New Policy Brief from the Nordic Council of Ministers states degraded natural habitats increase the risk for natural disasters and that restoring of degraded ecosystems is cheaper and more sustainable than traditional engineered solutions of disaster risk reduction
Category: Systemic Issues
New Working Paper Provides Road Map for Restoration
Published in February 2017, a new working paper from SOFIA FARUQI AND FLORENCE LANDSBERG at the World Resources Institute gathers knowledge on how land restorers can attract finance for their project. Restoring land can beContinue reading
Peace Story: Going local can build a foundation for peace
This video points to the essence of what’s wrong with the global economy and the multiple benefits of localisation. Localisation can ensure more have food on their table a roof over their head and areContinue reading
The Economics of Happiness: preparing for a transition
These Videos are from talks given at the “The Economics of Happiness: Creating a More Equitable World” event organised by Initiatives of Change and Local Futures. The session was based around the ideas of HelenaContinue reading
A new narrative for the Economics of Happiness
London 14th September 2016, Initiatives of Change center: At a recent workshop Helena Norberg-Hodge shared an alternative paradigm she calls the ‘economics of happiness’. Below is a trailer from a film Helena produced on theContinue reading
How the system has failed, not us
In this extremely educative video from the BBC, economics professor Steve Keen explains how the system we live under has failed us. If we have have bad debts, they should be forgiven because they comeContinue reading