In Portland, You Can Have All You Need by Sharing. When challenged with the quest to find 10 innovative ways that people in Portland share, I was amazed to find how easy it was once I started looking. We are surrounded with the most amazing of all things – step out of your house, have a look around – and yet it seems there is so much want. What stops us from taking in and enjoying all the great things, tools, clothes, gadgets, parties, gardens, activities, and events around us? I would suggest that the real innovation here is not some new thing or system, but a certain level of willingness, flexibility, daring, and persistence.
Here are a dozen circles of sharers who, as you read this article, are delighting in the fruits of sharing. They vary from large to small. Most operate with a balance of giving and receiving in mind, whether in the form of consensus, equality, nonviolence, or otherwise offering creative and flexible options like sliding scale pricing, barter, or open gifting. Shelves of tools available for lending. The Rise of the New Economy Movement | Economy. May 20, 2012 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. As our political system sputters, a wave of innovative thinking and bold experimentation is quietly sweeping away outmoded economic models. In 'New Economic Visions', a special five-part AlterNet series edited by Economics Editor Lynn Parramore in partnership with political economist Gar Alperovitz of the Democracy Collaborative, creative thinkers come together to explore the exciting ideas and projects that are shaping the philosophical and political vision of the movement that could take our economy back.
Just beneath the surface of traditional media attention, something vital has been gathering force and is about to explode into public consciousness. The broad goal is democratized ownership of the economy for the “99 percent” in an ecologically sustainable and participatory community-building fashion. Explosion of Energy Active protest efforts are also underway. Theory and Action. Economics of Happiness. The Economics of Happiness,The Economics of Happiness. Agenda for a New Economy. How can we build an economy that works for all of us? David Korten lays out his vision in his latest book, Agenda for a New Economy. This special blog series is comprised of condensed and updated excerpts. The Missing Vision by David Korten posted Jan 04, 2011 Deep change begins with a vision of possibility.
My Defection Story posted Jan 11, 2011 How I came to challenge the economic theories and institutions I once served. The Illusion of Money posted Jan 18, 2011 Liberation from subservience to Wall Street begins with a recognition that money is just a number of no intrinsic value. System Failure? Posted Jan 25, 2011 Why is our economic system consigning billions of people to degrading poverty, destroying Earth's ecosystem, and tearing up the social fabric of civilized community? Money From Nothing? Posted Feb 01, 2011 Through their accounting slight of hand, Wall Street illusionists convince even themselves that they are enriching society rather than preying on it. Good Debt, Bad Debt.