In the face of multiple increasing global uncertainties - economic and environmental - the need to build the strength and resilience of our local economies has become very clear in the last few years. This forum addresses how we can work toward achieving that aim by encouraging entrepreneurship and cooperation between business and citizens locally and by harnessing local investment to support the start up and expansion of locally owned enterprises.
Barcelona Officials Plan Alternative Currency The New American The Bank of Spain, the Spanish central bank that has now been subordinated to the controversial European Central Bank (ECB), blasted the idea as “impossible in addition to being...
As the deadline for the UN's anti-poverty targets known as Millennium Development Goals expires, the BBC's Mike Wooldridge visits a "Millennium Village" in Uganda to see whether a new approach to aid makes any difference on the ground.
In recent years there has been no shortage of reports about how bad austerity is and how it is affecting the poorest the most. However, while much of this is well meaning, it is short on what we need to do differently.
On Monday, October 13 at 6:30pm in the Belfast Free Library, the Belfast Co-op is sponsoring a free presentation with Jonah Fertig, coordinator for Cooperative Fermentation, and Rob Brown, Director of the Cooperative Development Institute's (CDI)...
Where mainstream finance is failing local economies, circular economy schemes from local currencies to crowdfunding are appearing, says Rosalinda Sanquiche
The Multitude movement enters a new era, where its processes can be supported by truly p2p infrastructures. Bitcoin is now a well-known symbol of a new breed of value exchange systems, called cryptocurrencies, money without the bank, stateless money, a new currency that looks and feels like your ATM card, but it is entirely decentralized, under the control of those who use it.
Local economies become increasingly self-sufficient and autonomous, drawing demand away from national and international markets. Alternative currency/time bank hybrids become the primary means of exchange within local communities. More people have a stake in local collaborative economy initiatives, thanks to a rise in community-owned assets and increased local employment. Unemployment falls and fewer needs go unmet within local communities.
“The Map describes how to make the rich underused capacity of regional economies more visible. It shows how to engage individuals, businesses, voluntary groups and local government to share their underused assets to meet each others’ needs. The Map is both a vision and a practical action programme.”
The Map describes how to make the rich underused capacity of regional economies more visible. It shows how to engage individuals, businesses, voluntary groups and local government to share their underused assets to meet each others' needs. The Map is both a vision and a practical action programme.
Is your community having problems with getting your local currency to gain traction, to have a significant amount of usage? In the USA and many countries in the West, local currencies have had a ha...
This article aims to contribute to the ongoing dialogue on post-capitalist construction by exploring the contours of a commons-oriented productive model. On the basis of this model called “design global-manufacture local”, we argue that recent techno-economic developments around the emergence of commons-based peer production and desktop manufacturing technologies, may signal new alternative paths of social organization. We conclude by arguing that all commons-oriented narratives could converge, thereby supporting the creative communities which are building the world they want within the confines of the political economy they aspire to transcend.
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.
"Every time I step out on stage, I know the people in the audience work hard to afford a ticket to one of my shows ... so I have to prepare, work as hard as I can and do my best to make sure they g...
When we talk about localism, what we mean by it? Local used to mean fixed geographical areas within which people grew up, went to school, worked, developed friendships, met their spouse, brought up children, retired and died.
California Introduces the Local Economies Securities Act Crowdfunding Exemption Crowdfund Insider Existing law exempts from permit requirements any offer or sale of a membership in a California consumer cooperative corporation, provided that the...
La Coordinadora of the Lower Lempa and the Bay of Jiquilisco in El Salvador is a grassroots, community-led organization of 27,000 families in more than 100 communities. It is transforming economic and political power and the health of the environment, across the department of Usulután. Pillars of La Coordinadora are participatory democracy, empowerment of women and youth, and – still in the works - education and health care for all. The communities are generating income through a green economy based on ecological agriculture and fishing. La Coordinadora is working to build food sovereignty, protect ecosystems, and preserve the largest remaining mangrove forest in the area.
Everything from Urban Agriculture to Robotics and a huge basement full of Aquaponic growing. A 20K Square ft Laboratory that will change the game for the inner city youth of Lykins Neighborhood.
Neighborhood Economics is about when we all come and realize our impact and start using a new story to run our economy; starting with community and dropping the metaphor of empire, with the market as its ravening wolf bringing the best stuff back to the few. Instead, we bring our whole, messy selves to the enterprise of living together and thriving on this planet together.
To get content containing either thought or leadership enter:
To get content containing both thought and leadership enter:
To get content containing the expression thought leadership enter:
You can enter several keywords and you can refine them whenever you want. Our suggestion engine uses more signals but entering a few keywords here will rapidly give you great content to curate.
Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
