nature & economics

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Webinar: 11.11.24 Part 8: Grassroots Policies In this webinar contributors described the work we need to do to take care of our rivers.
Paper: 01.11.24 The Potteries Pound: A Community-Driven Digital Currency A digital innovation that takes the principles of time-banking forward, as one part of the Stoke Model.
Article: 17.06.24 A Visionary Future with Basic Income for Farmers Basic income for every farmer could help end poverty for farmers and better protect nature.
Article: 06.06.24 Grassroots Manifesto for Sustainability Policies to help us take care of the planet, support wildlife and better farming.
Paper: 25.04.24 Sowing the Seeds of Stability A proposal to use basic income as the system to support the income of farmers and farm workers.
Webinar: 19.03.24 Part 7: Grassroots Policies In Part 7 of our webinar series we focused on the Commons, and wildlife.
Webinar: 14.03.24 Part 6: Grassroots Policies We focused on financial and environmental sustainability in Part 6 of our webinar series.
Article: 08.03.24 Humanity and the Planet Citizen Democracy is essential for tackling the urgent problems of the planet.
Article: 06.02.24 The Value of Grief We cannot truly value life unless we are prepared to accept the pain of losing someone.
Slide: 23.01.24 The Future of Energy Denmark is creating sustainable networks of community-based energy production and distribution.
Webinar: 21.11.23 Part 5: Grassroots Policies Our discussion focused on healthy food in Part 5 of our webinar series.
Article: 02.11.23 Building a Sustainable Future Solutions to sustainability require the involvement of all citizens: pooling knowledge, skills and creativity.
Article: 01.11.23 Fixing Broken Britain It is time to abandon the failed dogmas that accelerated social injustice and are breaking Britain apart.
Article: 28.10.23 Ecosystems of the Future No one organisation, leader or solution will make the changes we need, only cooperative interaction.
Webinar: 07.08.23 Part 4: Grassroots Policies Our discussion focused on food security in Part 4 of our webinar series.
Webinar: 05.07.23 Part 3: Grassroots Policies Part 3 explored the practical steps necessary to re-wild the environment and challenge pollution in our waterways.
Paper: 05.06.23 The Social Artist: Women, Work & Money The Spring 2019 edition explores the need for financial independence and the threat of cashlessness.
Webinar: 20.05.23 Part 2: Grassroots Policies The second webinar in this series focused on genetic modification, factory farmed animals and a pollution scandal.
Article: 14.04.23 Grassroots Policies Briefing 1 Policies for sustainable farming outlined by Anna Pick of Positive Money, Anne Chapman and Jeremy Buxton.
Webinar: 04.04.23 Part 1: Grassroots Policies The first webinar in this series focused on the future of farming, sustainability and finance.
Paper: 04.03.23 Sheffield Makes Civil Society Sheffield has a vibrant civil society but its full potential is not yet realised.
Article: 03.03.23 In Harmony with Nature We need to radically reimagine ourselves, Nature and the relationship between us.
Reviews: 03.03.23 Active Hope An inspiring book to help us face the mess we're in with resilience, creativity and action.
Reviews: 28.02.23 Rethinking Boethius This ancient text reveals a lost approach to economics thinking that we need to rediscover.
Story: 09.02.23 Precious Plastic East Create Community Connection Helping people to recycle plastics has been a pathway to growing community.
Article: 16.02.22 Problems with Universal Basic Services (UBS) A response by Simon Duffy to Anna Coote's criticism of UBI.
Article: 08.11.21 Imagine a Democracy Modern democracies must tap into the power of citizenship to tackle our severe environment and social problems.
Film: 16.09.21 Restoring Shropshire's Verges The verges along our roads can be beautiful havens for wildlife and biodiversity if we change how we take care of them
Article: 01.09.21 Action for Responsible Management of Our Rivers ARMOUR, the remarkable story of saving rivers and building community across South Africa.
Reviews: 07.07.21 Post Growth Tim Jackson's book marshals great thinkers, poets and evidence to argue we must abandon our destructive notion of…
Article: 12.05.21 Disability Activism for the Environment Disabled people can be champions for community and environmental change and active citizenship brings personal…
Reviews: 08.04.21 A Wild Love for the World David Towell reviews a new collection of writings celebrating the lifework of the Buddhist ecologist Joanna Macy.
Film: 18.03.21 Change Is Coming Tapiolan Kuoro, the Finnish Children's choir, sing from Greta Thunberg's ‘No-one Is Too Small To Make A…
Reviews: 12.02.21 The Lonely Century This new and challenging book by Noreena Hertz outlines the shape of a transformative programme to rebuild community.
Film: 24.06.20 Is Basic Income Essential to the Good Life? Simon Duffy gave this keynote for the Centre for Wellbeing in Public Policy as part of the Festival of Debate 2020.
Article: 27.05.20 Re-Imagining Our Streets Lynne Friedli shares an inspiring idea to convert residential parking spaces into green spaces for fruit, vegetables…
Article: 02.04.20 The Upstream Response to COVID-19 Dr Simon Duffy sets out some key principles to guide local communities as they develop their response to the COVID-19…
Article: 08.12.19 Undercooked Analysis Steve Griffiths argues that the Institute for Fiscal Studies has failed to be objective in its analysis of Labour's…
Article: 07.12.19 Accountancy is not Economics Steve Griffiths examines the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) critique of of Labour's 2019 Manifesto and discovers…
Article: 14.11.19 Private Firms Can Serve the Public Gary Wootton explains how the state can overcome the limitations of markets by creating procurement systems that…
Paper: 04.11.19 Grow a Better Future In this paper Steve Newman demonstrates that it is entirely possible to reimagine housing, planning and development…
Paper: 17.09.19 Social Value Policy and Framework This policy sets out the legal context for social value and an approach a council could adopt to deliver social value…
Article: 17.09.19 Making the Private Sector Serve the Public Good Gary Wootton argues that we can do so much more to improve society by ensuring that the private sector works to serve the…
Article: 20.08.19 The Rights of Nature Gavin Barker argues that a new constitution for the UK should not just protect human rights, it should also protect the…
Article: 16.08.19 Creating a Veganic Farm Jo Kidd describes the beginning of her family's journey into veganic farming in Kent.
Paper: 28.05.19 Stories of Our Lives Catherine Hale has edited five stories describing the reality of living with and managing a life with severe energy…
Paper: 07.03.19 Money as a Human Right Maria Lyons combines an analysis of economics with an understanding of inclusion to offer a radical argument for basic…
Article: 28.02.19 Electric Vehicles: Good or Bad? Philip Adams provides an introduction to the benefits of using an electric car.
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