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Qu’est-ce qu’une entreprise de transition ? | Coopérer, innover, anticiper ! Fiona Ward du projet REconomy (Réseau mondial de Transition) répond à la question "à quoi ressemblerait une entreprise sociale fondée sur les principes de Transition ?". Cet article vise à stimuler la discussion, alors merci d’avance pour vos commentaires. Il y en a 15 (non traduits) sous l’article en version originale anglaise. Pourquoi avons-nous besoin de cette définition ? Définir ce que nous entendons par entreprise de transition (EdT) permet de clarifier quel genre d’entreprises commerciales nous préférons en tant que Réseau international de Transition : ce sont celles qui soutiennent le mieux les objectifs étendus de la Transition,et vers lesquelles nous devrions orienter en priorité nos ressources limitées (par exemple via le projet REeconomy). D’autres types d’entreprises commerciales peuvent également contribuer aux objectifs de la Transition. Les initiatives de transition sont invitées à affiner cette définition en fonction de leur propre contexte, si nécessaire. Like this:

How to Map the New Economy in Your City Mapping your community helps demonstrate that “Another World” is not only possible, it already exists. New economy projects are mostly unconnected, so each one struggles alone rather than supporting each other and even in small towns, people often don't know what's happening in their own backyards. Mapping also can become a community organizing tool - uncovering a reservoir of social assets even in the poorest neighborhoods, which can seed mutual aid and cooperative business ideas to fill in the gaps. USSEN has a list of communities that have done independent mapping projects, each using its own methodology, criteria, platform and map name. When thinking of entities to fill your map, consider if they incorporate any solidarity economy principles: solidarity, mutualism, cooperation, equity, social and environmental prioritization, democracy, pluralism, and grassroots driven. Most groups will not meet all these criteria, but these principles leave something to aspire and work towards.

Can Decreix | decreixementacampadabcn (català, castellano) Can Decreix is a place to demonstrate and reflect around the topic of degrowth. In case you are nor familiar with the term: Degrowth is a word with many co-meanings. It is a call to scale down of the capacity to produce and consume, to scale down the importance of markets and monetary transactions in human relations, but also a proposal to live simply and critically evaluate the role of technology in human life, to keep on reconstructing the ‘joint project of society’ following the principles of deep and direct democracy. Started by activist scientists from Research & Degrowth (www.degrowth.org), Can Decreix is a centre for transformation (of fruits, vegetables, societies), for research, for testing frugal technologies, arts and permaculture. Situated in Cerbere, a shrinking city, on the sea-side border between France and Spain, on the tail or nose of the Pyrenees, Can Decreix is a degrowth hut and space to accept limits and question borders. Me gusta:

Joseph Stiglitz proposes co-op models as an alternative to trickle-down economics - Co-operative News A changing political landscape and economic challenges mean we are witnessing “interesting” but “unsettling” times, warned economist Joseph Stiglitz at the International Summit of Cooperatives in Quebec. The Nobel Prize laureate was a keynote speaker at the three-day conference, which brings together over 3,000 delegates from across the world to discuss the future of the co-operative economy. A world-renowned academic, Prof Stiglitz teaches at Columbia University and has written extensively about inequality, trade agreements and the main issues affecting the world economy. At the Summit he looked at the key challenges facing the global economy and the role of co-ops in addressing them. He said that alongside changes in the political landscape, such as Brexit and the upcoming elections in the USA, the world faced economic issues which are beyond the control of individuals and even national governments. Trickle-down economics isn’t working (Downtown Detroit, Michigan)

