What is your approach to turbulent times? What do you do when things go pear-shaped? Many of us have been feeling an abundance of challenges lately with the recession and with environmental and societal crises. There’s a lot that doesn’t feel safe about our world and it can be tempting to withdraw and struggle along [...]
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It’s Thursday night in a town hall in Brixton, South London. Hundreds of people mill around, steel drums play, bottles of fizzy ginger are generously given away. In this time of giant banks and an insistently globalised economy, I am here to celebrate the launch of the Brixton Pound: England’s fourth local currency. While most of [...] I was the columnist in The London Paper last week, suggesting that the recession is a good thing. Readers vote on whether they want more of you… and 96% did. I also had many comments calling this point of view “refreshing” and “inspiring”. In this, I hear a whispered hope for a move away from [...] This is Global Entrepreneurship Week and to mark its start, I volunteered at the first day of Chain Reaction, an event which saw 700 people gather to explore how entrepreneurship can be a source of social good. There was a variety of inspirational speakers including Tim Smit of the Eden Project, Sophi Tranchell of Divine [...] I’ve been keeping a fascinated eye on the emerging changes in our global monetary system and when I hear that phrase, ‘economic crisis’, I picture this…. Meet Economy. He’s the star of his time. He appears to be thriving to the outside world – growing ever more successful, beaming ever more brightly. Yet, if we [...] |
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