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. Dr Mansfield, after surveying Macmillan Support’s analysis, continues: Macmillan’s spokesperson acknowledges that cancer survivors are usually weakened in some way by the treatment. This is likely to make them more vulnerable to the other kinds of disease which will eventually carry them off. But not before yet more medical services and long-term support. . . . → Read More: Doctor prescribes localisation  Leave a comment  Energy, Environment, Food, Local economies, Low carbon, Procurement, Regional economies, Renewable energy, Sustainability, Transition, Water  Dr Peter Mansfield, Environmental electricity generation, Fossil fuels, Hydrogen fuel cells, Junk food manufacture, Macmillan Support’s analysis, Organic agriculture and horticulture, Small-scale technologies, Zero carbon homes, zero carbon transport . DECC Call for Evidence on community energy A reader pointed out this passage in Hansard (Written answers): Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with community energy co-operatives and other community energy groups on developing such local initiatives; what assessment he . . . → Read More: Community energy groups developing local initiatives in Britain and Germany Leave a comment Co-operatives, Economy, Energy, Local economies, Low carbon, Planning, Regional economies, Renewable energy, Social Enterprise, Sustainability, Transition Call for Evidence on community energy, Community Energy Coalition, Community Energy Contact Group, Community energy groups, Community Energy Strategy, MP Paul Flynn, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change The Schumacher Center for a New Economics sends news of this year’s Left Forum annual gathering in New York, which will be exploring ways of confronting climate change and global economic crisis and creating a more equitable and ecologically resilient world. Such a world will require economic institutions which respond to local and . . . → Read More: Building strong regional economies – Schumacher-style Leave a comment Banks, Co-operatives, Devolution, Economy, Employee ownership, Employment, Environment, Events, Finance, Food, Import substitution, Local economies, Low carbon, Planning, Regional economies, Social Enterprise, Sustainability, Transition Community Land Trusts, Equitable and sustainable system, Import-replacement, Left Forum, New York, Regional currencies, The Schumacher Center for a New Economics 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 Fleming, second left, discussing the working of an experimental rocket stove – to capture heat with clean combustion – at Transition Town Louth, Lincolnshire (The Times) In Lean Logic, David Fleming asks: “Is the priority to expand world trade, to push ahead with the global market, or to build on the resilience of . . . → Read More: Is the priority to expand world trade or to build on the resilience of communities? Leave a comment Biodiversity, Books and articles, Economics, Energy, Environment, Food, Globalisation, Local economies, Planning, Procurement, Regional economies, Renewable energy, Transition Anti-globalisation, Dr David Fleming, food security, Free trade, Lean Logic, Priorities, Resilience of communities, WTO . 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? 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?
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 . As a search of medical abstracts reveals advice that there should be zero tolerance of bute residues, the 2002 Look to the Local report by former MEP Caroline Lucas, LWM co-founder Colin Hines and beef farmer Michael Hart (opposite) comes to mind. It deplores farmers turning to export meat because supermarkets buy cheaper . . . → Read More: The advantages of a regional food supply chain, advocated in the light of the discovery of toxic phenylbutazone residues Leave a comment Books and articles, Devolution, Economy, Energy, Environment, Food, Globalisation, Government, Import substitution, Local economies, Localisation, Low carbon, Regional economies, Statistics, Trade, Transport Beef farmer Michael Hart, Clive Aslet, Exports, Food Miles, Former MEP Caroline Lucas, Imports, Look to the Local report 02, LWM co-founder Colin Hines, Phenylbutazone residues, World Trade Organisation Edward’s bar and restaurant in Erdington, managed by Birmingham’s Amanda Britton, opened in December. It aims to source all produce sold from the region’s businesses and to serve a wide range of seasonal dishes. Perhaps she consults Paul Waddington’s excellent book, Seasonal Food. Each of the twelve chapters starts with a brief story . . . → Read More: Local restaurant chooses to serve seasonal dishes and source from the region’s businesses |
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