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Mobile Greenhouse Project by Compass Green Compass...
Mobile Greenhouse Project by Compass Green Compass Green is a fully functional greenhouse built in the back of a box truck that grows vegetables and herbs and is powered by waste vegetable oil....
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TEDxExeter - Rob Hopkins - My Town in Transition
Rob Hopkins’ leaky bucket animation on this TEDx presentation is a great resource for communities wanting to strengthen their local economy.See it on Scoop.it, via Transition Culture
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AskShareGive
Recently a new website AskShareGive was launched in New Zealand. AskShareGive is a not-for-profit website that allows people to share their time, skills, transport and old or unwanted goods. The...
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A land backed currency issued by a Local Authority
This paper develops the case for a currency issued by a local authority and proposes a contract where a land levy is paid to council in exchange for local dollars to assist would-be purchasers to buy...
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Amsterdam Tries to Change Culture With ‘Repair Cafes’
Leave it to the Dutch, who throw away only 3 percent of their municipal waste into landfills, to come up with a socially appealing innovation that does even more to reduce waste: the neighborhood...
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Cooperative living
Do you want to live more efficiently and reap the benefits of a closer community? Cooperative living is a great strategy for getting and staying out of debt while building community, resilience and...
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Forget GDP And Start Measuring Inclusive Wealth
We need an indicator that estimates the wealth of nations--natural, human, and manufactured.The United Nations is now proposing the "Inclusive Wealth Indicator" as a challenge to the myopic focus on...
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Society 4.0 | From Ego‐System to Eco‐System Economies
Looking at the difficulty of the challenges that confront us, it is easy to go into denial or to become frustrated or cynical. In our current research project on “Transformation of Capitalism” we pose...
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Planning for Change | Rethinking Complexity
My fascination with change is twofold. First, I believe that life is in continuous evolution and incessantly changing. And, second, I believe evolution leads to higher complexity, which requires a...
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Milpa Films - Cultures en transition
Milpa Films - Cultures en transition - A film by Nils Aguilar...The film, optimistic but clear-sighted nonetheless, is showing that agro-food crises in fact are positive challenges!See it on Scoop.it,...
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so·cial in·vest·ment - GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Also downloadable as a pdf:http://www.notforprofit.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/Social_Investment_Glossary.pdf The Centre for Social Impact (CSI) has developed an online glossary of terms for...
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Happyzine » Golden Bay – Rich in social capital – thanks to HANDS
Charlotte Squire talks to Jill Hayhurst – PhD candidate at the University of Otago – about Golden Bay’s complementary currency HANDS (How About a Non-Dollar System) and the social capital benefits this...
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You Might Already Be Rich In The Newest Alternative Currency: Social
Bitcoins developed as an alternative to the international banking system, but a new form of financial interaction is taking shape on the world’s social networks. What is the currency of reputation and...
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What the Economic Crisis Really Means - and what we can do about it
Doing It Ourselves aims to broaden understanding of the debt crisis and peak resources and encourage action for the sake of personal preparedness, happiness ...See it on Scoop.it, via Transition Culture
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Wall of Films! | Over 400 Social Change Documentaries on 1 Page
Watch over 400 of the best social change documentaries free to watch online, all via one massive wall of films on a single page.See it on Scoop.it, via Transition Culture
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Let's play fantasy economics. Things could really get better
Andrew Simms: A family-oriented nation of fairness, social justice and mutual ownership? It exists – just not all in one placeSee it on Scoop.it, via Transition Culture
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Intractable BIG PROBLEMS need to be tackled as a living system
If we focus on just one issue, say affordable housing, and forget about its relationship to bank created credit and a tax system which favours real estate investment, we will miss the target. Spain...
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The Sharehood
Christoph Hensch's insight:The Sharehood is all about sharing resources and getting to know people in your local area. When you set your location below you'll see local notices and the things and...
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The Money Myth Exploded
Video produced by Jay Horton of Pheye Creative www.pheye.co.nz The following story was written in the 1930s in New Zealand – about social credit. It was adapted…See it on Scoop.it, via Transition Culture
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Green Party passed a motion to place money creation into public hands and end...
After a debate on the motion at the Autumn Conference in Brighton, the Green Party has collectively decided to instead place this power with a democratically accountable National Monetary Authority at...
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10 insights on the Ego-2-Eco Economy Revolution
We live in an age of profound disruption. Global crises, such as finance, food, fuel, water, resource scarcity and poverty challenge just about every aspect of society. Yet, this disruption also brings...
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Envisioning the future of money
Is your organization prepared for the intelligent, autonomous and interconnected future of money?See it on Scoop.it, via Transition Culture
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Bitcoin and other financial fictions
How should we think about a currency like Bitcoin? The first thing to remember is this: Money is a sort of collective fiction. What money we choose to trust says much about how we see the...
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Homegrown Social & Eco-entrepreneurs | Sustainable Living Festival
Homegrown Social & Eco-entrepreneurs | Sustainable Living FestivalWillimstown, Sunday 9 FebruaryChristoph Hensch's insight:Will be helping to facilitate this event that is designed to bring...
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Becoming an Ecopreneur
From the Mother Earth News Fair, we hear about Life on the "Farmstead." Lisa Kivirist turns her dreams of small-scale food into a real living in Wisconsin. Lisa has tips for us all.See it on Scoop.it,...
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Building the World's Most Sustainable Modern Town
Kalu Yala, a sustainable settlement for innovators, may be the alternative real estate model the world needs.See it on Scoop.it, via Transition Culture
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The Enterprising Ecovillager. Achieving Community Development through...
A handbook "THE ENTERPRISING ECOVILLAGER. ACHIEVING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INNOVATIVE GREEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP" focus on green business and entrepreneurship, offering a practical guide on how...
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Accepting Applications: Fuller Challenge Cycle Open Now! | The Buckminster...
The Buckminster Fuller Institute formally announces the Call for Proposals to the 2014 Fuller Challenge. Recognized as “Socially-Responsible Design’s Highest Award”, the Challenge invites activists,...
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Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for 'irreversible collapse'?
Nafeez Ahmed: Natural and social scientists develop new model of how 'perfect storm' of crises could unravel global systemSee it on Scoop.it, via Transition Culture
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Sustainability Surprise Party - Transition Leader Network
We invite your creative participation in a bold new initiative: the global Sustainability Surprise Party. Its purpose is to bring the need for large-scale transformative change to the forefront of the...
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