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. 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 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 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 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? 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 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 . 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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