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  • #3 - The Power of We

    Welcome to the third issue of SHIFT magazine! In this issue we explore people-power, the ‘power of one’ that each of us possesses to make a difference. An exploration of our strengths and weaknesses, our assets and flaws, and our strides despite our setbacks, this issue is an honest celebration of ‘the power of we’.
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Issue #3 - The Power of We

letter from the editor

Letter from the SHIFT team #3

Welcome to the third issue of SHIFT magazine!

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The Critically Endangered Species File:  Leatherback Turtle

Sean Crawley investigates what is driving the global decline of the Leatherback Turtle, and what can be done to pull this remarkable species back from the brink.

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Sustainable Thinking… Pass It On!

Dave Gardner’s latest big idea: a pyramid scheme for the sustainability movement.

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Changemaker profile: The Communicator

Kari McGregor met with independent artist and political songwriter David Rovics to explore the power of music for telling the stories of our times.

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A Complex Predicament: Part III – The Ecological Predicament

In the final of this three-part series, Dave Pollard gets to grips with the complexity of our environmental crisis, and what it all means for us.

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Top 10: Activist Superpowers

Activism really can be for everyone, and we all bring our own skills to the mix. What’s your activist superpower?

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Going Beyond Coal: A People-Powered Movement

Kari McGregor travels to the Galilee Basin in Queensland’s rural heartland to connect the dots on the people-powered movement to put fossil fuels where they belong: in the past.

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Farewell Michael Ruppert, and Thank You

Jack Martin, Jenna Orkin & Guy McPherson pay tribute to the life and work of peak-oil analyst Michael C. Ruppert. 

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When Surrender Means Not Giving Up: The New Sacred Activism

Carolyn Baker unpacks the concept of the new Sacred Activism, an idea whose time has come in the face of a future filled with uncertainty.

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The Tyranny of “Me”?

Sean Crawley mulls over society’s modern-day obsession with the empire of the self, and its role in our apparent inability to change the course of our culture.

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Activism and the Gifts of Imperfection

Miss Metanoia explores the role of minorities and the disadvantaged in the privilege-dominated arena of activism.

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The Politics of the Pursuit of Happiness

Bayo Akomolafe challenges our culture’s concept of happiness, questioning how it is achieved, and why it seems to be so elusive for so many.

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Where Collapse Meets Radical Politics

Theo Kitchener explores a new radical politics, the nexus point where the radical left meets transition

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