80 page document by TLA's Joanne Poyourow examining some of the causes of the current economic crisis, with an extensive listing of what we can do to help our local communities weather the years ahead. 

Portions of this document were published in serial form via the Transition United States blog in April-May 2011.

A revised edition will be released at the end of September.

Unabridged pdf version available for $2

Table of Contents:  (with links to portions published online)

• Part I: Economic Contraction
  • Why acknowledgement of economic contraction is vitally important for Transition initiatives
• Part II:  Possible Scenarios for the future
  • Daly, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Stoneleigh, Jackson,
  • Speth, Norberg-Hodge, NEF,
  • Eisenstein (from forthcoming revised edition)
  • NEF chart (patience - this one loads slowly)
• Part III: Local Resilience Through Collapse
  1. Do the Dance
  2. Expect Contraction
  3. Rethink the idea of "Jobs"
  4. Resilience-building Businesses and Industries
  5. A Multiplicity of Financial Vehicles
  6. Community-based Investment
     • Community-based investment part I
     • Social enterprise (from forthcoming revised edition)
  7. New Economic Indicators
  8. Redefine "Success"
  9. A Socially-just Economics
  10. The Shadow Structure

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