Creating Local Wealth
A recording of Michael Shuman’s talk to kick of New Economy Week.
Act: Inspiration
14 Reasons to Be Hopeful About the Future of Food
In sub-Saharan Africa, young people are going to school to learn about sustainable farming. In Brazil, smallholder farmers are growing fresh produce for public school lunches. A city in Sweden is working to make all of its food organic. And in the United States and Australia, farmers markets have never been more popular.
Alternative economics and the end of growth – headlines
•The Village Against the World •Post Carbon Institute Calls on Environmentalists to Embrace Post-Growth Economics •When Wealth Disappears •A Corporate Coup in Disguise
Corporate Sustainability and The Commons
A few weeks ago I had an extensive dialogue with a “corporate sustainability architect” who works with corporations and others to design “systemic transformation and company-level solutions.”
Bubble and Beyond
With economist, historian and author Michael Hudson of ‘The Bubble and Beyond’ and Nate Hagens, the former lead editor of the Oil Drum and an expert on global resource depletion.
New Law Breaks Ground for Urban Ag
A new California law just signed by Governor Jerry Brown might take some of the risk out of the equation for urban farmers by making longer-term leases an appealing proposition for landowners.
Community Seed Banks
Seed saving is very easy to do and most enjoyable. It also helps to build resilience back into the individual and the community.
24 Ways to Invest Locally – tips 21-24
Move your money from Wall Street to main street with these tips from Michael Shuman.
How to Start a Community Land Trust
The CLT model works by purchasing land on behalf of the community and holding it in trust in perpetuity.
Stop Feeding the Elephant
Our common future lies with an economy beyond the accumulation of wealth and, therein, the debt structures that support this accumulation.
Food & agriculture – October 16
•Can Industrial Agriculture Provide Global Food Security?
•Dutch greenhouses are rapidly tapping into the geothermal opportunity
•Container City: The Colombian Food Court with Personality
•Rooftop Farming Is Getting Off The Ground
•Food poverty is an attack on society
Extreme Energy and Reason
The topic of ‘extreme energy’ should be a relatively easy one to dispense with for any reasonably informed Transitioner.
