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New Economy ROUNDUP
New Economy Roundup: We Are The Warmth
It's up to us to keep fighting. Here you'll find updates on the latest executive orders and movement responses. Plus, some tools from our members on how we continue to build alternatives while resisting heinous policies.
New Economy Roundup: Everybody’s Talking About It; Your Inauguration Day Plans
In this week’s roundup we’re talking about healthcare: what’s at stake and some possible solutions. We’ve also included two case studies — from Detroit and Boston — of communities stepping up and redefining the urban food economy. Plus: We’re co-hosting a gathering – "We Are The Warmth” – next month in New York City!
New Economy Roundup: Be #ungovernable; Where the Divest movement goes now; and Universal Basic Income
Did you know? NEC has 175 members from 29 states and 5 Canadian provinces? Click here to see the full list.
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Vision Smoketwon
Vision Smoketown is meant to evoke conversations with residents, policy makers, investors, business leaders and others about how changes in Louisville will impact the Smoketown neighborhood in the next 10, 20 or 30 years. More importantly, Vision Smoketown provides an opportunity for existing residents to have a positive influence in shaping the future of their neighborhood. This report focuses on Smoketown, a historically Black community in Louisville, KY, but may be useful to other communities looking to have greater influence in shaping the future of their neighborhood.
Policies for Community Wealth Building: Leveraging State and Local Resources
Fostering resilient communities and building wealth in today’s local economies is necessary to achieve individual, regional, and national economic security. A community wealth building strategy employs a range of forms of community ownership and asset building strategies to build wealth in low-income communities. In so doing, community wealth building bolsters the ability of communities and individuals to increase asset ownership, anchor jobs locally, expand the provision of public services, and ensure local economic stability.
25% Shift Local Food
An estimation of the general economic impact (dollar value in local economy) of a "shift" from the current approximate level of 5% production and consumption of local food to 25% in Peterborough, ON.
Growing Local Fertility: A Guide to Community Composting
Growing Local Fertility: A Guide to Community Composting is based upon work supported under a grant by the Utilities Programs, United States Department of Agriculture and was produced by ILSR's Composting Makes $en$e Project and the Highfields Center for Composting.
Intersecting Worlds: The One We’ve Got, The One We’re Building, The Ones We Imagine
The closing plenary session of NEC's 2014 CommonBound conference. Three systems thinkers discuss their theories of system evolution; explore their understanding of the transitional moment we're in; and envision paths to a just and regenerative economy.
Intersecting Worlds: The One We’ve Got, The One We’re Building, The Ones We Imagine
The closing plenary session of NEC's 2014 CommonBound conference. Three systems thinkers discuss their theories of system evolution; explore their understanding of the transitional moment we're in; and envision paths to a just and regenerative economy.
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