Agriculture Crowd Farming at TEDxSydney 2013 Huge respect to TEDxSydney for doing thing properly when it comes to food. Watch the video for the inspirational story of how they fed the entire Sydney Opera House audience of 2,200 people at TEDXSydney 2013 with crowd sourced locally grown food. All conferences everywhere should do this.
All stories RIP Richard Douthwaite Saddened to hear the news that Richard Douthwaite just passed away after a period of illness. Richard was a tremendous pioneer and thought leader who championed economies that functioned in balance with and of the ecology. Please, if you do nothing else, read at least these two of his books
All stories Local Currency Council’s First Interactive Online Conference. https://localcurrencycouncil.org/ Participants will be joining us through web cam feeds & phone/Skype access. You can call in and speak with our presenters, join the discussion, and contribute using the live chat. If you’d like to present or have topics you’d like to see covered please
All stories Will The Brixton Pound Buy A Brighter Future? by Leo Hickman Tomorrow the Transition Town movement launches a currency designed to boost local trade and bring communities closer together A Brixton market stallholder . . . ‘It’s Monopoly money,’ says one. ‘I won’t be having anything to do with it’. Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Activism Supporting a local economy….some observations Last night I attended a gathering of merchants, service providers and others who support local independent businesses in our town. It was a festive affair of about three dozen featuring a pot luck dinner, good conversation, and a few announcements about the emerging organization. From both a personal and professional
All stories Stroud Pound to be Launched in Threadneedle Street The official unveiling of the exquisitely designed Stroud Pound will take place on Threadneedle Street, outside the offices of the Stroud Valleys Project and opposite Stroud’s very own Old Lady (Teashop) on Saturday 12th September at 10 am. Four denominations of Stroud Pound vouchers will then be available to
