People-Centered Economic Development
Advocacy for economics which are measured and calibrated in human terms. An operational model for business which invests profit for social objectives.
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Jeff Mowatt posted a blog postSwords to Ploughshares, Bombs to Isotopes
Written 4 years ago by my former colleague in assistance to a proposal for a joint US Ukrainian nuclear lab. One of the aims, as you'll see was to promote cooperation between Ukraine and Western countries, for example a recent international conference in Kharkiv.The following statement may be found on the P-CED website."We research and design…See More
Jeff Mowatt commented on Jeff Mowatt's blog post 'The case for numbers versus the people'"Hi Terry, in our 2006 strategy plan where the primary focus is getting children from institution into family type homes we make the case for this and other social outcomes:
"Enterprise is any organizational activity aimed at a specific output…"
Terry Fowler commented on Jeff Mowatt's blog post 'The case for numbers versus the people'"I'm not sure what you mean by "measuring profit in terms of real people." Can you be more explicit? To me capitalism is not about social capital, or natural capital, but money capital. Terry Fowler"
Jeff Mowatt posted a blog postThe case for numbers versus the people
"Manipulation of numbers, represented by currency/money, allows writing "new" money as needed. There is no tangible asset, or anchor. There are only numbers, managed by whomever might maneuver into position to do so. Economics came to be based on numbers, rather than real human beings." "On that basis, capitalism trumped people and therefore trumped democracy. Democracy is about people, who since Descartes are considered necessarily real, rather than numbers which are not necessarily real. An…See More
Jeff Mowatt commented on Ellen LaConte's blog post 'Are the Occupations a Brief Preoccupation or the Sign of Transition?'"I think it had already begun to happen, for example in 2003 with the protest that connected me with our founder, calling for economic rights in the US. He'd just returned from sourcing a localised economic development initiative in…"
Jeff Mowatt replied to yf35's discussion 'How can we leverage technology to go create a network of local food supplies and expertise?' in the group Resilience, systems thinking and social networks"Indeed Mary and that's why I saw it as relevant to a site about social business.
Likewise moving from you and me, to we. "
Jeff Mowatt replied to yf35's discussion 'How can we leverage technology to go create a network of local food supplies and expertise?' in the group Resilience, systems thinking and social networks"There's a powerful comparison between knowledge and certainty at the end of the Bronowski series on the Ascent of Man. He states ' The principle of uncertainty established once for all that all knowledge is limited"
Ending with a…"
Jeff Mowatt replied to yf35's discussion 'How can we leverage technology to go create a network of local food supplies and expertise?' in the group Resilience, systems thinking and social networks"Yes, we seem to have a lot of congruence. As you say, the ability to deploy networks was not available in the transition to perestroika and when attempting to do it in Tomsk, as you might imagine, local interests put up barriers. One problem is that…"
Jeff Mowatt commented on bill aal's group 'Resilience, systems thinking and social networks'"As can be seen in the bibliography for our P-CED model, the influence of system thinking is Fritjof Capra"
Jeff Mowatt commented on Ellen LaConte's blog post 'Naming Our Condition So That We Can Speak to It--Together'"Please do that with my approval Ellen, on the group you've just joined I've added a tribute to Terry"
Jeff Mowatt added a discussion to the group People-Centered Economic DevelopmentTerry Hallman: A life lived for others
I would describe myself as an atheist, whereas our founder Terry Hallman was a man whose Christian faith had significant influence on his social activism. I used the past tense because Terry died on 18th August, in his efforts to bring social justice to children abandoned to state care in Eastern Europe.In the end he placed this cause ahead of his own welfare and in this can be considered to have lain down his life, for the vulnerable.When we got together in 2003, he was fasting for economic…See More
Jeff Mowatt commented on Jeff Mowatt's group 'People-Centered Economic Development'"A tribute to P-CED founder Terry Hallman who died two weeks ago in Kharkiv Ukraine, where he'd placed the cause of Ukraine's children abandoned to state care ahead of his health and eventually his life."
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- How are you currently involved in the Transition movement?
- Interaction online
- In what ways do you identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested?
- We;'re a social enterprise and advocacy for localised people-centered economic development, who've been working overseas to leverage initiatives in Russia, Serbia, Crimea and Ukraine.
- How can you help the growth/acceptance/vitality of the Transition movement? What can YOU teach us? What can your GROUP teach us?
- Our approach is based on an alternative to traditional capitalism, in which business has a primary social objective. We have worked with the International Economics for Ecology conferences at Sumy Ukraine, to deliver semimars on Economics in Transition.
- Your Personal Website (if you have one)
- http://socialbusiness.socialgo.com
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Swords to Ploughshares, Bombs to Isotopes
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 12:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Written 4 years ago by my former colleague in assistance to a proposal for a joint US Ukrainian nuclear lab. One of the aims, as you'll see was to promote cooperation between Ukraine and Western countries, for example a recent international conference in Kharkiv.
The following statement may be found on the P-CED… Continue
The following statement may be found on the P-CED… Continue
The case for numbers versus the people
Posted on December 3, 2011 at 3:40am 2 Comments 0 Likes
"Manipulation of numbers, represented by currency/money, allows writing "new" money as needed. There is no tangible asset, or anchor. There are only numbers, managed by whomever might maneuver into position to do so. Economics came to be based on numbers, rather than real human beings."
"On that basis, capitalism trumped people and therefore trumped democracy. Democracy is about people, who since Descartes are considered necessarily real, rather than numbers which are not…
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 4:29am on July 12, 2011,
Les Squires said… Jeff,
I goofed. http://socialbusiness.socialgo.com/ is in fact a social website. Please consider adding a link to Social Business to our registry. That way we can introduce our groups to each other.
- At 7:48pm on July 11, 2011, Les Squires said…
- Welcome Jeff,
Great to see your interest in Transition! Welcome to TRANSITION IN ACTION. I see you've already connected with David Braden and David Eggleton, and a couple of groups. I've also requested that we friend.
Join the group anytime for discussions and events. Click on any person's photo to say Hello. Reinforce the good things they are doing. Mention something that particularly interests you. Ask a question. Start a discussion. Let me know if you would like to be an Admin on this page to help build and maintain your group's portfolio. Have fun!
On the local scene, does http://socialbusiness.socialgo.com/ have a Transition-supporting website, or blog, or listserv, or Facebook, or Meetup? If so, it would be spot on for all our members if you would consider including a link to your Social Business in our registry of organizations, localities, companies, products, services, Twitterers, Facebooks, Meetups, etc. supporting Transition and Sustainability. Here's the page to create the link. I'll be glad to help launch and build your link. Are you interested?
One more thing. It would be super to see your photo -- click on Choose file -- and then follow the instructions. Let me know if you need assistance. I'll be delighted to do some photoshopping if needed.
Again, welcome!
Les
- At 10:46am on June 16, 2011,
David Eggleton said… - Hi Jeff. Thanks for your respectful responses and the link to your site. I look forward to digesting the food for thought that's there.
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