The political economy of the current financial system is the context out of which alternatives are being forged. Changes to the privatized debt-based monetary system, expansion of co-operative and publicly […]
“97 Percent Owned” is a new one hour video produced by the Positive Money research and campaign group in the U.K. Pat Conaty of BALTA’s Finance Research Cluster recommends it […]
The Architecture of Enterprise: Redesigning Ownership for a Great Transition by Marjorie Kelly. A Great Transition Initiative (GTI) Perspectives on Critical Issues publication. Pat Conaty of BALTA Finance Research Cluster […]
The Open Book of Social Innovation by Robin Murray, Julie Caulier-Grice and Geoff Mulgan. Mike Lewis recommends this book as a critical primer that places ‘scaling and diffusion’ into the […]
RENEWABLE ENERGY CO-OP REVIEW: SCAN OF MODELS & REGULATORY ISSUES. Preliminary Research Findings, January 2012. Prepared by: Judith Lipp (TREC Renewable Energy Co-operative), Émanuèle Lapierre-Fortin (Niska Co-operative) and J.J. McMurtry […]
I am very pleased that we are moving past the ‘getting our act together stage’ and into the engagement phase of BALTA’s new project – Scaling Innovation for Sustainability. […]
BALTA’s lead investigator, Mike Lewis, was a keynote speaker at Food Secure Canada’s National Assembly, held in November in Edmonton. Mike spoke about the high degree of dependence of our […]
What would a co-operative city look like? Attendees at the Co-operative City Conference on November 23 in Vancouver heard a variety of perspectives on that question. The successful event was […]
Hi, I found each of these articles added to the puzzle. Mikeg “We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2012 BSA climate change study group article prize. Articles […]
Local and Not So Local By David Hess author of Localism Movements in A Global Economy. MIT Press 2010 CLIK HERE for Article
