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Irene V.

The Rise of the New Economy Movement by Gar Alperovitz - YES! Magazine - 0 views

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  • Public Banking
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      tendencias
  • how to put an end to the most egregious social and economically destructive practices in the near term; how to lay foundations for a possible transformation in the longer term.
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  • range of economic models that change both ownership and ecological outcomes. Co-ops, for instance,
  • system
  • The broad goal is democratized ownership of the economy for the “99 percent” in an ecologically sustainable and participatory community-building fashion. The name of the game is practical work in the here and now—and a hands-on process that is also informed by big picture theory and in-depth knowledge.
  • real world projects—from solar-powered businesses to worker-owned cooperatives and state-owned banks
  • Many are self-consciously understood as attempts to develop working prototypes in state and local “laboratories of democracy” that may be applied at regional and national scale when the right political moment occurs.
  • The “New Economy Movement” is a far-ranging coming together of organizations, projects, activists, theorists and ordinary citizens committed to rebuilding
  • participation and green concerns
  • Other models fit into what author Marjorie Kelly calls the “generative economy”—efforts that inherently nurture the community and respect the natural environment
  • socially responsible
  • corporation designed to benefit the public
  • responsible banking
  • social enterprises” use profits for social or community serving goals
  • new banking
  • credit union
  • What to do about large-scale enterprise in a “new economy”
  • A range of new theorists have also increasingly given intellectual muscle to the movement. Some, like Richard Heinberg, stress the radical implications of ending economic growth. Former presidential adviser James Gustav Speth calls for restructuring the entire system as the only way to deal with ecological problems in general and growth in particular. David Korten has offered an agenda for a new economy which stresses small Main Street business and building from the bottom up. (Korten also co-chairs a “New Economy Working Group” with John Cavanagh at the Institute of Policy Studies.) Juliet Schor has proposed a vision of “Plentitude” oriented in significant part around medium-scale, high tech industry. My own work on a Pluralist Commonwealth emphasizes a community-building system characterized by a mix of democratized forms of ownership ranging from small co-ops all the way up to public/worker-owned firms where large scale cannot be avoided. The movement obviously confronts the enormous entrenched power of an American political economic system dominated by very large banking and corporate interests. Writers like Herman Daly and David Bollier have also helped establish theoretical foundations for fundamental challenges to endless economic growth, on the one hand, and the need to transcend privatized economics in favor of a “commons” understanding, on the other. The awarding in 2009 of the Nobel Prize to Elinor Ostrom for work on commons-based development underlined recognition at still another level of some of the critical themes of the movement.
  • Social Venture Network
  • Worker Cooperatives
  • Consumer Cooperative Management
  • Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
  • Farmer Cooperatives
  • Community Land Trust Network
  • Sustainable Business Council
Irene V.

Real Homes: Small, Frugal, and Green by Doug Pibel - YES! Magazine - 0 views

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  • It’s a perfect time to take a look at what it means to own a home, to make a home, to rent a home. This is an opportunity to take the best from the old ways of doing things, and from the new, and to define “home” in a way that doesn’t place unsustainable burdens on resources, both natural and fiscal. Some of the solution lies in adjusting our expectations about what a household looks like and how much space we really need. Some of it lies in recognizing that, in a world where our energy use is destroying the climate, we have to change the way we put our houses together.
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      Irene V. on 24 May 12
       
      este articulo n tiene nada que ver, pero me parecio que si de repente hemos de hablar sobre el cambio -aunque me parece obvio e increible tener que hablar de el- estos parrafos pdrian ser un ejemplo de coomo ponerlo simple...
  • When people bought houses and intended to stay, they made a commitment to the community. They made lasting connections with people and businesses. Once a house became something that you owned just long enough for the big cashout, those connections were lost.
  • Small is beautiful
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      Irene V. on 24 May 12
       
      local is GREAT
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  • cost less
  • increased tension
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      Irene V. on 24 May 12
       
      Si hay mas cercania, hay mas temas relacioonales y la pregunta: nuevas etructuras de trabajo resultan en mayor confianza, y cercania, relaciones de trabajo mas persnales? 0? como coexiste la tendencia a que lo local es mejoor frente a la globalizacion del trabajo a distancia?
Irene V.

