This panel, held at NEC's 2017 Member Gathering in Chicago, features leaders from across the country sharing how their communities have organized to simultaneously fight back far-right attacks and build powerful bottom-up solutions that model economic democracy, sustainability, and social justice as cornerstones of a new world in waiting.
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A New World From The Ashes Of The Old: Solidarity Economy Organizing In a Moment of Resistance
This panel, held at NEC's 2017 Member Gathering in Chicago, features leaders from across the country sharing how their communities have organized to simultaneously fight back far-right attacks and build powerful bottom-up solutions that model economic democracy, sustainability, and social justice as cornerstones of a new world in waiting.
Principles of a Pluralist Commonwealth
A veritable choose your own adventure through the New Economy, Principles of a Pluralist Commonwealth is a book that allows multiple entries into a vision for a new system by exploring the possible building blocks for that system.
Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure: How to Save $1 Trillion Without Increasing the Deficit, Causing Inflation, or Raising Taxes
Democracy Collaborative Fellow Ellen Brown, founder and president emeritus of the Public Banking Institute, explores what's wrong with President Trump's approach to infrastructure. Brown explores historical precedents and proposes public strategies for investing in infrastructure that would cost less and inject money into the real economy.
Impact Investing in Sustainable Food and Agriculture across Asset Classes
This paper provides a framework for impact investors as they consider how to invest in issues related to food and agriculture across asset classes, including public equities, fixed income, venture capital, and real assets.
A New World From The Ashes Of The Old: Solidarity Economy Organizing In a Moment of Resistance
This panel, held at NEC's 2017 Member Gathering in Chicago, features leaders from across the country sharing how their communities have organized to simultaneously fight back far-right attacks and build powerful bottom-up solutions that model economic democracy, sustainability, and social justice as cornerstones of a new world in waiting.
Global to Local Webinar Series
View the recordings of these online discussions, organized by Local Futures, which address key issues in the debate around economic globalization and localization – from food and energy to education, trade, and the role of activists. Guests include Bill McKibben, Charles Eisenstein, Richard Heinberg, Manish Jain, Michael Shuman, and more.
Hierarchy to Reduce Food Waste & Grow Community
ILSR supports the development of a diverse and distributed food waste reduction and recovery infrastructure. We hope local and state governments will consider using our hierarchy as a policy framework. We welcome comments and suggestions.
Bringing Competitive Clean Energy To Market: The Clean Energy “Act”
Why is it hard for community-scale renewable energy to compete? It's not the price, but the lack of accurate price that takes into account the cost of delivery! This presentation explains how federal law guarantees a right to sell power at competitive prices.
Infographic: The Market Has Spoken. The Market Is Broken.
"Monopoly" may be a fun family night activity, but you may live in a place where you have little or no choice for Internet access. According to FCC data, most families don't have a choice in Internet access providers, especially providers they like. Nevertheless, the biggest companies keep reporting increasing revenues every year. What's going on?
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