Envisioning the sustainable future through a look into what would be in the news.
Current Edition
Achieving a true local economy: This story from the future explains how a bank and a fund work together to create a local economy.
Past Editions
• Meet the city management This is a story of the GO-ALONG society of Porena. City management explains how you can live without working.
• Complementary currency From a city not unlike New York that abandons traditional currency for a free local exchange and trading system. An Englishman invests and gets involved.
• Module based manufacturing This story explains how new forms of manufacturing, supply chains and branding realize the cradle to cradle vision of constantly recycling and manufacturing to last.
• Energy Descent The town of Redford transitions. Read how they did it.
• Imagestream advanced instructions If you have got into Imagestreaming by reading the book, this is a tool to help you get more our of it.
• Technosphere Explains the theory behind the sustainable use of technology.
• Fast start of Intentional communities
(Bonus, not in the book) Explains how Intentional communities can be set up fast to create a society resilient to energy shortages, among other things.
• Radiality explained This Newsletter explains some of the thinking behind the approach to city planning used in the city of PORENA. And some interesting maths!
• The Technical Center. This newsletter visits a building where everything happens – from rain water collection to biochar and sequestration.
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