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Related: FinancerThe Economics of Happiness (2011) Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic conflict; climate chaos and species extinction; financial instability and unemployment. There are personal costs too. For the majority of people on the planet life is becoming increasingly stressful. We have less time for friends and family and we face mounting pressures at work.
Grow Your Own Mushrooms Related Content Beef Stew Recipe For slow-cooking dishes like this Beef Stew Recipe, add a bouquet garni for enhanced flavor. Two of the best reasons to garden are to grow things you would otherwise have to pay too dearly for at the supermarket and to grow great-tasting things you cannot buy at any price. Mushrooms often fill both bills. Home gardeners in China have been growing mushrooms for more than 1,000 years, and it’s finally catching on among North Americans.
Adventure Podcast #32: Anthony Manrique and Emma Stevens, Adventuring Without Money After nearly three years of planning, in September 2012 Anthony Manrique and Emma Stevens set out on a big adventure. The plan was to take a roundabout route to Colombia, via France, Spain, Portugal, the Canaries and the Atlantic Ocean. They have now been on the road for over 18 months, despite having run out of money in Colombia just over a year ago. They have not let that minor detail stop them – which we discuss in fascinating detail in this week’s podcast. Money makes the world go round? “Have faith in other people because they just want to help.
Basic Income Gathers Steam Across Europe Barcelona. In the last few months basic income—an unconditional cash payment to every member of the population—has been getting more and more attention in the media and social networks. Three items are especially interesting. First, Yanis Varoufakis, the able Greek economist, Minister for Finance in the first Syriza government and well known for his trenchant opposition to Troika austerity measures bashing the poor and already vulnerable majority of the population, has become such a media star that every time he gives an opinion on political economy, some theoretical aspect of economics or economic policy, his words are widely disseminated. Hence, his remarks on basic income, which he described as “a necessity” at the Future of Work conference in Zurich on 5 May 2016, are of no small import.
Section 1 – Overview This is an attempt to describe in detail everything we have done and everything we continue to do in setting up and running our vegetable growing business. We really hope it’s useful to anyone else thinking of starting a similar project, but… we have to point out some limitations! Much of what’s written is specific to our 21 acre site – a small-holding growing field-scale vegetables – and might not be completely relevant to other sites.It describes just one way of approaching things when, in reality, there are lots of ways to go about growing.And it’s written by inexperienced people! We’ve only been growing since 2010. There are plenty of more experienced growers out there – some of which we’ve highlighted in the text.
Mincome Mincome was an experimental Canadian basic income project that was held in Dauphin, Manitoba during the 1970s. The project, funded jointly by the Manitoba provincial government and the Canadian federal government, began with a news release on February 22, 1974, and was closed down in 1979. The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether a guaranteed, unconditional annual income caused disincentive to work for the recipients, and how great such a disincentive would be. It allowed every family unit to receive a minimum cash benefit. The results showed a modest impact on labor markets, with working hours dropping one percent for men, three percent for wives, and five percent for unmarried women.[1] However, some have argued these drops may be artificially low because participants knew the guaranteed income was temporary.[2] These decreases in hours worked may be seen as offset by the opportunity cost of more time for family and education. A final report was never issued, but Dr.
Introduction What is degrowth actually about? Degrowth is a perspective and an emerging social movement, which in the last few years brought together a multitude of projects and ongoing debates around alternative economies. The main idea of degrowth is an economy and society which aims for the well-being of all and for ecological sustainability. One key conviction is that social and ecological global justice can only be achieved when the destructive economic activities of the global North are reduced. Degrowth criticises the current framework of society, which always calls for “higher, faster, further”, as well as connected phenomena like acceleration, excessive demands, marginalization and the destruction of the global ecosystem.
Time Banking with Onion River Exchange May 23, 2014 | Appropriate Technology, Community Projects | 21 Comments | Author: Kirsten Bradley Never has the saying ‘time is money’ been truer than when it comes to this community-based alternative currency idea. Members of a Time Bank exchange goods and services without money; using their own time instead as the currency, on the presumption that my time is just as valuable as your time…. An hour of sharing your gardening skills might get you an hour of someone’s time fixing your car. Providing a home-cooked meal might get you a yoga lesson. Or a doctors appointment, or a computer lesson, an aromatherapy session, someone to drive you somewhere.