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Alternatives to mainstream economic conceptsGreen movements, but also thinkers from other areas, are opposed to the focus put on economics. The need for terminology has created familiar ideas such as carrying-capacity, and ecological footprint. W DegrowthDegrowth is considered an essential economic strategy responding to the limits-to-growth dilemma. Degrowth thinkers and activists advocate for the downscaling of production and consumption—the contraction of economies—arguing that overconsumption lies at the root of long term environmental issues and social inequalities. Key to the concept of degrowth is that reducing consumption does not require individual martyring and a decrease in well-being. Rather, 'degrowthists' aim to maximize happiness and well-being through non-consumptive means—sharing work, consuming less, while devoting more time to art, music, family, culture and community. W Error in widget Vimeo: Unable to load template 'wiki:Vimeo'
Ecological economicsEcological economics/eco-economics refers to both a transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary field of academic research that aims to address the interdependence and coevolution of human economies and natural ecosystems over time and space. It is distinguished from environmental economics, which is the mainstream economic analysis of the environment, by its treatment of the economy as a subsystem of the ecosystem and its emphasis upon preserving natural capital. W Post growthPost-growth can be distinguished from similar movements (such as degrowth, steady state economics, post-materialism) in that it focuses on acknowledging, supporting and building on the sustainable initiatives, systems and products that are already in place. Post growth advocates try to encourage, connect and further develop these existing ideas and actions. In this way, "post growth" does not specify the answer to the limits-to-growth challenge, as “steady state economics” and “degrowth” do, but rather seek to understand and address this challenge from a complex systems perspective that is constantly evolving. With this holistic complex systems approach, post growth deals with all aspects of self and society (such as psychology, human nature, human evolution, cultures, social systems and economies) and the interrelation of all of these aspects. Accordingly, the post growth concept also advocates solutions that are appropriate with regards to place, time, resource and cultural factors. Therefore, post growth initiatives take shape in very different ways under different circumstances. Post growth can be considered an asset-based approach to community development, applied not only to community development but across a wide range of categories and in response to limits-to-growth challenges, as it seeks to build on the cultural and technological assets that already exist and are facilitating the emergence of post growth futures. W Quotes 1TAPAS – “There are plenty of alternatives!” David Bollier, To Make Hope Possible Rather Than Despair Convincing [1] Basic incomeAn unconditional basic income (also called basic income, basic income guarantee, universal basic income, universal demogrant, or citizen’s income) is a form of social security system in which all citizens or residents of a country regularly receive an unconditional sum of money, either from a government or some other public institution, in addition to any income received from elsewhere. W Resources
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Deki, Established in 2008, Deki helps individuals in developing countries to lift themselves and their families out of poverty through creating a sustainable future. This is achieved through connecting them directly with lenders through microfinance. A registered charity, Deki takes no commission on loans and relies on donations to grow its global network of field partners and lenders. Citizens data initiativeThe Emilia Romagna region of northern Italy has more than 15,000 cooperatives, which contribute over one-third of the region’s GDP. [2] NetworksQuotes 2"Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich." Paul Hawken [3] VideoError in widget Vimeo: Unable to load template 'wiki:Vimeo'
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Events2016 Aug 22 -28 MAN Up 2nd International Skillshare Summit News and comment2016 10 Ways to Accelerate the Peer-to-Peer and Commons Economy, Aug 1 [4] This is the most efficient economy in the world, Jul 19 [5] From basket weavers to salt farmers: the women leading a renewables revolution, Jul 9 [6] The Italian Region Where Co-ops Produce a Third of Its GDP, Jul 5 [7] Why Switzerland’s Universal Basic Income referendum matters, even though it failed, Jun 5 [8] Basic Income Gathers Steam Across Europe, May 27 [9] The Commons Collaborative Economy explodes in Barcelona, Apr 18 [10] Circular Economy 2.0, Mar 4 [11] La'Zooz: The Decentralized, Crypto-Alternative to Uber, January 26 [12] 2015 Sharing the future, November 30 [13] Ten Commandments of Peer Production and Commons Economics, October 28 [14]
