In their third post on social ecology Korsár and Malmstrõm writes about how the current economic crisis not only creates havoc, but also opportunities for a different social system. Their inspiration comes from David Harvey, Gar Alperovitz, Paul Mason and Jeremy Rifkin.

On April 23 and 24, 2016, the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement (MEM) held its first conference in the city of Wan (Van). One hundred delegates participated, from a variety of Kurdish cities and provinces. We here present their final declaration, which advances a series of social-ecological aims.

Crowdfunding is on the rise and many believe it represents an alternative to capitalism, as well as a way to democratize investments and to allow new ideas to emerge. Is it really so? We will see whether it could be, and also the main criticisms it is facing.

Do you want to be part of the biggest social ecology gathering next year? 15-18 February 2017 the second Ecological Challenges conference will take place at the University of Oslo, Norway. We call for papers on the topic of System Change!

In February 2016 Dimitri Roussopoulos went to Istanbul as part of an international peace delegation. In this interview, he discusses the purpose of that delegation, the dynamic of Turkish-Kurdish relations, the social revolution in Rojava, the PKK and Abdullah Öcalan, the US involvement and the communities of Rojava.

During the last week the citizens of Iceland have been outraged with dishonest and hypocritical politicians. The insightful documentary Reykjavik Rising depicts and analyzes what happened the last time the Icelanders got fed up with their politicians, the political system, and the banking system.

On February 15-16, social ecologists from TRISE traveled to Istanbul to participate in a ten-member peace delegation. In Kadikoy the day before, at a seminar called “Social Ecology and Self-Management,” we discussed libertarian municipalism and the relevance of Bookchin’s ideas.