Alternative dispute resolution in Dharavi. A number of women's groups around Mumbai have started their own version of 'courts,' with encouraging results. It's good to see the police are now committed to this.
Did you see this? Very impressive and surprising: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyid=2007-03-19T055823Z_01_N15311808_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT-FLOATINGHOME.xml&src=nl_usmorningdigest
Thanks for the inspiration, leiselb. It's a small step, and perhaps a one-shot deal, but it's still a recognition that things that some people consider hideous wind up being important.
--news from Robert Neuwirth--
I recently (January 2020) signed a contract with Beacon Press for a new book of reportage on the economics of community.
I'm also working on a collection of short stories about economics called The Book of Derivatives.
Backstory: I've written two previous books: Stealth of Nations (on the global growth of the informal economy) & Shadow Cities (on the global growth of squatter communities).
I live in New York City and do most of my writing on manual typewriters.
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Did you see this? Very impressive and surprising: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyid=2007-03-19T055823Z_01_N15311808_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT-FLOATINGHOME.xml&src=nl_usmorningdigest
Thanks for the inspiration, leiselb. It's a small step, and perhaps a one-shot deal, but it's still a recognition that things that some people consider hideous wind up being important.
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