Ten Ways to Challenge Capitalism's Death Grip on Daily Life, October 21 [15] The LEF – REconomy’s ‘Killer App’? September [16] A basic guaranteed income in the context of Maslow..., July 15 [17] The emergence of sophisticated p2p-based solidarity economic networks, Michel Bauwens, March 4 [18] 2014 Basic income paid to the poor can transform lives, December 18 [19] Life in a ‘degrowth’ economy, and why you might actually enjoy it, October 1, by Samuel Alexander, Research fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at University of Melbourne [20] 2013 Universal Basic Income: A brief overview of a support for intelligent economies, quality of life and a caring society, April 17 [21] 2012 'Occupy' as a business model: The emerging open-source civilisation, March 9 [22] 2011 The New Story of Stuff: Can We Consume Less? [23] November 28 Austria: Call for an EU-wide Unconditional Basic Income. European Citizens’ Initiative to Be Launched, [24] November 8 Iran's economic reforms usher in a de facto Citizen's Income, [25] Citizen's Income Newsletter, Issue 1, 2011 2010 "Better than Growth" released by Australian Conservation Foundation, [26] June 11 2009 Mongolia to introduce national basic income, [27] December 3 "I’ve been arguing for several years that a savings account is the only proven method of carbon sequestration." [28] May 4 Japan and South Korea launch Green New Deals, [29] January 9. South Korea's 36 projects include the creation of green transport networks, the provision of two million energy-saving 'green homes' and the clean-up of the country's four main rivers. 2008 Reducing consumption key to a sustainable future, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, November 11. Based on then ground-breaking modelling, the forecasts of global ecological and economic collapse by mid-century contained in the controversial 1972 book; The Limits to Growth, are still ‘on-track’ according to new CSIRO research. [30] 'Green New Deal' can save the world's economy, says UN, [31] October 12 Green Jobs Initiative report generally optimistic, but says too few green jobs are being created for the most vulnerable: the 1.3 billion working poor (43 per cent of the global workforce) in the world with earnings too low to lift them and their dependants above the poverty threshold of US$2 per person, per day, or for the estimated 500 million youth who will be seeking work over the next 10 years, [32] September 24
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Interwiki linksWikipedia: Basic income, Consumer cooperative, Degrowth, Ecological economics, Grameen Bank, Mondragon Corporation, Post growth, Social finance, Solidarity economy Mondragon Corporation External linksCreative commons Basic Income Earth Network, network of academics and activists interested in the idea of a universal basic income, i.e. a guaranteed minimum income based solely on citizenship and not on work requirement or charity. It serves as a link between individuals and groups committed to or interested in basic income, and fosters informed discussion on this topic throughout the world. Their website defines a basic income as "an income unconditionally granted to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement." W Center for the advancement of the steady state economy, CASSE Error in widget YouTube: Unable to load template 'wiki:YouTube'
OuiShare A French-based non-for-profit aiming to connect efforts within the Sharing or Collaborative Economy to create a global network of collaborators. Having started in France in 2012, they have spread to Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. W Real Economy Lab, interactive platform where the cumulative knowledge, aims, and resources of the new economy movement can be drawn together in order to seek common ground and drive coordinated action Other Grassroots Economic Organizing Slow Money, movement to organize investors and donors to steer new sources of capital to small food enterprises, organic farms, and local food systems. Slow Money takes its name from the Slow Food movement.[2] Slow Money aims to develop the relationship between capital markets and place, including social capital and soil fertility.[3] Slow Money is supporting the grass-roots mobilization of investors through network building, convening, publishing, and incubating intermediary strategies and structures of funding. It is a 501(c)3 non-profit based in Boulder, Colorado W
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