Economic Turning Discussion Group

Afternoon

Questions

• Where are the specific frontiers/edges of the work that need to be undertaken here in Canada or in Ottawa?
• What is the work we are called to at this time and this place to help bring about the economic transformation required for the Great Turning

• Local coop
• Building local economies
• Look to resources available
• Spread the word – expand POP
• Creating opportunities to share
• Promote ethical responsibilities – advocacy
• University level - inform regarding consumption
• Need for community vision (Define our culture)
• All ages
• Unconscious in our decisions
• Become a conscious member of the community
• Creating sustainable cultures/community
• Values family, including economic equality
• Despair to hope
• Tell a different story
• Emphasize compassion
• Language of compassion and community
• Create a “Charter” of values
• Disseminate our vision of the world
• Promote understanding of economic reality
• Home ownership – different ways (vs. Banks)
• Downsize homes to SAANE (?)
• Local-Global Tension
• Layout Global forces and impacts on local
• Sustainable enterprise
• Transportation system
• Find educational avenues to demystify economics making it explicit, framing of issues and the importance of ecology
• Demographics
• Where are 30-45s?
• Figure out “outreach”
• Engage groups
• CITA—Trade Justice Network
• Values
• Faith communities’ contribution
• Transition Towns
• Dialogue with indigenous people
• Consciousness – raising
• Public education/advocacy (coalitions)
• Exploring values & vision
• Defining community
• Role of faith communities
• Building local economies
• Cooperative movement
• Going beyond usual suspects
• Lessons from elders & indigenous communities
• Engagement/encouraging dynamic youth
• Absence of 30-50 year olds.