Author: steve
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Transition Camp and Circle Way Celebration
Slappna av, leka, lär – var med och semestra som en del av utvecklingen av en ny en kultur av Omställning, För omställare, tribe up people, och familjer som söker en semester med likasinnade från Nordeuropa11 Juli 14:00 – 15 Juli 16:00 på Mundekulla KonferenscenterTa med dina vänner och barn till denna härliga sommarläger. Lägret erbjuder…
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Join us in Sweden for a holiday, Transition-style!
TRANSITION CAMP 2016 Relax, play, learn in a culture of Transition For transitioners, tribe up people, and families looking for a holiday shared with like-minded people from Northern Europe July 11th 14:00 – July 15th 16:00 at Mundekulla Conference center Bring your friends and children along for this beautiful summer camp. The Camp offers an…
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Capitalism explained
Everybody talks about capitalism – but what is it? | Kajsa Ekis Ekman | TEDxAthens Capitalism is production for profit in private hands according to Kajsa. And ordinary people are stuck between asking employers for enough wages to pay their bills and banks who want enough money to pay their loans.
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An introduction to the Flexible Pollutant Mechanism
This short video explains the mechanism put forward by the Swedish Sustainable Economy Foundation for solving pollution with financial incentives.
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Circular economy in diagrams: where logic breaks down and where financial incentives can work
Are your circle economy diagrams confusing your audience? This article aims to help you communicate clearly. As a staunch aficionado of reaching a resilient economy through sustainability I am all for circle economy thinking- if it ensures people get food on the table and a roof over their heads. Unclear delivery will not help our…
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(In Swedish) Lokal Ekonomisk Utveckling
För första gången på flera generationer verkar nästa generation komma att ha det mycket svårare än den föregående. Det har vuxit fram en insikt att det kanske inte planeras några räddningspaket från någon myndighet, utan att det är dags för vanliga människor att åstadkomma något själva. Redan nu poppar det upp lokala ekonomiska initiativ överallt.…
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Overshoot day August 20: will “economic” reality meet resource reality?
Let us look at overshoot day from the point of view of economics. By economics I mean the technology of keeping track of housekeeping with resources and keeping track of material obligations to those around us. Economics does not need to be restricted to counting with money. Other measures can be used. And it is…
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Learning from the ECO-ISLANDS conference
Arriving at this year’s ECO ISLANDS conference, held on the Danish Island of Bornholm, I wasn’t expecting it to feel like a Transition meeting. I was attending the conference to discuss things related to my day job – pollution taxes. I was delighted as the conference progressed to discover that many islands around the world…
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Shifting Power, Shifting Economy
Lindsberg conference center, just outside the Swedish town of Falun, saw three days of Powershift Sweden with PUSH, a youth movement conference for action for a fossil-free society. As a fellow of ISSS (the Institute of Swedish Safety and Security) and one of the founders of Transition Sweden, I brought the complementary currency ITK to…