global economic crices

note plural of crisis, Alister  Palmer who launched ESM in Tasmania is heavily involved in the Transition movement in England and sent links in a recent e-mail which have some positive pathways towards a new paradigm which is sustainable. The Great Transition work and Steve Keen are essential reading/listening. enjoy!! Here is an excerpt from Alister's letter...

The global financial situation is very grim and Europe is imploding which is already having a major impact on us – there are now over 1 million young people between 16 and 24 unemployed in the UK – stats published this week. 

Given that we are at the end of growth a whole new economic model is needed.   The New Economics Foundation here as done some good work on that – see http://www.neweconomics.org/ and scroll to The Great Transition (free download).

I continue to enjoy Prof Steve Keen’s work – he is over this way at the moment – a great interview at http://www.renegadeeconomist.com/blog/video/in-conversation-with-steve-keen.html.

Carolyn Baker’s work Navigating the Coming Chaos which addressed the psychological aspects is very helpful – it’s a great companion to the transition movement work.   Her website is http://carolynbaker.net/.

The attached document On the Cusp of Collapse by David Korowicz is one of the best I’ve come across explaining the physics.

I wondered whether you know of Alan Hirsch’s work – if not have a look at his series of Forgotten Ways videos at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Lt9hk9fiU&feature=related.