A Better Future is Emerging

Exploring five examples of emerging social, political and economic structures that offer pathways beyond our current predicament. Which are: 1. Post-capitalist ownership models (like Mondragón); 2. Indigenous movement’s growing influence (like the First Nations Land Management Act in Canada); 3. Post-growth policymaking (like the Wellbeing Economy Governments Alliance); 4. Wellbeing-oriented urban transformations (like 15-min models and car-free streets); 5. Commons-based public infrastructure (like the Bürgerenergie movement and OpenStreetMap). Quoting Arundhati Roy, Mezz suggests these emergences signal that “another world…is on her her way” — “piecemeal, imperfectly, but undeniably”. Those calling for alternatives would do well to look into these examples, and ask, as Mezz concludes: “how will we find our own way to participate in building them?”