"Doing it Ourselves" >>> Forum for a New Local Economy >>> meeting Torbay 4th March

The Devon New Economy group is all about promoting practical projects for the local economy:
Futures Forum: Devon New Economy: at the forefront of new thinking

It met up for the first time last spring:
Futures Forum: Devon New Economy Gathering >>> Saturday 16th April 

And it's meeting up again this spring:

DEVON NEW ECONOMY

Posted by admin on Apr 16, 2016 in Events | One Comment

On April 16th 2016, Transition Exeter joined with others – notably Transition REconomy, Exeter Pound and the Plymouth Social Enterprise Network – to explore what we can do locally to promote an economy which is socially just and offers an environmentally safer future.

Stewart Wallis, newly retired Director of the New Economics Foundation, gave his time for free. The result was a day full of buzzing conversations, energy and making connections both between people and conceptually.

We learnt that it’s not enough to have a clear vision; this has to be shared and there has to be a focussed strategy among those seeking change. Many aspects of such a strategy have to be local. We shared and listened to ideas and learnt of local projects, including local currencies, social enterprises, how to support small local businesses through a Local Entrepreneur Forum – a Green, supportive, Dragons Den – we could have one of those in Exeter some time.

We learnt about national policies for equality such as sharing common wealth through a Land Value Tax and democratic money creation by government rather than banks. Both of these reduce debt and counteract the redistribution from poor to rich through interest and rent. We learnt about social enterprises and how different a ‘provisioning economy’, meeting needs, would be from the ‘economic growth’ based one we have now.

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And this year it's meeting up in Torbay:

Devon Convergence:
Forum for a New Local Economy

March 4th, 9:45 am - 4:00 pm, South West Energy Centre, Torbay

The 3rd Devon Convergence - "Doing it Ourselves" - will be held in Torbay. 

We're building a regional movement of people who want a sustainable, fair, and resilient economy, 

a truly bioregional economy.

Join us. The more we get together, the happier we'll be - and the more powerful we'll be. 

 We're a collective of organisers from Totnes, Torbay, Exeter, Plymouth, Dartmoor, and North Devon.

Click here to register - dio_torbay.eventbrite.co.uk
Want to get involved? Send an email to Jay at info@reconomycentre.org

Doing it Ourselves: Forum for a New Local Economy - Transition Town Totnes
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