Align in the Sound - New Economy Network / Radio BTL / CoCanberra

The Mercury Co-operative helps others set up new coops. They have been at it for years. Hear how they go about it. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

The "Transition Towns" movement emerged from the permaculture movement between 2004 and 2006, after permaculture teacher Rob Hopkins scared the hell out of himself and his class on the first day of a very long permaculture course in Kinsale, Ireland by showing a film on peak oil, and having a guest lecture by one of the worlds experts on the subject. The class set themselves a project for the cour...

Holacracy is a new method of organising businesses and other mission based organisations. It relies on clarity, and splits up unclear "jobs" into their actual functions, assigning them out to people as "roles". Processing "tensions" keeps the whole system improving, turning problems into solutions. Holacracy claims the ability to make workplace politics obsolete. Hear Stefan Jenner from the Telus...

This panel explores the movement to create democratic sources of financing to enable communities to build a democratic, just and sustainable economy. It discusses the role of finance, fundamentals of non-extractive finance, and principles being used to develop a financial cooperative nationally, in close connection to grassroots front-line communities. CommonBound is a project of the New Economy C...

Gerry Gillespie and Mal Williams are both involved with the zero waste international trust. Gerry is also involved with resource recovery Australia, and the Majors Creek folk festivals zero waste goals. From soil to food, then back again, living systems cycle their energy and materials. There is no such thing as waste. The zero waste international trust is doing its best to encourage the same beha...

Recorded on 27 November 2009, at Trades Hall, Melbourne for the "Reason in Revolt" project - a fantastic source for the unsung history of social change in Australia. find out about them at: http://www.reasoninrevolt.net.au/index.html Reason in Revolt publish under a "Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Australia License" to be found at: https://creativecommons.org/li...

A soil microbiologist, Walter Jehne is a champion of employing soils and sustainable agriculture as an abundant, natural sponge to soak in much of the excess CO2 currently floating about.

Is System Change Possible? Long-Term Strategies - with Esteban Kelly, Julie Matthaei and Gar Alperovitz. CommonBound is a project of the New Economy Coalition (NEC), a USA based network of 150-plus organizations including PeoplesAction, 350.org, and the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives. Check out the NEC at http://neweconomy.net/ - they also have a great youtube site - https://www.youtube.co...

Recorded by Jeff Nugent in Stanley, Tasmania in 1983, these recordings caught Bill Mollison in full flight. Sadly now feeding the trees, Bill left a legacy which will linger long. The audio on this site concentrates only on the lesser known organisational thoughts within permaculture. To experience the full 47 hours of the original recording, go to http://www.permacultureplants.net/ and purchase t...

Recorded by Jeff Nugent in Stanley, Tasmania in 1983, these recordings caught Bill Mollison in full flight. Sadly now feeding the trees, Bill left a legacy which will linger long. The audio on this site concentrates only on the lesser known organisational thoughts within permaculture. To experience the full 47 hours of the original recording, go to http://www.permacultureplants.net/ and purchase t...

Recorded by Jeff Nugent in Stanley, Tasmania in 1983, these recordings caught Bill Mollison in full flight. Sadly now feeding the trees, Bill left a legacy which will linger long. The audio on this site concentrates only on the lesser known organisational thoughts within permaculture. To experience the full 47 hours of the original recording, go to http://www.permacultureplants.net/ and purchase t...

Recorded by Jeff Nugent in Stanley, Tasmania in 1983, these recordings caught Bill Mollison in full flight. Sadly now feeding the trees, Bill left a legacy which will linger long. The audio on this site concentrates only on the lesser known organisational thoughts within permaculture. To experience the full 47 hours of the original recording, go to http://www.permacultureplants.net/ and purchase t...

Recorded by Jeff Nugent in Stanley, Tasmania in 1983, these recordings caught Bill Mollison in full flight. Sadly now feeding the trees, Bill left a legacy which will linger long. The audio on this site concentrates only on the lesser known organisational thoughts within permaculture. To experience the full 47 hours of the original recording, go to http://www.permacultureplants.net/ and purchase t...

Australia has a policy of "deterring" anyone asking for its help and shelter. To achieve this deterrence, it does some amazingly nasty things to those who actually arrive here by boat. A panel from the Refugee Action Committee explores the issues which surround this ongoing bipartisan policy. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of...

Maggie Kenyon describes how our basic ideas and assumptions can show up in very practical ways related to the health of a population, and the health of the natural surroundings it depends upon. From Sustainable Population Australias conference in March of 2008.

Blake Wilson talks about the National Health Co-operative, which is currently established in and expanding out of Canberra, Australia. The National Health Co-op aims to provide healthcare for everyone at a price that is affordable for everyone. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Australian Earth Laws Alliance and the Uni of NSW held: "Building the New Economy - activism, enterprise, and social change", in August, 2016. It was a 2 day conference aimed at getting a diverse lot of people together to have a serious look at what an economy based on the needs of planet and people might look like, and how to go about creating one. The conference spawned the New Economy Network o...

Australian Earth Laws Alliance and the Uni of NSW held: "Building the New Economy - activism, enterprise, and social change", in August, 2016. It was a 2 day conference aimed at getting a diverse lot of people together to have a serious look at what an economy based on the needs of planet and people might look like, and how to go about creating one. The conference spawned the New Economy Network o...

Australian Earth Laws Alliance and the Uni of NSW held: "Building the New Economy - activism, enterprise, and social change", in August, 2016. It was a 2 day conference aimed at getting a diverse lot of people together to have a serious look at what an economy based on the needs of planet and people might look like, and how to go about creating one. The conference spawned the New Economy Network o...

Australian Earth Laws Alliance and the Uni of NSW held: "Building the New Economy - activism, enterprise, and social change", in August, 2016. It was a 2 day conference aimed at getting a diverse lot of people together to have a serious look at what an economy based on the needs of planet and people might look like, and how to go about creating one. The conference spawned the New Economy Network o...

Australian Earth Laws Alliance and the Uni of NSW held: "Building the New Economy - activism, enterprise, and social change", in August, 2016. It was a 2 day conference aimed at getting a diverse lot of people together to have a serious look at what an economy based on the needs of planet and people might look like, and how to go about creating one. Behind the Lines was there and recorded all we c...

Australian Earth Laws Alliance and the Uni of NSW held: "Building the New Economy - activism, enterprise, and social change", in August, 2016. It was a 2 day conference aimed at getting a diverse lot of people together to have a serious look at what an economy based on the needs of planet and people might look like, and how to go about creating one. Behind the Lines was there and recorded all we c...

Australian Earth Laws Alliance and the Uni of NSW held: "Building the New Economy - activism, enterprise, and social change", in August, 2016. It was a 2 day conference aimed at getting a diverse lot of people together to have a serious look at what an economy based on the needs of planet and people might look like, and how to go about creating one. Behind the Lines was there and recorded all we c...

Australian Earth Laws Alliance and the Uni of NSW held: "Building the New Economy - activism, enterprise, and social change", in August, 2016. It was a 2 day conference aimed at getting a diverse lot of people together to have a serious look at what an economy based on the needs of planet and people might look like, and how to go about creating one. Behind the Lines was there and recorded all we c...

Australian Earth Laws Alliance and the Uni of NSW held: "Building the New Economy - activism, enterprise, and social change", in August, 2016. It was a 2 day conference aimed at getting a diverse lot of people together to have a serious look at what an economy based on the needs of planet and people might look like, and how to go about creating one. Behind the Lines was there and recorded all we c...