Cycles of Change

Imagine a world where people buy only what they truly need. No extra clothes filling closets. No unused gadgets gathering dust. No waste piling up in landfills. This is the vision of minimalist living. It focuses on necessities rather than excess. [...]

The question of what one "needs" to live stands as a philosophical inquiry at the foundation of human freedom. In modern society, an economic engine that relies on confusion intentionally blurs the line between biological necessity and cultural [...]

In the shadow of the dominant market economy, an older, more resilient system persists: the gift economy. While the market relies on transaction and contract (I give you X, you give me Y, and we are done), the gift economy relies on relationship and [...]