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Let Food be thy Medicine
(and fix a tonne of other things too) The Food Connection The production of food is a great past time, it allows us to connect to nature and become more aware of where our food comes from. Local food is a rising shift in food
Richard Florida, the Creative Class and Gentrification
The Shifting Human City: Essay Series on Current and Future Policy Trends in Cities; Issue One. The Concept of the Creative Class The idea of the creative class as an economic segment of the market, emerged as society saw the resource-based economy diminish. The rise
Resilient City Critique: Resilient San Francisco
A basic look at some of the aspects The Resiliency Plan for the city of San Francisco aims to achieve four main goals: each consisting of several initiatives to achieve the targeted outcomes within various timeframes. The Goal areas are as follows: Goal 1: Plan
“The Circle” Society
Please Note: This article was originally posted January 28th, 2017 on Medium by James Rhule This is not about the foreshadowing of humanity by the upcoming Emma Watson + Tom Hanks flick by the same name, and the trajectory Facebook. I know there’s a book
Why Homelessness is an Everybody Problem, Not Their Problem
Social Contract, the Idea of Society and the Responsibility of Cooperative Living When we form a society, we really are simply creating a network of interdependence for the means of mutual survival. We base the framework of this creation on the common values of the
We Created Cheaters, Stop Letting Them Kill our Planet
Population Game Theory If we want to understand why our planet is teetering on the edge of collapse, we have to look at the population game theory used by Richard Dawkins in explaining cellular evolution. He used the argument for reproduction and population success by
Why History Tell Us Lessons but Does It Speak Truth?
Narrative and Perspective When we record the histories of our respective cultural development, in both chronological events and socioeconomic progress, we are tasked with a fundamental issue that must be understood to fully appreciate the complexity of history fully. How do we interpret history, live
Our Vision
At P:HC we are committed to elevating earth to an equitable and democratically governed Type 1 Planet. P:HC is dedicated to acting as a community powered international body overseeing the global collaboration and cooperation of planetary development in the coming decades. P:HC ‘s 10-year goals
Wanna Fix the World? Fix the UN
The policies of an ever increasingly interconnected planet In the rise of global populism and a seemingly general public consensus that the current economic system only benefits the global elites, there are several collective steps we can take to reclaim the prospects of real social
why is #imacityzen important?
We created a framework for what it means a strong conviction that social progress is important. But you might wonder: why is it important? Why should we embrace this idea of society? Or I get that life’s hard but I like my life, so why
Why Collaboration is Key to Real Social Change
In our society the seems to be an abundance of winners and losers, and to most, that seems okay. If you work hard you make it if you don’t society will help you out at the bare minium. At P:HC we think we can do
What is Social Equity?
We looked it up, and this is what we got from search engines: “Social equality is a state of affairs in which all people within a specific society or isolated group have the same status in certain respects, including civil rights, freedom of speech, property
Why Cities?
You might be wondering, what’s the deal with cities? Why are they the focus? Why are they important? “Today, 54 per cent of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 66 per cent by 2050. Projections show
Cityzenship Trumps All
If you’re reading this, you probably belong to a country. You work hard, you pay taxes, but life doesn’t seem to get that much better, no matter how hard you push. This is because as the global community has been increasing global wealth, it’s not