Open Source Ecology 8ème Congrès de l'Economie Bleue Détails Publié le lundi 7 octobre 2013 17:59 Le huitième Congrès international de l’Economie bleue s’est tenu les 24 et 25 avril 2013 à Madrid. Ce Congrès a réuni environ 400 personnes venant de 32 pays différents ; beaucoup sont venues pour témoigner de l’avancement de leurs travaux : près de 40 témoignages d’une grande variété d’applications et d’une grande cohérence globale, tous alignés sur les principes de l’économie bleue proposés par Gunter Pauli et soutenus par la Fondation ZERI. Le présent « compte-rendu » ne rendra pas compte de l’intégralité de ces multiples témoignages, mais retiendra tout ce qui peut aider à la compréhension de la vision, de la méthode et de la « puissance » de cette démarche de « réinvention » d’une économie saine que l’on peut proposer à nos enfants pour demain 1.1. 1.2. Le cas de l’île de Hierro est bien connu désormais. Ce sont 10 à 20 années d’efforts qui ont été nécessaires pour en arriver au point où l’on en est aujourd’hui. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5.

Co-op Directories | Food Co-op Initiative Looking for a co-op forming near you? Food Co-op Initiative maintains a map of co-ops still in their organizational stage. Click on the map to see the full version. Cooperative Grocer Network maintains one of the most complete directories of US retail food co-ops. You can search for co-ops by name or state. Co-ops: Stronger Together features an easy-to-use co-op search that also includes natural food suppliers and farmer's markets. Go.coop is maintained by National Cooperative Grocers Assocation. Find.coop is a Data Commons project maintained by the Cooperative Development Institute. Directory.coop allows users to search for organizations anywhere in the world registered with the .coop domain by name or address information.

Transition Culture Stop Saying Uber Is Part Of The Sharing Economy The sharing economy is a fast-growing phenomenon. People increasingly share their home, car, clothing or tools on Internet platforms such as Airbnb, Relayrides, and Peerby. Along with its rapid growth, however, the sharing economy has also come under fire. This criticism focuses in particular on the new taxi service UberX (or UberPOP in Europe) that enables anyone to work as an "amateur driver." Consumers benefit from lower prices, but regular taxi drivers point to unfair competition and uninsured passengers. The controversy makes clear that it is ambiguous where the sharing economy begins and where it ends. When looking at Uber, we can distinguish different services. It is another service of Uber, UberX, that spurred the most controversy. Finally, Uber also recently initiated the service UberPool in San Francisco. A similar confusion exists around Airbnb, the platform that allows people to rent out their home. [Top photo: Car Culture/Getty Images]

Banking Together: Moving Our Money for the Greater Good Cooperative Banking is the Exciting Wave of the Future By Ellen Brown According to both the Mayan and Hindu calendars, 2012 (or something very close) marks the transition from an age of darkness, violence and greed to one of enlightenment, justice and peace. In the dark age of Kali Yuga, money rules; and it is through banks that the moneyed interests have gotten their power. Today, the massive too-big-to-fail banks are hardly doing George Bailey-style loans at all. We can’t do much to stop them. Most visible are the Move Your Money and Occupy Wall Street movements. A major problem with the divestment process is finding local banks large enough to take the deposits. Today only one state actually does this: North Dakota. The BND model hasn’t yet been duplicated in other states, but a movement is afoot. Values-based Banking: Too Sustainable to Fail CDFIs

NOVUS | Nouvelles Opportunités Valorisant les Usages et le Service Some Macroeconomics for the 21st Century Abstract This note describes a numerical simulation of a model of economic growth, a simplified version of Robert Tamura's (1996) model of world income dynamics, based on technology diffusion. The model makes predictions for trends in average world income growth and about the evolution of the relative income distribution that accord well with observation. The model is used to forecast the course of world income growth and income inequality over the century to come. Download Info If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. Bibliographic Info Article provided by American Economic Association in its journal Journal of Economic Perspectives. Volume (Year): 14 (2000) Issue (Month): 1 (Winter) Pages: 159-168 Handle: RePEc:aea:jecper:v:14:y:2000:i:1:p:159-168 Note: DOI: 10.1257/jep.14.1.159Contact details of provider: Email: aeainfo@vanderbilt.eduWeb page: information through EDIRC Related research Keywords: