Slow Fashioned Towards Alternatives: Radical Ecological Democracy (Part 1) | The Economics of Happiness The third in our Planet Local series, this article is excerpted from Globalisation in India: Impacts and Alternatives by Ashish Kothari. Kothari will be speaking at the Economics of Happiness conference in Bangalore, India on March 15th. Readers can learn more about Kothari’s work by listening to the latest episode of Local Bites, ISEC’s podcast program. If the aim of human society is happiness, freedom, and prosperity, there are indeed many alternative ways to achieve this without endangering the earth and ourselves, and without leaving behind half or more of humanity. Broadly, an alternative framework of human well-being could be called Radical Ecological Democracy (RED): a social, political and economic arrangement in which all citizens have the right and full opportunity to participate in decision-making, based on the twin principles of ecological sustainability and human equity. Linked to these are some basic principles or values that need to be respected: Principle 5: Diversity.
Ufficio di scollocamento | ilCambiamento.it Reclaiming Gift Culture What are the different traditions of the gift culture around the world? How can we bring the gift culture practically into our lives, communities, organizations? What do we need to unlearn for the gift culture to manifest? What miracles can happen when we approach the world from a spirit of deep gratitude, empathy and trust? In 2008, Shikshantar: The Peoples’ Institute for Rethinking Education and Development (Udaipur, India) published “Reclaiming the Gift Culture” as a healthy antidote to the global push to commodify everything. In the spirit of intercultural dialogue, they offer stories, insights and conceptual frameworks around gift cultures from India, Mexico, Mali, Bolivia, Ukraine, Iran, Australia, the US, and more. Rethinking our dependency on the money system and alternative currencies being only one of the levels of how to ‘Be the Gift’ we want to share in the world. Satish Kumar puts it simply: “When we write a poem we make a gift.
Consigli per cambiare vita: vivere una vita migliore e più felice Consigli utili per chi sta pensando di cambiare vita ed in più notizie, interviste, recensioni di libri ed approfondimenti sulle tendenze che si stanno affermando in Italia e nel Mondo e sui segnali sociali che si stanno manifestando e consilidando. Di Anna Scirè Calabrisotto Cambiare Passo di Arianna Huffington: come ridefinire soldi e potere per imparare a vivere una vita felice e davvero di successo“Una delle ragioni per cui lasciamo che lo stress sia parte integrante delle nostre vite è che non abbiamo realmente tempo pe... Leggi tutto A cura di Nicole Cascione Renato Collodoro ha da poco pubblicato il suo secondo libro, dal titolo “Il buon mangiare”. Leggi tutto Sono 50 le isole dove Judith Schalanslcy ci conduce alla scoperta di storie di animali rari, scienziati solitari che studiano l'ecosistema, naufraghi dimenticati ed esploratori smarriti. Leggi tutto Leggi tutto A cura di Nicole Cascione “30 esaltazioni di gioia” questo è il titolo del libro scritto da Rosa Gattuso. Leggi tutto
Living Enterprise as the Foundation of a Generative Economy » Is Sustainability Still Possible? “What kind of economy is consistent with living inside a living being?” This was a question posed to us under a leafy canopy, deep in the woods of southern England, not far from Schumacher College where I’d come as a teacher. I stood listening with a group of students as resident ecologist Stephan Harding posed what for me would become a pivotal question – the only question there is, really, as we negotiate the turn from the industrial age into an entirely new age of civilization. I’d come to Schumacher to share my learnings from four years as co-founder of Corporation 20/20 at Tellus Institute in Boston, where I’d helped to lead hundreds of experts in business, law, government, labor, and civil society to explore what, at the time, seemed to me the most critical question of our day: How could corporations be redesigned to incorporate social and ecological aims as deeply as financial aims? You don’t start with the corporation and ask how to redesign it. That seems unlikely.
Voglio vivere così: programma con Giorgia Wurth. Lo show tv di Cielo The International Alliance for Localization | International Society for Ecology and Culture In addition to producing educational materials and organizing events, we have helped to establish international alliances that work to resist corporate power while simultaneously promoting the renewal of local communities, economies and cultures. Local Futures is a founding member of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG) and the Global Ecovillage Network. Over the next few years, we aim to launch an International Alliance for Localization (IAL). We began laying the groundwork for this project in 2006 at our conference in Ladakh, India called "Beyond the Monoculture: Strengthening Local Culture, Economy, and Knowledge." The broad objectives of the IAL include: If you are interested in supporting this crucial effort, either as an individual donor, or as an institutional sponsor, please contact us hereThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots.
The Mid-Century Modernist How it all started Lesley Pennington is first and foremost a mom, an entrepreneur, and a design enthusiast. A long time ago she studied Fine Art and Art History at the University of Toronto, and then worked as a graphic designer for a few years until she realised that she was never going to be a great designer. So she quit and started a business providing computer training to the design industry. It turned out to be a highly stimulating entrepreneurial experience that led to a very entrepreneurial job offer – from Apple Computer in Silicon Valley. Lesley packed her suitcases and moved from Canada to California. Lesley loved Apple, and California, but life has a way of throwing you curveballs. And then she bought the infamous IKEA sofa for her summer house: ”It was relatively simple to find a sofa that could fit into the casual living space at our summer house, but not as easy to find the right colour and the right fabric for the sofa in order to achieve exactly the look that I wanted.