Att ställa om till en ny ordning, med mindre energi och förmodligen mindre global handel kommer att innebär även en inre omställning. Att vi har en material överflöd men är inte lyckliga ändå kanske har sin ursprung i hur den rådande världsbilden har påverkat vårt sätt att se på livet. Medan diskussioner har gått varmt om alternativa valutor, vindkraft, oljetopp, småskalig produktion osv har andra grupper inom omställning arbetat med de inre aspekter av vad det betyder att ändra sin världsbild. Continue reading “Inner Transition – Inre Omställning”
Author: stephenhinton
Flexible pollutant fees explained
This short video explains the mechanism put forward by the Swedish Sustainable Economy Foundation for solving pollution with financial incentives.
Local complementary currency 19th March (in Swedish)
Kan en lokalvaluta göra oss mer självförsörjande lokalt? Och kan den rädda oss om/när det finansiella systemet kraschar?
Vi får lära oss att skapa lokalvalutan ITK praktiskt – sedan är det bara att sätta igång!
Man in mission weekend for men 14-16 February (in Swedish)
Nu är det snart dags för “Man in mission” På Mundekulla (14-16 feb) med inspiration från “The ManKind Project” som bygger på att män stödjer varandra!
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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 cause. We talk of circle economy from two angles: economy as a form of housekeeping and economy in terms of monetary flows. These are not always the same thing. The final section suggests a solution.
Transition in the World Conference connects villages around the world
On Sunday the 20th October, the eco-village Gröna Dalen in Ransbysätter, Värmland Country, Sweden, hosted a Transition in the World Conference as part of The Green Planet Festival. Held simultaneously on an Internet video conferencing platform and at the village centre, villagers were connected to liked-minded projects around the world.
Beamed onto the large screen, villages could see themselves on video camera, their guest speakers and speakers in America, other parts of Sweden as well as hear presenters from Romania talking from the Scottish town of Fores.
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Case Study: supporting resilient local economic development
PLACE: JAK Bank, Skövde, Sweden
SITUATION: Growing awareness of the need to transition from a fossil-fuel based economy to a sustainable, resilient economy, is driving demand for education and training to enable local action groups to accelerate their activities. Continue reading “Case Study: supporting resilient local economic development”
FLEXIBLE EMISSION FEES EXPLAINED
Externalisation – harmful emissions from commercial and civil activities – represents a negative side of the way business is carried out today. Economic growth on one side brings profits to business owners while externalisation on the other flips the costs of emissions over onto citizens, who via taxes must bear the cost of environmental clean-up. The challenge for economists and scientists is to come up with ways of managing pollution-producing substances in a way that both supports economic activities and preserves the environment.
This workshop covers the reasoning behind the mechanism from scientific, economic and practical angles and then presents the mechanism itself in enough detail for delegates to be able to explore possibilities for introduction of the mechanism in their own work
Lokal Ekonomisk workshop (in Swedish)
SYFTET MED Workshoppen
Vår workshop syftar till att visa upp de steg och möjligheter som andra har provat för att därigenom hjälpa Er med Era egna lokala initiativ.
Efter workshopen, med handboken som stöd, kommer Ni att ha en bra överblick över Era möjligheter att utveckla er ekonomi lokalt.
Local currency-driven knowledge exchange workshop at Uppsala University
ISSS fellow Stephen Hinton recently led a complementary time-based currency workshop as part of a project to set up a student knowledge exchange at CEMUS, Uppsala University, Sweden.
The students, coordinated with the tireless energy of Jesse Shrage and his friends Christina Fagerlund and Adam Elinder , want to set up a collaborative exchange system where skills and knowledge could be swapped based on a time currency.
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