This post introduces the results of a recent REconomy campaign which highlights the enormous potential of the enterprises emerging from Transition, or similar places. We will be promoting the top twenty report, along with the Local Economic Evaluation/Blueprint findings, far and wide across government, the media, and other key organisations to help illustrate the opportunity […]
In April 2013, senior figures across Herefordshire’s public, private and civil sectors received a challenge in the form of a research report which pointed to huge untapped economic potential in the county – worth hundreds of millions of pounds a year – and an invitation to attend the public launch when the evidence and how […]
Guest post from Laura Gardiner, Policy Adviser – Innovation in Jobs, Nesta. Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, has been exploring the ways in which organisations and individuals are innovating to create jobs and tackle worklessness. We began this process in our Making It Work report that was published last October, and we’ve now gathered all […]
As you likely know, we at REconomy are focused on solutions, and so we’re very excited about this guest post from Kate Macdonald (News Co-ordinator with Timebanking UK) that discusses the world of protest and the moment when protest becomes an incubator and motivator to create new ways of acting rather than just protesting against the […]
One of the biggest challenges to human beings living sustainably on the planet is not so much about the technology or lack of resources- its more about how we can work together and organise ourselves to respond to the collective challenges we face. So many of the challenges of today require us to work things […]
Guest post from Emma Hallett (Project Manager) at Design Lab about an exciting project: Recycling is one of the most widely adopted environmental actions in the UK – three-quarters of us see ourselves as “committed recyclers”. However, even when you have done all you can to reduce, reuse and recycle items, there can be a frustrating amount […]
We’re very happy to have a guest blog post from Stephen Hinton (who is a member of Transition Sweden) about their experimental currency. It’s great to know that both Phil and Stephen attended some of the sessions at the REconomy Day and Transition Network Conference including the complimentary currency session. Does your local […]
Simon Evill is social business manager for ClearlySo, the gatekeeper to its capital raising services and consultant to new members. Here he gives a timely review of ClearlySo’s activities in the social enterprise sector and delivers some useful advice to social entrepreneurs looking for investment to scale up. ClearlySo is a financial intermediary […]
We are at an interesting junction in the evolution of community energy in the UK. The path to creating ownership of energy generation at the local level has never been easy, but as we make our way through 2013, it seems that the government has finally awakened to the cause, and community energy groups are […]
Mapping a community’s needs and resources is one of the first things that many community groups do, when beginning their journey into local change-making. See also this post from the Transition Network that positions community mapping within the context of lots of other “ingredients” needed for community change-making (The term ‘ingredients’ is the Transition term for […]
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