Next Gen Pulps: Reducing Wood Demand to Save Forests and Combat Climate Change

What Do You See? NYC is an interactive, web-based photo archive created by Molly Baker Ragan that invites users to explore and tag hundreds of everyday photos taken around Queens, New York City. The platform encourages people to notice and interpret overlooked urban details—like tangled cables or sidewalk markings—by allowing anyone to add their own descriptive tags to each image. This participatory approach transforms mundane city scenes into a collaborative, living archive, revealing patterns and diverse perspectives on daily life. The innovation lies in its open tagging system and focus on subjective interpretation, making urban observation a shared, creative act and challenging how we perceive the capitalist everyday.

Commons economies differ fundamentally from collective and cooperative economies. While collective ownership centers on a defined group’s shared control—often creating boundaries that exclude others—commons economies are open, inclusive, and designed for unbounded participation across space and time. Collective ownership is a limited, 19th-century approach that cannot address today’s planetary-scale challenges or externalities. In contrast, commons economies innovate by enabling shared stewardship and access, prioritizing the public and common good over group self-interest. This shift signals a move toward more adaptive, inclusive, and sustainable economic models that better address global needs.

Gelephu Mindfulness City is a Special Administrative Region in southern Bhutan, designed to integrate mindfulness, sustainability, and harmony. It aims to be a pioneering model where urban development coexists with nature and mindful living. Upon completion, it will serve as a benchmark for sustainable and value-driven urban development, inspiring future generations.