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If we are truly going to build sustainable low-carbon economies we are
going to have to start being producers, not just consumers. And I mean
producers of the real stuff of life, not advertising slogans and
marketing plans. This means the group will have to think about business
and the process as a whole may spin off businesses. Ideally these will
be organised as co-operatives or social enterprises so that all the
value stays with the local community. Stroud is lucky to have its own
drop-in centre for people wanting to set up this sort of business. The Social Enterprise Centre also provides training.
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Reuters 1 Apr 2010: " Video Description Apr. 1 - The Gloucestershire town of Stroud in the heart
of England is printing its own currency to help stimulate the local economy
and bring the community closer together. Hayley Platt reports."
Click here to see the video (or paste the link into your browser): http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=65735534 |
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The Livelihoods Group has been working hard on creating a local currency for Stroud and the Five Valleys. The Stroud Pound was launched on 12th September 2009.
Visit www.stroudpound.org.uk to find out about this initiative plus news, comments, contacts and where to obtain your Stroud Pounds!
We are always on the lookout for more helpers to assist in running the scheme.
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GDP - A destructive measure of economic growth.
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We have two projects on the go - the planning of a community currency to support the local economy and discussion around what sort of indicators we need to tell us how our economy is doing in terms of sustainability. At a recent meeting Martin Quick criticised GDP as a measure of economic wealth.
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Building
sustainable livelihoods is a central part of what Transition Stroud
is about. Climate change means local production and consumption, and
that means we all have to be making and sharing things with each
other rather than going to shops to buy things made in China.
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