The need to make sense of the emerging next economy landscape Many of us know that we desperately need to shift our economy away from growth and inequality to one that delivers wellbeing and justice for people and planet. But how many of us have ever...
Have you ever wondered what the 'next economy' actually looks like today? Would you find it helpful to have one place you could go to to see all the organisations around the world who are innovating and experimenting with 'next economy' practice and thinking? Would...
At the end of December last year the Next System Project co-hosted a webinar with Real Economy Lab (REL) and the New Economy Coalition on “Mapping the Next System” (video viewable in its entirety here). Over 500 people signed up for the webinar, testimony to the...
This blog first posted here on Huffington post. This week I had the great pleasure to be one of the hosts of a wonderfully energetic and creative two-day summit on the new economy in Bristol, asking what the future could look like for money, business,...
This bog first posted on New Start regeneration magazine. Recently New Start featured a blog championing a manifesto for local economies which covered many ideas of relevance to a new initiative, the Real Economy Lab, a collaborative investigation exploring and mind-mapping a practical, sustainable, equitable new...
This blog was originally posted here by Rob Hopkins on Transition Cultures's website. Recently Transition’s co-Founder Rob Hopkins responded to a critique of the Transition movement by Ted Trainer. Trainer’s critique was much discussed at the annual Degrowth Congress in Leipzig which I have blogged about...
This blog originally posted here on Huffington Post. I've just returned from an eye-opening, mind-expanding week in Leipzig at the 4th Annual global Degrowth congress. This vibrant gathering brought together over 3,000, mostly young, 'prosumer' activists and practitioners from a variety of new economy movements. While there...
This blog first posted at Compass Online President Clinton was in town recently at an event with BoE Governor Mark Carney, Christine Lagarde, Paul Polman and Prince Charles amongst the many speakers. In the room were alleged to be the people who control a third of...