Marketing trends in 2012 | B&T - 0 views

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marketing trends

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    Marketing trends in 2012 25 January, 2012 Madeleine Ross comments "Opportunities go begging in a market ripe for the brave," says Deloitte chief marketing officer David Redhill, and that's certainly the attitude of many marketers looking at the next 12 months. In this year's tough economic climate, with financial trouble plaguing most of Europe and the USA, Australian marketers will be cautious, but that doesn't mean they'll stop spending. Local consumers have grown accustomed to being circumspect and are now looking to do business with reliable institutions. According to Commonwealth Bank's chief marketing and online officer, Andy Lark: "if you're trusted and you've got a good brand, you're in a good position." Reports of flailing foreign economies won't wreak the same havoc they used to on the industry, with agencies and clients now looking towards the  potential downturn as an opportunity to cleverly and cost-effectively win over customers at their most vulnerable. "There is a lot of caution in the market and we are as circumspect as the next business," says Redhill. "But at the same time marketers who invest in brands in downtime are usually the winners because they will emerge stronger as competitors shrink their budgets and reel in their more expansive plans."  The Tontine Group's product development and marketing manager, Lucinda Kew, agrees: "It is actually the brands that invest through difficult times which end up getting the best results because… you're resonating with people and when they get through those difficult times, hopefully you're their brand of choice." More for the same The Commonwealth Bank, bedding manufacturer Tontine and financial advisory firm, Deloitte all plan to maintain their marketing spends this year. That's a relief for agencies, especially in the midst of rumours about a 'race to the bottom' where agencies are fighting for clients and remuneration offers are slumping. But that's not to say brands or agencies can r
Irene V.

2012 Slow Food Terra Madre - 0 views

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  • Slow Food means living a deep, meaningful life
  • beginning at the table
  • interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our daily food choices affect the rest of the world.
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  • It has been said that the best revenge is living well
  • simply reconnecting with those roots in today’s world by opposing the industrial standardization of taste and culture, and the unrestrained power of the food industry and industrial agriculture.
  • “Slow Food unites the pleasure of food with responsibility, sustainability and harmony with nature.”
  • The tenants of Slow Food are Good, Clean and Fair. Good simply means a fresh and flavorful seasonal diet that satisfies the senses and is part of our local culture. Clean designates food production and consumption that does not harm the environment, animal welfare or our health. Fair is accessible pricing for consumers and fair conditions and pay for small-scale producers. Farmers Markets, Community Supported Agriculture, local food swaps, community gardens, neighborhood gardens and over the fence backyard garden food trading are all examples of the ideals outlined above.
  • “Foods that Change the World”
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    entonces slow internet....
Irene V.

New Economy, New Ways to Work - YES! Magazine - 0 views

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economy future new work

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  • Well-run businesses require a hierarchy of highly paid executives. Worker co-ops are efficient and democratic, and workers keep the profits. The freedom to do ecological damage improves the business climate. If we destroy the environment, there is no business … or climate. Large corporations are efficient, innovative, and create jobs. Locally rooted small- and medium-sized businesses create the jobs and innovations we need.
Irene V.

Is Your Company Using Happiness To Drive Success? | Sustainable Brands - 0 views

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company using happiness success sustainable brands metrics business program

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  • In the traditional, profit-driven model of business, money does, by definition, equal happiness. But as the focus for many organizations expands beyond profits to include a host of other factors (e.g., their environmental and social impacts), a satisfied workforce becomes a more reliable indicator of organizational well-being, and an important means to achieving true triple-bottom-line success. Employee happiness surveys have grown in popularity since the rise of such assessments on a larger scale; countries including Bhutan, France and the UK have adopted a “happiness index” as an alternative prosperity measure to GDP, using the findings to help inform future policy. Applying this methodology to business, more and more organizations - including companies such as Zappos and Nestlé Purina - are correlating employee well-being levels to productivity, which in turn informs profitability.
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