Towards Sustainable Economies UK

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Action Ideas

 * Complementary currencies
 * Simple living
 * Co-operatives
 * Credit Unions
 * E-work or Teleworking clubs
 * Just Change - see UK links below
 * Social enterprise
 * Fair Trade promotions
 * Local markets
 * Local directories
 * Sustainability awards
 * Business swaps
 * Waste exchange schemes
 * Local purchasing
 * Ownership surveys

Why it matters
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Related wiki

 * We-think wikia - discussion of the rise of mass, collaborative creativity - and a process of collaborative writing and editing of a book: We-think: the power of mass creativity. Started October 17, 2006 by Charlie Leadbeater.

Related Wikipedia content

 * Basic income (or Citizens Income, UK)

News

 * Wednesday, August 2 2006 - Major UK Supermarkets Sign Up to Take Action on Palm Oil. FoE press release
 * Wednesday, February 22 2006 - "Birmingham and Manchester need mayors with tax and spend powers", says thinktank, ippr press release
 * SMEs set to save thousands with advanced metering, November 28 2005

Comment

 * New Start editorial November 1 2006, The legacy of mining has frequently been benefit dependency, heroin addiction, and negative equity. It has taken concerted efforts by regeneration agencies to begin to restore hope.
 * New Start editorial October 25 2006, Three years ago a friend of mine moved from Swansea to Sheffield to work for the Finnish steel company, Outokumpu. Within a few months his main responsibility was to make people redundant.
 * New Start editorial April 19 2006, A colleague of mine has taken to describing lavish helpings of chocolate cake as ‘an apple’. Suddenly you can tick all the healthy eating boxes and indulge yourself shamelessly at the same time.
 * New Start editorial April 5 2006, If you’re reading this in London or Edinburgh, congratulations. You are an official member of an ideopolis. If you’re in Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle or Glasgow, don’t despair: you’re well on your way.

UK links

 * New Economics Foundation
 * Just Change UK
 * Social Enterprise Coalition
 * Co-op online
 * Scientists for Global Responsibility
 * Telework Association
 * Citizen's Income Online

External links checked 09:44, 24 March 2006 (UTC)