Economics & Innovation
Global / New Economics, Positive Perspective
05 Apr 2012
Ross Jackson offers a plan for radical economic and political reform that would replace current global institutions with ones that support sustainable economies, uphold human rights and respect environmental standards
27 Mar 2012
A new kind of financial organisation is promising to challenge the way that banks do their daily business
15 Mar 2012
Bristol has become the latest city to launch its own currency and already has more than 100 businesses signed up to use the money – more than in any other local currency scheme
UK / New Economics, Sustainable Development
15 Mar 2012
At a UN conference in June 2012, the UK will call for a greener global economy and a new way to measure economic progress that takes environmental factors into account
French bank cancels customer debts
US citizens edge away from mainstream banks
North America / Economics & Innovation
02 Mar 2012
Survey finds that 11% of Americans who moved their money at the end of 2011 did so because of the Bank Transfer Day campaign
Customers pledge to change banks
30 Jan 2012
A new campaign will encourage customers to move their money in protest against unethical banks
Website helps campaign groups fund advertising
UK / Innovation, Peace & Democracy
20 Jan 2012
A new crowd-funding scheme is helping people and organisations that are working for good causes, to advertise to the public
UK / Innovation
20 Jan 2012
A renewable outdoor cinema in London’s East End has shown the benefits of recycling in the run up to the Olympics
Does making poverty history require making wealth history too?
Global / New Economics, Positive Perspective
04 Jan 2012
We need to redefine wealth if we are to find a sustainable path to global prosperity, says Jeremy Williams
04 Jan 2012
The eighth Ethical Fashion Show and accompanying trade fair attracted some 100 exhibitors to Paris in September 2011
Time for Plan B say economists
04 Jan 2012
A ‘Plan B’ to rival the government’s ‘Plan A’ for the economy has been published by left-of-centre pressure group Compass
UK / New Economics, Transition News
20 Dec 2011
Brixton residents can now use electronic Brixton pounds to pay for goods from participating businesses in the local area
UK / Innovation
20 Dec 2011
cyclingcommuter.co.uk is offering advice and information to help people to cycle to work
19 Dec 2011
Schumacher College is taking a unique approach to educating the leaders of a prosperous future
12 Dec 2011
Speakers at Bristol conference see window of opportunity for a more holistic economic system
09 Dec 2011
Peter Blom, CEO and chairman of Triodos Bank, says that banks need to have real values and by mimicking natural systems they can operate more effectively