Economic sector

Transition Lab – preparing the next generation of REconomists?

Transition Lab – preparing the next generation of REconomists?

Published on March 20, 2013 in Blog, Education with 0 Comments

This is a guest blog post from Russell Evans of Transition Lab, based in Montrose, Colorado, USA. They are doing a wonderful experiment with  young people that incorporates the gift economy, enterprise and resilience building as he explains below…   Most of us would love to experiment with, develop, and launch new businesses that will […]

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Why does a French envelope manufacturer have 12 beehives on its roof?

Why does a French envelope manufacturer have 12 beehives on its roof?

Published on February 13, 2013 in Blog, Manufacturing with 0 Comments

This post is about Pocheco, a French envelope producer that’s committed to showing how their products can be produced more sustainably as well as more cheaply. Kitty de Bruin visited the company and spoke to them about their achievements and plans…   Pocheco are based in an old textile plant in Forest sur Marque, near […]

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Hodmedod’s Great British Beans and Peas

Hodmedod’s Great British Beans and Peas

Published on January 15, 2013 in Blog, Food with 0 Comments

This is a place holder for the Hodmedod’s Great British Beans & Peas case study. Meanwhile you can read the story of how this enterprise came into being, and visit the Hodmedod’s website for more information.    

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Linux as example of the beginning of a new economic system

Linux as example of the beginning of a new economic system

Published on January 6, 2013 in Blog, Services with 6 Comments

Does a bumper year for Linux show us that a collaborative meta narrative for the economy is starting to replace the out dated free market competitive one. A quick and rather narrow review of Microsoft versus Linux will provide some insight as to why and how this new collaborative meta narrative is appearing.   When we […]

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Top 40 Platforms for Crowdfunding Social Change

Top 40 Platforms for Crowdfunding Social Change

Published on November 21, 2012 in Blog, Finance with 13 Comments

This post is a guest blog by Josef Davies-Coates and it originally appeared on the P2P Foundation blog. Crowdfunding is a new word for an old idea. The Oxford English dictionary defines it as “the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, […]

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Totnes Local Economic Blueprint – first reports now available

Totnes Local Economic Blueprint – first reports now available

Published on October 29, 2012 in Economic enablers, Energy, Food, Project news with 4 Comments

I’m delighted to say that the outputs of this project are ready for sharing. This post is about the work in Totnes, which started in 2011. It’s a combined effort of the national REconomy Project, along with Transition Town Totnes (TTT). Outputs from Herefordshire will follow shortly, and those from Brixton in London by mid […]

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Classic economics, modern times and land value tax

Classic economics, modern times and land value tax

Published on September 29, 2012 in Blog, Finance with 7 Comments

REconomy’s history is rooted in the ‘environmental’ movements related to climate change, peak oil and many other forms of environmental degradation. For many of us ‘greens’ economics is a foreign language that we are having to learn rapidly. For those wanting a good overview of the roots of the existing economic theory this is a useful […]

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REc Roadtrip – Electric Avenue, long-term unemployed and remaking in Brixton

REc Roadtrip – Electric Avenue, long-term unemployed and remaking in Brixton

Published on September 3, 2012 in Blog, Finance with 0 Comments

Walking out of the station and down the famous Electric Avenue, a busy street market with stalls full of exotic looking vegetables, independent brightly coloured shops selling vibrant materials and reggae music blasting out from shops’ waterproofed speakers, I feel the excitement of being somewhere different.  This short video about the Brixton Pound gives you […]

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REconomy Roadtrip – Transition Town Lewes, Sheepshare and L&OVE

REconomy Roadtrip – Transition Town Lewes, Sheepshare and L&OVE

Published on August 30, 2012 in Blog, Energy, Finance, Food with 8 Comments

A beautiful old high street on a hill, surrounded by green – the market town of Lewes makes me feel instantly at home. The town is buzzing with excitement as the Olympic torch is about to pass through. There’s about 16,000 residents, most of them on the street today. The largest employer here is the […]

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REc Roadtrip – Porritt says Durham’s economic strategy is unbelievably damaging

REc Roadtrip – Porritt says Durham’s economic strategy is unbelievably damaging

Published on August 28, 2012 in Blog, Food with 0 Comments

Yet another beautiful city, is there something about Transition starting up in the more scenic parts of our country? Here in Durham I come across my first Transition Fruit Group, and when I met Jules he was delightedly clutching the papers of incorporation for the brand new enterprise Fruitful Durham which has just emerged blinking […]

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