Transforming Society - openDemocracy (Page 18)

Blue Heart

In the wake of the Trayvon Martin verdict, what will it take for racial healing in America? A personal tragedy touches off a powerful meditation on the costs of racism and the transformative effects of listening to each other's stories.

By Gail C. Christopher

/ 15 Jul 2013

Elemental Dr Watson?

Michael Edwards explores a new documentary about three people who are confronting environmental degradation in a spirit of transformational activism.

By Open democracy

/ 10 Jul 2013

Don't feed the trolls? Cultivating civility online

A general truism about dealing with online trolls says never to give them the attention they crave. But the Internet isn't a murky realm us polite folks ignore, it's a constantly contested space. Let's use civility to slay the trolls.

By Sally Kohn

/ 8 Jul 2013

Marginal bodies: queer migrants on transformation

What does it mean to be undocumented in the USA? Drawing from her own experiences of the asylum system, mónica enríquez-enríquez presents two short films on queer migration, violence, loss and finding identity in the margins. Contains upsetting content.

By Mónica Enríquez-Enríquez

/ 4 Jul 2013

Everyday stories of transformation

Knowing and caring about global problems won’t deliver solutions without changes in our own behaviour. Ólöf Söebech has been touring Europe, filming people who are adding more meaning and sustainability to their lives. Her first video instalment explores the story of Sandra Kinnaman Nordström. (Vi

By Ólöf Söebech

/ 2 Jul 2013

Romantic love: an agent of change?

What is love? On the one hand, it's a lucrative industry, bound up in 21st century hyper-capitalism. But openDemocracy's new section Transformation aims to reclaim love as a positive force for social change.

By Niki Seth-Smith

/ 1 Jul 2013