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Marinaleda, a remarkable Spanish town, has no unemployment, no police and almost free housing. It reminds us that alternative economic models are not only possible, they already exist.
In the recent year we have seen a boom in complementary currencies. What are they? What can they do? How can Citizen, Companies and/or Local municipalities u...
Ours is the story of two young London men who fell in love and decided to return to nature. We wanted to feel the seasons on our skin and to work and live in such a way that the hard grey lines between us and nature dissolved. We wanted to be self-sufficient, to grow all our own food and build our own house. We wanted to leave the city for the wilds.
AtResilience2014 in Montpellier (FR), during 4-8 May, whose theme is Preparing For Transformation, delegates from around the world will discuss the resilience of social and ecological systems (SES) – and the ways in which we may adapt to climate, economic and social change.
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The Dalai Lama was invited by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) to discuss human happiness, economics and the moral core of free enterprise. In the media, the AEI is described as a conservative or a right-wing think tank. The Dalai Lama, with other invited speakers, was at the AEI for about three hours to talk on this important subject. In (social) media the following sentiment ruled the days after this visit:
A new series from YES! Magazine on how we can build local economies that are strong enough to include everyone. Stay tuned for ongoing coverage from our 2013 Local Economies Reporting Fellow, Laura Flanders of GRITtv.
“New garden cities are needed to tackle the UK’s housing crisis, create sustainable communities and help young people get on the housing ladder, a new report, ‘Commons Sense’ from Co-operatives UK argues.
a great article that looks at the other side of collective intelligence (collective stupidity) that has been created by our global society that is experiencing unprecedented levels of information accessibility and material possession ownership. I chose this article for the fact that it looks at the flip side of the coin, the side that we on the consumer end are often too removed from the process to understand the impact that our consumption has in a truly global sense. As such, i find this article to be an interesting view into the flip side of our global collective intelligence - global collective ignorance.
The authors' definition of resilience: "The capacity of a system, enterprise, or a person to maintain its core purpose and integrity in the face of dramatically changed circumstances." The book spends considerable time in the natural world, including an Australian coral reef and Borneo, the primary habitat of orangutans. Drawing a line from the natural to the social sciences, the writing makes the case that those attributes that contribute to healthy environmental ecosystems can also be developed and sustained in human organizational systems.
SELC cultivates a new legal landscape that supports community resilience and grassroots economic empowerment. We provide essential legal tools so communities everywhere can develop their own sustainable sources of food, housing, energy, jobs, and other vital aspects of a thriving community.
They’ve opted out of cities and started all-new rural lives, building their own straw homes, teepees and bath tubs. Since 2010, photographer Antoine Bruy has travelled from the Pyrenees to Romania tracking down urban refuseniks
Communities worldwide want economies that are stronger, greener, fairer, more resilient, and more diverse. Jobs must be created, climate change addressed, infrastructure repaired, schools upgraded, and more. The LEDDA economic direct democracy framework, now under development, will offer a bold yet practical solution.
In announcing that Jill Abramson, the recently ousted executive editor of The New York Times, still plans to deliver a commencement address on May 19, Wake Forest University president Nathan Hatchsaid: “I cannot think of a better message for the Class of 2014 than that of resilience.”
By a more than three-to-one margin on Tuesday, communities voting on whether to support the creation of a public bank in Vermont approved the idea, calling for the state legislature to establish such a bank and urging passage of legislation designed to begin its implementation.
A number of different initiatives are being pursued at the grassroots level, all aimed at building resilient and sustainable communities. These include local currencies, buy-local campaigns, Transition Towns, farmer’s markets, community gardens, local co-ops, and others. Such initiatives are springing up all over the world. The movement is growing geographically, but unfortunately it is not succeeding in significantly transforming very many local economies.
“Community resilience is a measure of the sustained ability of a community to utilize available resources to respond to, withstand, and recover from adverse situations. […] Resilient communities withstand and recover from disasters. They also learn from past disasters to strengthen future recovery efforts. The Resilience in Action website offers toolkits, training, multimedia, newsletters, and other resources to help communities build and strengthen their resilience.”
Paper: The Crisis and the Emergence of Communal Experiments in Greece. By Nicholas Anastasopoulos. ICSA2013 Conference Proceedings: Communal Pathways to Sustainable Living .
Here's something interesting going on in Europe. The slow motion collapse the EU has led the city of Nantes, France to take steps to add resilience to its economy. How? It is in the process of launching its own currency called the nanto.
When I was seven, I was given an Apple Macintosh in the hope that Mavis Beacon would teach me how to touch type. It was an unreasonable expectation, for I was actually more interested in escaping to the fantasy lands of computer games such as Dungeons and Dragons, and Lode Runner. Yet, these games had a lasting, unexpected impact on my thirst for learning. In playing Dungeons and Dragons, I remember being particularly excited each time my archetypal characters would gain ‘experience points’ that enabled them to upgrade their abilities.
Most of the Western world’s financial and commercial activity occurs within what we’ve come to call the Industrial Growth Economy. This economy has been around since the start of the industrial age roughly a couple of centuries ago. It requires exponential (and ultimately unsustainable) growth in production and consumption of goods and services to survive. It also requires the use of ‘fiat currency’ (state-issued notes, deemed by the state to have value) for all transactions.
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