Pay what you can
“Food: why do some people have it, and others don’t? It just doesn’t make sense!” exclaims one interviewee featured in the short film Everybody Eats,…
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Preserving the harvest
In small, rural communities in Haiti, farmers have bushels of fruit that they are unable to bring to market in the cities before the…
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A common treasury for all
Editor’s Note: This essay is the last in a series of three. Part one explored the differences between the money code of value and…
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On roadkill, biking, and idiomatic English
My mom says, “I want to start a blog of pictures of roadkill. Just pictures of roadkill, and that grimace they all have. I’ll…
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Brick and Mortar
Three Rivers, Michigan (2016) “What can individual people do to help out the downtown economy of Three Rivers? Spread the word that this is…
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The work of hands
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. This editorial from 2014 was from an issue on the…
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Breeding for profit
Editor’s note: A portion of this essay was originally published in Geez Magazine, issue 17. It is currently part two of a three-part series,…
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Cane Press
Rio Coco, Nicaragua (August 2013) On his farm in the remote Rio Coco region of Nicaragua, a man uses his homemade press to make…
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A question of value(s)
Editor’s Note: The following essay is part one in a series of three that will explore the implications of different types of values for…
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What we need
The morning air is cold, and birds chatter as they warm up in light that filters into the garden from the east. Though I…
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