March 18: Economics as if People and Planet Mattered: Ecologic Economics
Thursday, March 18, 2021: Rising to the occasion for our collective personal and planetary health: Understanding the Transition towards Business as if People Mattered: Ecologic Economics as if People Mattered: Economic Localization
Message from our Collaborator in Creation: Local futures
Countries around the world are fixated on growing their economies – but is growth doing more harm than good? In this episode, Richard Heinberg discusses the history behind how GDP growth came to be used as a measure of success, why GDP can’t continue growing indefinitely, and why it’s time to transition to a better metric – one that better reflects human and ecological well-being.
The way trade works in the global economy can be insane – it wastes resources, worsens climate change, and undermines the livelihoods of millions of small-scale producers worldwide. Yet it is an almost unavoidable consequence of de-regulatory ‘free trade’ agreements and the billions of dollars in supports and subsidies – many of them hidden – that prop up the global economy.
To raise awareness about this issue, we’ve produced a short film and a fully-referenced factsheet that helps to explain how and why ‘insane trade’ happens:
Why local ownership matters:
In this episode, Local Bites interviews Stacy Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance to talk about the multiple social, economic and environmental benefits of local business ownership and community-scaled financial institutions. Mitchell lays out the evidence for why local ownership matters, and provides a thorough debunking of the idea that large, global corporations are more efficient or create more jobs than smaller-scale, community-rooted enterprises. After warning listeners about the growing consolidation of economic power in the hands of fewer and fewer global corporations, Mitchell exposes the policy decisions that have led to such concentrated ownership. She concludes by highlighting several promising initiatives from the growing localization movement, and articulating the key components of a ‘localist policy agenda’.n this extended episode, Local Bites interviews scholar/activist, Ashish Kothari about his book, Churning the Earth: The Making of Global India, co-authored by Aseem Shrivastava. During the first half of the interview, Kothari provides a truly sobering account of the social and environmental impacts of globalized development in India, arguing persuasively that the costs far outweigh the benefits, and calling into questions a number of taken-for-granted assumptions about “economic growth”, “progress”, and the so-called inevitability of urbanization.
You can easily sign up here

The Daily Do It

Why Endless Consumption of Our Finite Planet Will Take Us to Our Cliff of Doom and How We Can Prevent It

Indigenous rice out-performs commercial varieties in nutrition value and tolerance to drought, flood, extreme weather

Reviving Jordan’s community, resilience and food sovereignty through urban wheat cultivation

An organic farming revolution in Thailand

Heart Attacks Are Not Worth Dying For

Rethink: Humanity’s Next Operating System

Find out how your community could take on big business to serve the health of all.

Understanding the Roots of the Food Crises and Preventing Future Crises: Resilience and a Deep Dive

Another Conference is not going to save us:

Truths or Consequences

The launch of “Rights of the Atlantic Ocean” campaign in Newfoundland

What’s really going on in the Brazilian Rainforests?

To Save the Planet, Forget About the Globe (And Act Locally)

A global information commons

We are One

The Power of us

When Stars Collide

Heal the World

A NEW STORY FOR A NEW WORLD

ECOSYSTEM OF OPPORTUNITY

ACCESS FOR ALL

DECENTRALIZED FOR REAL COMMUNITY POWER

GPS FOR HUMANITY’S NEXT ADVENTURE

PROJECT: CREATE LOCAL, COMMUNITY MEDIA HUBS

PROJECT: CREATE A SOLUTIONS-DRIVEN GLOBAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE

PROJECT: DOCUMENTARY: WE, THE PEOPLE

PROJECT: CREATE A SOLUTIONS-DRIVEN MULTIMEDIA NETWORK

Beyond Ukraine: The Untold Story of the Food Crisis

Out Chaos there is Creation: From Deep Crisis, Profound Change

Which Six U.S. States Show Climate Progress?

National Congress of American Indians Adopts Rights of Nature Resolution

The Power of Community Citizen Action

Regenerating Leadership

Don’t Mourn, Organize!

The Power of Networks to Scale Innovation

Truths or Consequences

The launch of “Rights of the Atlantic Ocean” campaign in Newfoundland

What’s really going on in the Brazilian Rainforests?

The Power of us

To Save the Planet, Forget About the Globe (And Act Locally)

Heal the World

We are One

When Stars Collide

A global information commons

Understanding the Roots of the Food Crises and Preventing Future Crises: Resilience and a Deep Dive

Another Conference is not going to save us:

Find out how your community could take on big business to serve the health of all.

Heart Attacks Are Not Worth Dying For

Rethink: Humanity’s Next Operating System

Indigenous rice out-performs commercial varieties in nutrition value and tolerance to drought, flood, extreme weather

Reviving Jordan’s community, resilience and food sovereignty through urban wheat cultivation

An organic farming revolution in Thailand

Why Endless Consumption of Our Finite Planet Will Take Us to Our Cliff of Doom and How We Can Prevent It

Out of Chaos Comes Creation: Understanding Transformation of Civilizations

Understanding the Repeating Patterns of History: Growth / Collapse / Transformation

Clarity Above all Else

Nuremberg Prosecutor at 102: Make Law, Not War.
GAIA TALKS: The Earth Speaks: Mohamed Ismail from Egyptians Abroad For Democracy Worldwide

An Empowered World: People, we are Ready!

Conscious capitalism and Raising the Bar of Human Possibility

Open Collaboration on an Epic Scale: The Future is Cooperatively Decentralized

Transforming Energy and Transportation

Transforming agriculture and food systems for optimal planetary and personal health

How The Pentagon and CIA Have Shaped Thousands of Hollywood Movies into Super Effective Propaganda

We are One

How we can eradicate heart Disease

Howard Bloom: Imagination Takes You Everywhere

From Punk to Planet: Slam Dunk the Junk with Dave Street

A Moral Responsibility: Jean Su, Ctr. for Biological Diversity

On Free Speech TV: Rethinking Humanity with James Arbib of RethinkX

Sustainable Architecture, Design and Building for a Sustainable Planet

A better understanding of lawn care for Climate Care featuring Dr. Rob Moir of the Ocean River Institute
