ORGANIZING: Bowling Alone...Knitting Together

Robert Putnam's groundbreaking book Bowling Alone focused on the collapse of American community and the loss of our social capital. Two recent articles show us that social networking is not all about Friendster and Orkut. Real people are getting together and forming real social networks.

The Washington Post talks about the rise in popularity of giving circles.

We Make Money Not Art highlights politically active knitting groups who produce work with an activist bent and hold "knit-ins." In case you didn't know it we are in the middle of a knitting craze in this country and it's attracting large numbers of women and men into tight social networks where issues and activism are discussed as purl stitches are made.