Tag: Resource limits

In.gredients – Possibly the coolest grocery store ever

In.gredients – Possibly the coolest grocery store ever

Published on February 21, 2014 in Blog, Food, Retail and wholesale with 1 Comment

Here’s a great article about a “packaging-free grocery store” written by Beth Terry and originally posted here. We think you will find it so inspirational that you might want to start up your own in your local community. After learning about the devastating effects of plastic pollution on the environment and human health,  accountant Beth […]

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Building Economies of Repair: Circular or Linear?

Building Economies of Repair: Circular or Linear?

Published on September 18, 2013 in Blog, Manufacturing, Mining and materials, Retail and wholesale with 0 Comments

We’re grateful for today’s guest post by Michelle Bastian from the Sustaining Time project, which addresses the most intriguing question ‘What is the time of a sustainable economy?’The project is based around the idea that different kinds of economic systems seem to be associated with different kinds of time. For example, industrial capitalism with clock time, and late capitalism with a speeded up, 24/7 […]

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Natural resource limits

Natural resource limits

Published on April 24, 2012 in Updates with 0 Comments

A new economy which is resilient and sustainable needs to find ways to do business within the limits of natural resources, and the ability of the earth to absorb polluting waste. This requires a fundamental re-thinking of some things we take for granted: progress, growth, our relationship with the environment, business models and even ownership. […]

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