The award-winning, all-volunteer & nonprofit magazine Kyoto Journal’s newest issue, “Biodiversity; Japan’s Satoyama and Our Shared Future” features contributions from more than 50 writers, photographers and artists and highlights national, regional, and international environmental issues affecting all of our lives today. You can subscribe to KJ or download a selection of articles here.
Kyoto Journal Biodiversity Issue
Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, interviews Chilean “barefoot economist” and Right Livelihood Award Laureate (1983), Manfred Max-Neef. Click here.
Resurgence Slow Sunday
Take part in Resurgence Magazine’s Slow Sundays, “simple actions that symbolize a rejection of commercialism, a passion for the planet and a desire for change.”
Resurgence Magazine’s homepage here.
Time Banks
Time Banks are an innovative modern approach to an age-old economic system based on values of cooperation, sharing, and sustainability. Have a look at this US-based website on Time Banks. There is a downloadable Do-It-Yourself guide on how to start a Time Bank in your community.
Japan for Sustainability
Slow is Beautiful (Japan)
Learn all about the Slow Life Movement in Japan from this blog, by the founders of the movement.
‘And the Pursuit of Happiness’ by Maira Kalman
Read about this creative photojournalist’s journey across America’s food landscape.

