By localise2, on May 15th, 2013%
We summarise the thoughts of Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economics commentator here, because Localise West Midlands’ aims and policies are designed with his ‘politically sellable vision of a prosperous low-carbon economy’ in mind. He wrote, yesterday:
“Last week the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was reported to have passed 400 parts . . . → Read More: “Humanity is conducting a huge, uncontrolled and almost certainly irreversible climate experiment with the only home it is likely to have”: Financial Times
By localise2, on May 10th, 2013%
There are local or community currencies in several British towns, including Bath, Stroud, Totnes, Calderdale, Bristol and Brixton – and in many countries around the world. The most recent reports have come from India and South Africa.
Jeremy Williams writes that with the financial system in disarray and the economic downturn, local currencies . . . → Read More: Community currencies
By localisewm, on May 1st, 2013%
Natasha Sabin from Tirebuck Recruitment, based in Solihull, talks about the benefits working locally can have on the individual.
West Midlanders are commuting more since the recession hit.
In November 2012 the Trades Union Congress reported that the average West Midlands employee spends 48.8 minutes per day commuting to and from work. This . . . → Read More: Work Locally to Save Money and Your Community
By localise2, on April 16th, 2013%
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?
By localise2, on April 12th, 2013%
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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.
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John Newson (BFOE) writes:
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“The Council will become in 2018 the owner . . . → Read More: Environmental, economic, social and ethical reasons for a different approach to waste disposal
By localisewm, on March 21st, 2013%
It is vital to Birmingham’s independent food supply chains that Birmingham wholesale markets remain at their central site, neighbouring the retail markets, and being central for their diversity of customers and employees.
Despite a much-publicised Council recommendation to stop investigating solutions for the markets remaining on their current site, there is still a hope . . . → Read More: Birmingham’s wholesale markets – a partnership of inclusive local enterprise
By localise2, on March 19th, 2013%
Horticulture smallholdings: a crucial contribution towards higher employment, a reliable, home-grown food supply and a diverse, more ecologically healthy countryside
The Plunkett Foundation newsletter reports a new partnership with the Land Settlement Association Charitable Trust. Plunkett hopes to identify ‘pioneering approaches to co-operative horticulture across the UK’ to ‘share and develop further’. Shaun Chamberlin . . . → Read More: Plunkett Foundation forms partnership with Land Settlement Association
By localise2, on March 17th, 2013%
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
By localise2, on March 15th, 2013%
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
By localise2, on March 11th, 2013%
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Anna Watson’s Localise West Midlands blog about The Green Economy and Local Job Creation, reported that – as the oil supply peaks – the innovation, manufacture, marketing and repairing of products will become more economic at a local level. Small scale, sustainable employment opportunities will be created, encouraging local resourcefulness and a thriving local . . . → Read More: Enterprise in Balsall Heath: creating opportunities at local level
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