Towards Sustainable Economies

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"The first thing we must begin to teach our children (and learn ourselves) is that we cannot spend and consume endlessly. We have got to learn to save and conserve. We do need a "new economy", but one that is founded on thrift and care, on saving and conserving, not on excess and waste. An economy based on waste is inherently and hopelessly violent, and war is its inevitable by-product. We need a peaceable economy." Wendell Berry

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Contents 1 Action Ideas 1.1 Why it matters 1.2 Random facts 1.3 Related topics 1.4 Related wiki 1.5 Related Wikipedia content 2 International links 2.1 Resources 3 United Kingdom 4 Ireland links 5 Spain links 6 USA links 7 India links

[edit] Action Ideas

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

[edit] Why it matters

(article needed)

[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] Related topics

• category:Economic wellbeing
• category:Low carbon future

[edit] Related wiki

• 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

[edit] Related Wikipedia content

• Basic income (or Citizens Income, UK)
• Grameen Bank
• Original affluent society
• Abundance (economics)
• Basic Income Earth Network

[edit] International links

• Cittaslow, (slow cities)
• Basic Income Earth Network
• The Preservation Institute

[edit] Resources

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

[edit] United Kingdom

See separate article - Towards Sustainable Economies UK

[edit] Ireland links

• Feasta The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability

[edit] Spain links

• Red Renta Basica (Basic Income Network)

[edit] USA links

• Redefining Progress
• U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG)

[edit] India links

• Just Change

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