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Today we received news from America’s New Economics Institute – a partner of Britain’s nef – about the latest edition of Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World series. Their comment: Every day, we are presented with a range of “sustainable” products and activities – from “green” cleaning supplies to carbon offsets – but . . . → Read More: Cutting through ‘sustainababble’  Leave a comment  Biodiversity, Books and articles, Democracy, Economics, Economy, Environment, Local economies, Planning, Politics, Regional economies, Transition  'sustainababble', Agricultural policy, geoengineering, New Economics Institute, Resource depletion, State of the World 2013, Sustainability In the FT today, James Skinner, chairman emeritus of the New Economics Foundation, asks fundamentally important questions about a stance often adopted by politicians with an interest in supporting multinational business. . He was prompted to do so by a recent FT editorial “A better plan for London airports”, which cited the . . . → Read More: At a time of ‘austerity’ for so many, are there more beneficial uses for taxpayers’ money than mega airports and HS2? . Gary Greenwood, analyst at Shore Capital comments on the Co-op Group’s food retailing: “It just looks like an organisation that has expanded in the wrong areas . . .“ Food sales were down 0.7% on a like-for-like basis. Overall, the group reported losses before payments to members, the equivalent of pre-tax profit for . . . → Read More: Co-op food retail: an organisation that has expanded in the wrong areas? David Boyle of the New Economics Foundation writes: “What kind of entrepreneurial activity is most likely to bring local recovery and local resilience? “The answer is probably not a chain store that competes in every market – the very opposite of an anchor store. It is going to be the revival of a genuinely . . . → Read More: Needed: the revival of a genuinely local entrepreneurial culture Judy Wicks, a board member of the NEI – featured recently on this site – thinks that it does. Looking around for more information, evidence of a very adventurous and constructive life – including living with the Eskimos and working with the Zapatistas – was easily found online. Her unusual slant on localisation was . . . → Read More: Does supporting local business build resilient local economies – and a more peaceful world? . In this country and abroad Veolia’s services are being dispensed with for environmental, economic, social and ethical reasons. The City Council is considering what to do when its 25 year contract with waste giant Veolia expires in 2018. . John Newson (BFOE) writes: . “The Council will become in 2018 the owner . . . → Read More: Environmental, economic, social and ethical reasons for a different approach to waste disposal Community Supported Agriculture (flourishing in Stroud) started in the USA in 1986 at Indian Line Farm in South Egremont, Massaschusetts, just a couple of miles down Jug End Road from the Library and offices of the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, a partner of the British New Economics Foundation. Their projects have . . . → Read More: Community Supported Industry Leave a comment Democracy, Devolution, Economy, Finance, Food, Import substitution, Local economies, Local government, Low carbon, Manufacturing, Microfinance, Mutuals, Procurement, Sustainability, Transition BerkShares Local Currency, Community Supported Agriculture, Community Supported Industry, new economics foundation, Schumacher Center for a New Economics, SHARE Micro-Credit Program, Stroud A new community-owned bakery in Dunbar, East Lothian, has been hailed as a prototype for other towns looking to revive their high streets. Well over 300 village shops and pubs have now been reopened or saved from closure and owned by members of the local community – as ‘one-off’ ventures – sometimes with help . . . → Read More: Will this town centre community-owned shop regenerate the High Street? Andrew Bounds has reported ‘a co-operative revival’ in the Financial Times – a trend first noted in this blog in 2010. He notes that the number of share offers and co-operative members in new societies doubled between 2009 and 2012 as the economic downturn has continued, according to figures from Co-operatives UK, the umbrella . . . → Read More: The Financial Times reports a co-operative revival Leave a comment Banks, Co-operatives, Democracy, Economy, Employee ownership, Energy, Food, Local economies, Localisation, Microfinance, Mutuals, Renewable energy, Retail, Social Enterprise, Transition Andrew Bounds, Co-operatives UK, Community owned energy projects, Community owned shops & pubs, Daily Bread Northampton, Financial Times, Worker co-operatives
Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Movement, quotes a brief but pointed analysis from a new report by Dr Tim Morgan called ‘The Perfect Storm: energy, finance and the end of growth‘, published by FTSE 250 company Tullett Prebon, saying: “It’s stirring stuff. His analysis of why we have ended up in our . . . → Read More: Our current economic predicament defined and the MCED way forward highlighted Leave a comment Books and articles, Devolution, Economics, Economy, Employee ownership, Energy, Environment, Local economies, Localisation, Planning, Poverty, Regional economies, Social Enterprise, Transition, Transition Network community economic development, Dr Tim Morgan, Energy return on energy invested, Karen Leach, Local ownership, Localise West Midlands, REconomy, Rob Hopkins, SMEs, Transition Movement |
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