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• "Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich." Paul Hawken, Design Thinking / Inspiring Quotes 15

Contents 1 Action Ideas 2 Why it matters 3 Resources 4 Random facts 5 Village cinema 6 Related 7 International links

[edit] Action Ideas

Articles Complementary currencies Fair trade promotions Free stuff Simple living Teleconferencing	Wanted pages Co-operatives Credit Unions E-work or Teleworking clubs	other ideas Just Change - see India links below Social enterprise Local markets Local directories Sustainability awards Business swaps Waste exchange schemes Local purchasing Ownership surveys

[edit] Why it matters

(article needed)

[edit] Resources

• eco-labels
• In Praise of Slow Carl Honoré
• Buddhist Economics, including 16 translations

[edit] Random facts

• The Emilia Romagna region of northern Italy has more than 15,000 cooperatives, which contribute over one-third of the region’s GDP. Source: Worldwatch Institute

[edit] Village cinema

[edit] Related

SCA Economic wellbeing category Low carbon future category Cittaslow, (slow cities) Forum:Encouragement of a shift of policy on work Center for Advancement of the Steady State Economy	Wikipedia Basic income (or Citizens Income, UK) Grameen Bank Original affluent society Abundance (economics) Basic Income Earth Network Buddhist economics Steady state (macroeconomics) W Mondragón Cooperative Corporation W	Wikisphere We-think wikia - discussion of the rise of mass, collaborative creativity - and a process of collaborative writing and editing of a book: We-think: the power of mass creativity. Started October 17, 2006 by Charlie Leadbeater. TurnLeaf - A Wiki to establish "Green Office" Standards Microfinance on Metacollab wikia Sharewiki Directory:Barter on peswiki

[edit] International links

• Basic Income Earth Network

• The Preservation Institute

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