Promoting a localised approach to supply chains, money flow and decision making for a more just and sustainable economy. West Mids and beyond, not-for-profit.
Birmingham UK
Joined March 2010
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This morning's @WestMids_CA Board is under way over on YouTube
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#fridaythoughts
“Those who seek to disembarrass a country of its entanglements should be very slow and wary. It should not be a matter of tearing up roots, but training a plant to grow in a different direction”
John Maynard Keynes, 1933
#brumcharityhour Localising Prosperity? Can be achieved through the decentralisation of economic power, to create a more diverse, resilient, redistributive and prosperous economy - don't take our word for it lght.ly/9li58ii the evidence speaks for itself #economy #power
#throwbackthursday 5 years ago, we we're blogging about the success of the Preston Model, which uses anchor institutions based in the city to bring benefits for the local economy and community. lght.ly/ji9m4d7 #economy #localeconomy
Low Trust/High Carbon? @NEF asks how after years of neglect, how can industrial regions believe in government plans for change #mondaymotivation
lght.ly/g5d4hoo We continue our series of blogs exploring best practice examples of Community Economic Development from around the globe, this time we take a (digital) trip to Montreal, Canada to understand how RESO responded to de-industrialisation.
#fridaythoughts lght.ly/20bnce6 @EconofHappiness Can democracy survive corporate rule? How important is economic scale? How can we move towards genuine participatory democracy? Christian Felber & Helena Norberg-Hodge discuss People Power: Democracy and the Economy
#brumcharityhour What on Earth is the Doughnut? Leading economist @KateRaworth discusses a regenerative and distributive economy lght.ly/gcnpgc
