Towards Sustainable Economies

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"'The first thing we must begin to teach our children (and learn ourselves) is that we cannot spend and consume endlessly. We have got to learn to save and conserve. We do need a 'new economy', but one that is founded on thrift and care, on saving and conserving, not on excess and waste. An economy based on waste is inherently and hopelessly violent, and war is its inevitable by-product. We need a peaceable economy.' Wendell Berry"



Action Ideas

 * Local Exchange Trading Systems
 * Timebanks, Time based money
 * Social enterprise
 * Co-operatives
 * Credit Unions
 * Teleworking clubs
 * Fair Trade promotions
 * Local markets
 * Local directories
 * Sustainability awards
 * Business swaps
 * Waste exchange schemes
 * Local purchasing
 * Ownership surveys
 * Give or take days

Why it matters
(article needed)

International links
Cittaslow (slow cities)

UK links
New Economics Foundation LetsLink UK UK LETS and Complementary Currencies Development Agency Time Banks UK Social Enterprise Coalition Co-op online Scientists for Global Responsibility Telework Association