Thanks to MNIPL for sharing this Great Idea - which is full of Good News and hope!! In their December 02, 2025 newsletter, MNIPL's Sam Blackwell cites MNIPL Strategic Policy Director Sara Wolff who wrote in this blog post: 'If you were…

Six New Things – Week of December 15, 2025

This is a cold Advent as empire's agents seize our neighbors; empire's greed steals food and healthcare; empire's ego tramples on dignity. Belonging, solidarity, and justice are communal antidotes that build courage as they resist empire's fragile…

Green Gifting

Thanks to Katharine Hayhoe for sharing this shopping list of Great Ideas in her Talking Climate post. Read the full post here. Katharine invites us to, 'Shop smarter, cut holiday waste, and give back' throughout the post. As so many…

Tech & Teens: Hidden Dangers; Community Interventions

This Great Idea is born from the synergy of two blog posts read on the same day. The first is Paul Krugman's America Has Become a Digital Narco-State: Social Media Giants Have Bought Our Government, and Are Trying to Bully Europe (Paul Krugman,…

Six New Things – Week of December 01, 2025

An inside-out 6NT: internal stories, internal self; to-don't lists, unlearning, non-recommendations, non-cooperation; and allyship with peers coming out. ONE All Is Calmish: How to Feel Less Frantic and More Festive During the Holidays (Broadleaf)…

Baboons & Building a Better Tomorrow

This Great Idea is a response to Rebecca Solnit's Meditations in an Emergency, Revolutionary Weather (and the Baboon in the Ruins) from November 25, 2025. Solnit writes, 'Everything changed in the last few weeks.' She then lists political…