Karen Leach: Since the general election Localise West Midlands has been reiterating the question “how can we have meaningful localism without decentralising economic power?” The UK economy is one of the most centralised in Europe, increasingly recognised as remote from people and society, exclusive and beyond control. In a diverse, localised economy, more people have [...]
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Diana Schumacher: award, publication and festival
Posted in Books, Economics, Education, Environment, Events, Good news on September 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Diana was awarded an OBE in June for services to the environment, sustainable development and to humanitarian issues. This recognised her voluntary work serving on the councils or executives of over 25 pioneering environmental and development organisations, has been recognised with the with the hope of bringing some of them together in recognition that their aims are interrelated. [...]
TEQS PROGRESS
Posted in Economics, Economy, Energy, Environment, Good news, Transition on August 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Encouraging news was sent by Shaun at the end of July. A draft which was to be posted earlier was deleted, unsaved, by accident, but the news is not timebound. He opens: “The only place to start this update is with the International Energy Agency’s announcement that global energy-related emissions were higher than ever before in [...]
Molly Scott Cato & the Green House
Posted in Economics, Economy, Think tank, tagged Green House on July 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Molly – one of the green-minded academics and politicians mentioned below – writes: By now our politicians should have been making plans to shift our central economic objective from growth to sustainability. The book, and the report for the Sustainable Development Commission on which it was based, provided the evidence: where is the policy that [...]
JUNE NETWORK NEWS: David Fleming’s Lean Logic dictionary
Posted in Books, Economics, Environment on June 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
LEAN LOGIC A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It David Fleming’s Lean Logic will be published in his memory in July 2011. The book will be printed in a hardback first edition of 500 copies, comprising David’s final draft, comprehensive footnotes, bibliography and references and many wonderful wood [...]
Colin Hines: advice for activists and lateral-thinking politicians
Posted in Devolution, Economics, Economy, Localisation, Political, Politics, Security, Transition on June 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We welcome Colin Hines back after his three-month absence and reproduce his first message seen in the Guardian recently and published on the website of Localise West Midlands which he co-founded with Pat Conaty. Colin wrote: Rebuild and rediversify sustainable local economies everywhere Huge regions such as Europe, the US, China and India should reconsider their obsession with today’s [...]
ISEC’s popular film
Posted in Economics, Transition on May 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Helena Norberg-Hodge sends news that the film she produced and co-directed, The Economics of Happiness, see posts in January and February, recently won the Best in Show award at the Cinema Verde Film and Arts Festival. “Crowds are clamoring to see it again,” says Festival founder Trish Riley. The film has been drawing packed houses [...]
