Economics and Technologies

Community-based alternatives for production, consumption, and exchange

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This section features stories of initiatives that help to create an alternative to the dominant neo-liberal or state-dominated economy. These include: localisation of economic activity with democratic control, producer and consumer collectives, local currencies and trade, non-monetised exchage and the gift economy, ecologically sensitive products and processes, macro-economic concepts that respect ecological limits, and approaches to human well-being that go beyond growth, GDP and other narrow measures and indicators.

What we do not feature are superficial and false solutions, such as market and technological fixes for problems that are deeply social and political, or more generally, ‘green growth’ kind of approaches that only tinker around with the existing system.

Two women engage in battle against plastic

Arul Priya and Geetha Indravel say they started Nammaboomi to put an end to the throwaway culture

A Labour Colony gets Solar Power!

How the expenditure on kerosene was saved, and the living conditions improved at a lower cost, for the residents of a labour colony near Mangalore!

Panika fabric for Mumbai

A student who linked handloom fabric produced by Panika tribal weavers to the Mumbai market, interviewed here.

Saving for Rainy Days

People of West Bengal’s Sunderbans region are setting up grain banks to safeguard against food crisis

Economics & Technologies: Alternative Products

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Economics & Technologies: Networks

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Economics & Technologies: Tools

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Economics & Technologies: Books, Reports, & Newsletters

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Economics & Technologies: Websites

Resources Home Resources for Economics & Technologies: Websites Digital Empowerment Foundation strives to empower marginalised communities…