Survival Isn't Cost Effective

A superb post on economics and our futures - with some very relevent links into Transition Initiatives.

"There’s an all too real sense in which, if modern industrial civilization perishes, it will be because the steps necessary for its survival weren’t cost-effective enough."

Refer also to the comments:

http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2009/06/survival-isnt-cost-effective.html

5 Ways to Wellbeing

A 2008 report from the New Economic Foundation, commissioned by UK government indicates that the 5 ways discovered are:

1. Connect
2. Be active
3. Take notice
4. Keep learning
5. Give

Full details here.

Local Clusters of Self-Reliance: The Key to Rural Prosperity

Interesting story from the "Small Mart in the USA, on relocalisation.

And a conference in Brisbane on Building Community Centred Economies.