To: Nicolás Fedor Sulcic <nsulcic@gmail.com>, permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>, Andy Goldring <andyg@permaculture.org.uk>, Carlos Louge <carlos.louge@yahoo.com.ar>, Hal Paine <comet761@gmail.com>, DONKA RADEVA <donnybg@yahoo.com>, europeanpermaculturenetwork <europeanpermaculturenetwork@googlegroups.com>, landbase <landbase@gmail.com>, russ grayson <russgrayson@gmail.com>, simon <simon@ome.world>
Subject: [permaculture] The Permacukture Economy..NEW SCHOOL
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:16:10 +1300
Another valuable chain and network. The Swedish Foundation has been working
on this agenda from their beginning. ..Steve Hart
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From: Stephen Hinton <stephen.hinton@avbp.net>
Date: 25 February 2017 at 07:22
Subject: Newsletter February 2017. Investment special Vol. 5 Issue 1
To: stevenlawrencehart@gmail.com
*Most planning rests on the assumption that tomorrow will be like
yesterday. We are seeing signs that the very basis for our economy may
change rapidly. Signals urges strategists to pay attention to the interface
between land functioning – ongoing changes, the nature of the firm, and
where money is being invested. Careful consideration of these factors will
help your firm navigate the future.*
DOUBTS CAPITALISM CAN PERFORM
Is the basic paradigm of capitalism – the stock market listed firm –
ceasing to perform properly?
Economist Micheal Roberts highlights the large percentage of corporations
that are acting like zombies. That is to say they are just about servicing
their debts but there is nothing left over for growth or shareholder
dividends. Read his blog here: Beware of the Zombies.
<https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/beware-the-zombies/>
Indeed, as the IMF are questioning neoliberalism, thinkers are coming up
with radically new ideas to serve our needs ones that do not require
capital-heavy corporations. One such is the idea of John Boik: Solving
Problems That Matter Could Be the Next Big Thing.
The Swedish Sustainable Economy Foundation base in Stockholm is calling for
an urgent re-think of one of the worlds most polluted seas. It believes the
sea can be saved and the fossil-free economy kicked off at the same time.
<http://tssef.se/the-baltic-a-dying-sea-on-the-doorstep-of-industrial-giants/>
Land functioning, indeed the functioning of the Earth system seems to be
faltering at the edges, and many scientist are blaming mankind’s influence.
you will probably be hearing more of the Anthropocene… the age when man
affected the hole natural system. Witness the aptly-titled Guardian UK
article “ Goodbye forever, friendly Holocene
<https://www.theguardian.com/the-gef-partner-zone/2016/sep/22/goodbye-forever-friendly-holocene>
“.
WE SHOULD INVEST IN LAND RESTORATION — PUTTING PEACE FIRST
Initiatives of Change, the Caux Foundation and the Swedish Sustainable
Economy Foundation are coming together to offer a conference on Investing
in peace through land restoration in Switzerland, 13-115th July.
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