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Conservation Economy

A debate on what the marketing & communications industry should do in an economy not based on consumption

Organisations

Here are a list of organistions that are leading the debate, providing resources and insight into the issues:

Collective Action

The Green Alliance

Carrotmob.org – Network of Consumers who buy products to reward businesses for sustainable practises

Particple – addressing the big social issues of our time

Environmentalism / Sustainability

World Wildlife Fund

Center for Eco-literacy

Schumacher College – courses on sustainability

New Economic Models

New Economics Foundation

Tomorrow’s Company

Forum for the Future

Spreading Knowledge and Ideas

RSA – Royal Society For the Encouragement of Arts. Manufactures and Commerce

TED – Ideas Worth Spreading

Fastcompany

Sustainability Communications

The Hunting Dynasty – Sustainability Communications

Futerra – Sustainability Communications

Abundancy Partners – John Grant, Jules Peck and Tamara Glitsoff

Innovation

REOS Partners – Innovation in complex social systems

DEMOS – Independent think tank

IDEO

Social Business / Entrepreneurship

Volans – The Business of Social Innovation

School for Social Entrepreneurs

The Young Foundation – innovation and insights for social needs

Calvert Foundation

Acumen Fund

Kiva – loans that change lives

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    • Social Trends
    • Radical transparency could lay bare the eco impact of our shopping | Environment | guardian.co.uk
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    • Dylan Kendall: I Shop Therefore I Am: Can Objects Make Us Happy?
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    • 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Renegade lefty Cambridge economics professor Ha-Joon Chang on capitalism and why it sucks. 5th October, 6.30pm @LSE
    • Caux Initiatives for Change Conference Week-long conference with workshops etc for people from around the world working on the shape of a new global economy
    • Climate Change Justice David Weisbach from Chicago University speaking at the RSA putting forward the provocative and original argument that the best – and possibly only – way to get an effective climate treaty, which will improve the welfare of people around the world, is to e
    • Recycle Week 21-27 June 2010 It’s soon the week to celebrate recycling in the UK
    • Resurgence: To be a pilgrim or a tourist? Satish Kumar (editor of Resurgence and cross between Gandhi and your grandad), Peter Owen Jones (BBC2 How to live a simple life), Caroline Lucas and others at a day of discussion and entertainment in Kensington, October 30th, £25
    • RSA Talk: Good Value – Building a Better Life in Business Stephen Green, Chairman of HSBC and ordained priest in the Anglican church, talks about wealth creation and morality. Registration needed.
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