social Ecology envisions a moral economy that moves beyond scarcity and hierarchy, toward a world that reharmonizes human communities with the natural world, while celebrating diversity, creativity and freedom.
