Tag Archives: viable economy

Seeking a resilient, local, stable ‘viable economy’? The role of community business.

Posted on 4 May, 2017 by judith515

Café conversation: Wednesday 17th May 6.30-8pm – If you haven’t already, book Now Lounge at Manchester Methodist Hall Central Buildings, Oldham St, Manchester M1 1JQ Do you wonder what kind of an economy we need to ensure community businesses can flourish … Continue reading →

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Designing a viable Greater Manchester?

Posted on 30 April, 2017 by judith515

Is now the time to grasp opportunities and make the best of them? The highly successful film  Demain  which a packed audience saw in Manchester on  Wednesday night  suggests just that. The showing was organised by the Kindling Trust and … Continue reading →

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Policies for the City Region – serialised: Part 3, Food.

Posted on 16 April, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

We continue the serialisation of our report, Policies for the City Region. We have long been interested in looking at Greater Manchester’s food systems as case studies for wider economic and social issues.  Here we offer some practical proposals for … Continue reading →

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Policies for the City Region – serialised: Part 2, Energy.

Posted on 30 March, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

We continue the serialisation of our report, Policies for the City Region.  This installment is about Greater Manchester using considerably less energy, and the transition to clean energy.  It is a long installment but we thought it best to keep … Continue reading →

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Policies for the City Region – serialised: Part 1, setting the scene

Posted on 23 March, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

Here we begin a serialisation of out report, Policies for the City Region.  This installment explains what we are trying to do, and the essentials of our Viable Economy approach.  It also gives a preview of what will follow.  But … Continue reading →

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Policies for the City Region: our full report, out now.

Posted on 2 March, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

Today we publish our full report: Policies for the City Region. The timing couldn’t be better as now is the run up to the first election of a Greater Manchester mayor.  In it we explore and promote policies and practices … Continue reading →

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STEADYSTATE Part Two: The Local and Regional Context

Posted on 18 October, 2016 by The Steady State Manchester team

This is the second part of our interview piece  in Manchester’s Now Then magazine. Click HERE to read the interview.  Thanks to Ian Pennington at Now Then for inviting us and publishing our thoughts.  The first part, on the wider … Continue reading →

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Well-Being and the Viable Economy

Posted on 24 May, 2016 by The Steady State Manchester team

A report on our café conversation on Well-Being and the Viable Economy: Monday 23 May. We had vibrant (and noisy) discussions about well-being and the viable economy at the latest of our Steady State Manchester conversations. We used Ketso (www.ketso.com) … Continue reading →

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