United Diversity

Together We Have Everything

  • Empower People
  • Build Community
  • Develop Co-ops
  • Create Commons
You are here: Home / Archives for Localisation

Supporting a local economy….some observations

September 16, 2009 by jdaviescoates Leave a Comment

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 perspective, I wholeheartedly support and advocate for this type of group and the movement of local "Indies" as they are called. This particular group is aligned with the American … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorised Tagged With: Activism, Activism, All stories, All stories, Culture and Society, Ecoliving, Ecoliving, Economics, Local, Local Economy, Localisation, Money, Money, Relocalization, Sustainability

Transport in Transition. A Guest Piece by Peter Lipman.

July 29, 2009 by jdaviescoates

Transformation Moment: low carbon travel. How, and how far, will we travel if we make the changes we need to in order to thrive in a carbon constrained society? For a range of interlocking reasons, the conclusion of this paper is that we will be happier, healthier and more resilient if we radically change from [...] … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorised Tagged With: All stories, All stories, Climate Change, Climate Change, Energy, Energy, General, Localisation, Peak Oil, Transport

Copyright © 2025 · Centric Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in