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Small is Powerful: E.F Schumacher’s ideas in the
21st centuryA Powerful Vision
New Economics Foundation (NEF)Graham Randles, NEF Consulting
20th June 2015
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From history to the “middle way”
NEF’s approach to systemic change
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A new framework for measuring progress
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"The idea of infinite or unlimited growth, which proves so attractive to economists, financiers and experts in
technology ... is based on the lie that there is an infinite supply of the earth's goods, and this leads to the planet
being squeezed dry at every limit.“
"Yet all is not lost. Human beings, while capable of the worst, are also capable of rising above themselves,
choosing again what is good, and making a new start."
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The media storm that tends to accompany the release of the quarterly GDP figures seems wildly disproportionate to how
meaningful that data really is.
Indeed, the hype around GDP seems to have contributed to this single figure often being championed as the overriding indicator according to which the success of our politicians
can be measured.
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If not GDP then what?
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The Crown Estate – Total Contribution Economics
ECONOMIC SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL
DIRECT
INDIRECT
ENABLED
http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/media/5282/total-contribution-report.pdf
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Having the courage to do things differently –
Design Council: Knee High Design Challenge
“The health and wellbeing of today’s children and those children when they
become adults depend on us having the courage and imagination to do things
differently”
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Design Council
Knee High
Design Challenge
Having the courage to do things differently
• One size does not fit all• If you’re always seeing the same problems,
you will always find the same answers• The best ideas emerge from between the
cracks• Making something good happen takes time
and it takes nerve• The need for evidence should not outweigh
the need for new ideas
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Vision:
Prosperity and wellbeing
• Connect
• Be active
• Take notice
• Keep learning
• Give
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Action:
Reclaim time!
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Vision:
Healthy people, healthy planet
“I want to eat fish when I grow up”- Evita, aged 7“…there’s barely any left in the sea.”- Sacha, aged 10
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Action:
Speak out!“Paint a Fish” campaign - 31,600 adults and children urge ministers to restore fish stocks“[Your] initiatives…contributed positively in
raising awareness for the reform of the common fisheries policy…the reform would
not have been possible without civil society’s support”
- Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner
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http://carbonvisuals.com/work/carbon-visuals-brings-radical-emissions-data-to-lifehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonquilt/
Vision:
a world without fossil fuels
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Action:
Move your money
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Vision:
A diverse, resilient and creative economy
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“Returning RBS to the structure that caused the crisis makes no sense”
Action:
Speak out!
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Action:
Connect!
NEON - New Economy Organisers Network
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Action: Campaigning and influencing policy
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Thank you!NEF (New Economics Foundation)
NEF Consulting
Any questions?
