“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
What is Social Ecology?
Statement by the SEC Workshop on the Occasion of the International Tribute to Murray Bookchin Friends, companions, We speak tonight on behalf of the « Atelier d’Écologie Sociale et Communalisme », a French-language editorial collective formed recently, but steadfast in…
July 30 will mark the 20th anniversary of Murray Bookchin’s death. He was known as a pioneer of the environmental movement, a political theorist, and a visionary of a future society based on a confederation of free communes—one that rejects…
Series — Social Ecology Today: Dialogues Is Moving Away from Growth Enough? “Grow or die”: that is the law governing every enterprise in a market society.1 — Murray Bookchin, 1989 Introduction — From Roots to Dialogues The first five texts…
Communalist Social Ecology: From Imposed Institutions to the Self-Institutioning of Society Today we are launching a new format for sharing information: the infographic. This first visual aid aims to provide a concise introduction to the Atelier’s theoretical and political project—communalist…
Series — Social Ecology Today: Roots How is domination embedded in subjectivities? “Domination does not merely produce institutions; it shapes characters, desires, and imaginaries.” Introduction — From Social Critique to the Ecology of Subjectivities After examining the theoretical foundations of…
“Caminando preguntamos.” — EZLN Two years ago—on May 11 and 12, 2024—we founded “L’Adventice,” a free association dedicated to Communalist Social Ecology. We chose our name with care: inspired by the Canadian fleabane—Erigeron canadensis—that herbaceous plant which industrial agriculture classifies…
Series: Social Ecology Today — Roots Is Hierarchy Natural? The Myth of Natural Domination Put to the Test “Hierarchy and domination are not natural givens of social life; they are the product of a long historical development. ” — Murray…
Series: Social Ecology Today — Roots An Indispensable Critical Legacy Social ecology is situated within a theoretical landscape in which Marxism occupies a central place. While not reducible to it, social ecology draws on certain essential tools from Marxism to…
Anarchism: How to establish Freedom? Social ecology is often presented as a form of ecological anarchism. This characterization is not incorrect—but it remains insufficient for understanding what this approach truly seeks to articulate. For while social ecology clearly belongs to…
Series: Social Ecology Today — Roots About this series The series ‘Social Ecology Today’ explores and clarifies the thinking and practices of social ecology, showing how this approach connects ecological crises to the social and political structures that produce them,…
Solidarity contribution — pooling As ecological, social, and democratic crises deepen, one question remains central: how can we build emancipatory forms of organization without repeating the logic we contest? This requirement for consistency between means and ends is not simply…
