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Economy
“Our human destiny is inextricably linked
to the actions of all other living things.
Respecting this principle is the fundamental challenge
in changing the nature of business.”
- Paul Hawken, The Ecology of Commerce
 After
the Crash: The Emergence of the Rainbow Economy
This book by Guy Dauncey, published in 1987 and updated in 1996,
traces the emergence of sustainable local economies around the
world. It shows how ordinary people can rebuild their economies
using community-based approaches, from Vancouver to Glasgow,
from Ireland to Australia, from Spain to Bangladesh. Price: $15
CAN/US + shipping. Click above for the details and order
form.
Sekem Initiative, Egypt
The Sekem Initiative is a successful example of social capitalism,
operating on organically managed farmland reclaimed from the
desert, outside Cairo. It promotes both economic and social and
cultural development among its 2,000 employees.
Sustainable Economy Initiatives – a
collection of detailed case studies written for the Local Economic
Development Information Service, in Glasgow, Scotland.
Click above for the full collection.
What If ? The Birth of a Sustainable
Economy in the Moray Firth Region of Scotland, 1995 – 2015
Presented to the Findhorn Foundation EcoVillages Conference, Findhorn, Scotland,
October 1995
World Trade: Hope in Death
First Published in EcoNews, October 2003
In September Lee Kyung-hae, a small farmer from South Korea, joined the protests at the World Trade Organization talks in Cancun, Mexico, and in a moment of excitement, he plunged a knife into his heart, dying a few hours later. Who was this small farmer? And why did he make the supreme sacrifice?
Farewell to Welfare
Not previously published
For all of our lives, there's been welfare, thanks to the courage and dreams
of the good Lord's social reformers in the 1930s and 1940s. We no longer have
to face the cruelty and indignities of the workhouse if we fall on hard times.
Nurjahan’s Story
First published in ‘Earthfuture’. Sarishpur,
Bangladesh, April 2013
"I don't understand why anybody should be poor on this planet." - Muhammad
Yunus, 1997
 Shared
Cars, a Bakery and a Cow
First published in Renaissance Magazine, Germany, 2000
It's all possible - and it's all being done somewhere on Earth today. There
are no laws that say economies must be run the way they have been for the past
200 years, encouraging selfishness, greed, tax-evasion and ecological ruin.
Smart Radio
Extract from the unpublished novel ‘Journey into the
Future’. Vancouver, 2007
Radio had always been the poor sister of television. The basic design had hardly
changed in 50 years. Smart Radio changed all this for ever, sending a ripple
of revolution through the safe, conservative world of radio broadcasting.
The Economists’ Celebration
First published in ‘Earthfuture’. Paris, December,
2012
Over the next three years the principles of cobudgeting were extended. In addition
to social bonds, Swedish investors were able to purchase health bonds, family
bonds and ecological bonds, the money from which was used to finance investments
to heal their society.
The Natural Step
First published in ‘Earthfuture’. Portland,
Oregon, October 2007
“I never understood why the timber was getting worse.
I just assumed it was one of those things that was destined
to go downhill, like television, and the way the kids like
to dress. I've learnt a lot since then.”
Updated October 2007 |
