Great overview article on new economy and more resources

[david]

Hi, Everyone

It was great to meet all you DIY'ers over the past few day! So much
fantastic energy, passion, ideas and commitment!! I've put together a
few resources to help us move forward based on questions I heard
asked.

For those wanting an overview of the New Economy movement, Here is an
a terrific article by Gar Alperovitz:
http://www.thenation.com/article/160949/new-economy-movement#

Here are two very useful databases of solutions for the DIY economy,
for those seeking case studies and practical ideas you can implement
now.

1.) the New Rules research at the Institute for Local Self Reliance
http://www.ilsr.org/rules/ -- this comes out of the local development
and local autonomy part of the movement.
Stacy Mitchell heads this up.

2.) The community wealth project of the Democracy Collaborative (Gar's
project)
http://community-wealth.org/ -- this comes out more from the economic
justice and worker rights part of the movement.

Below are some other useful links and resources. I have time to
mention only a small handful of the many outstanding and dedicated
groups involved in this growing movement. No slight is intended to
any of the groups I don't have time to list right now. I'm sure
others will add more.

1.) The core principles for a new economy, developed by Tellus
Institute as a project of New Economy Network
http://www.neweconomynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Principles-2012_Letterhead_final2.pdf

2.) New Economics Institute, a recently established think tank and
more... with tremendous support from the New Economics Foundation in
the U.K.
http://neweconomicsinstitute.org/
www.neweconomics.org/
NEI recently had a terrific conference at Bard; videos should be
posted shortly.

3.) A great article by Gus Speth (who comes out of the environmental
perspective, emphasizing planetary constraints.) Gus discusses the
long term vision for new economy and the process for realizing that
vision.
http://www.neweconomyworkinggroup.org/article/towards-new-economy-and-new-politics

4.) BALLE - the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, has
something like 80 locally based networks across the United States,
many with extensive experience in practical local economic development
projects that build community and create jobs.
http://www.livingeconomies.org/
Mikki Langston, who was at our conference, leads the Denver BALLE
group and has done great work there.

I did some research into the kinds of strategies that have been
effective within the BALLE network; available here: http://bit.ly/PolicyChange

5.) New Economy Network*, a platform for collaboration among new
economy practitioners and advocates. www.neweconomynetwork.org The
list of "stewards" is a good starting point for locating thought
leaders and innovators in the movement but it's neither exhaustive or
exclusive.

6.) The American Sustainable Business Council* is a national network
of business groups advocating for policy change in support of a new
economy (www.asbcouncil.org) If you encounter local groups of
enlightened business people, please refer them.

Finally, I wrote a conversation-starter piece for the meeting on the
messaging context for the DIY economy, but didn't have enough copies
to go around. It's here: http://bit.ly/NewEconMessage. Feedback and
further exchange of ideas is most welcome.

I hope this is a helpful start, and that over time we can turn this
into a rich and deep resource for further work. It was great to meet
you and I look forward to a transformative ongoing collaboration.

best,
David Brodwin

* = groups I helped start.

[Mickki Langston]

David, 

Thanks so much for sending these along. There *are* so many efforts already working to bring people together in meaningful ways and reweave our economic frameworks in ways that nurture our people and planet. 

BALLE convenes a conference every year to examine these questions and look at what are the policies, frameworks, practices, business structures and other models that are successfully reclaiming the economic power of communities. Next year's conference will take place in Buffalo, NY, where a local-economy renaissance is beginning to heal some of the damage created by this disconnected, extractive economy. I hope to see you all there. 

I look forward to connecting with you in various ways. 

Best, 

Mickki

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