Tag Archives: local economy
LOCALIZE NOW: Don’t believe me? The Next Crisis Will be Worse
Economists: Another Financial Crisis on the Way Nonpartisan Group Led by Nobel Winner Calls for Stronger Financial Reforms By MATTHEW JAFFE March 2, 2010 — Even as many Americans still struggle to recover from the country’s worst economic downturn since … Continue reading
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Local Economy: The Path to Resilience
Bloomberg Businessweek has a story this week about the growing “buy local” movement. The article states that there are now 130 cities or regions that have “buy local” groups, up from 41 just 3 years ago. A lot of this … Continue reading
Cleveland Leads in Re-Localizing Their Economy
“The Evergreen Cooperatives of Cleveland, Ohio are pioneering innovative models of job creation, wealth building, and sustainability. Evergreen’s employee-owned, for-profit companies are based locally and hire locally. We create meaningful green jobs and keep precious financial resources within our community. … Continue reading
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Re-localization: Joel Salaltin
While I’ve got Joel’s message on my mind, listen to his comments from about 2 months ago – once he gets warmed up, he really nails it. We cannot create a truly local economy until we reconnect to the world … Continue reading
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Getting A L.I.F.E.
Peak oil is not just a driving our butts around crisis – its more important than that. Peak oil is a food crisis. Fortunately, we have had people working without much general recognition for many many years to help us … Continue reading
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Localwashing: aren’t all businesses local?
Its only a matter of time before we hear this in Lexington: the claim that all stores are local if they are physically located within the city…..that big box stores on the fringe of Lexington are the same as small … Continue reading
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Walmart Nation
Is it good for America if Walmart is the only store in town? Walmart is hungry and, after a decade long loss of 25% of its stock value, ready to eat. It is determined to eat everything and anything in … Continue reading
