Sentences with phrase «alternative economy and society»

National coalitions can lead to transnational alliances for the alternative economy and society.

Not exact matches

Kurien and other economists are not saying that Indian economy is not in need of reforms, but they point out that the «thrust of any alternative reform measures must be towards the welfare of the largest segments of our society.»

As the institutional pressures of the economy change, alternative behaviors will supplant this shortsightedness, but this will not happen without a political and legal restructuring of the corporation's place in the society.

The trio insisted that the Leader of the Opposition had won the support of party members because he offered «an alternative to the austerity driven divisions within our economy and society».

slavick has explored feminism, body politics, the personal as political, familial relations, memory, alternative histories, memorials, the global economy, contemporary workers, travel / tourist photography, how the media (mis) represents the world, the U.S. military and exported violence, Hiroshima and our post-nuclear world and how art can transform society through her art projects, teaching and activism.

I am not yet in my 40's but was raised in a very alternative community of people in nyc in the 70's and 80's... amidst the depression of the city at that time, there were tons of free - thinking individuals, groups and companies leading the way presenting biofuel - concepts and ideas, or promoting industries based on recycling things rather than being a disposable society... there have always been large numbers of people in the pro-environment movement country and world - wide that cried out about how alternative thinking would lead to newer, more positive and less harmfully - impacting industries and tried to introduce inventions that could have spurred new economies... Had the auto industry not blocked things, we could have had more energy efficient cars decades ago... but they did not want the «expense» of helping foster this new industry... it is so damn sad it took a war to make people «wake up» about alternative fuels and how exciting the options are.

It would greatly benefit our transition to a sustainable economy based on alternative energy, resource conservation, green jobs and creative partipation by all sectors of our society.

Building on this critique, Speth goes on to conclude in his book that: (1) «today's system of political economy, referred to here as modern capitalism, is destructive of the environment, and not in a minor way but in a way that profoundly threatens the planet» (2) «the affluent societies have reached or soon will reach the point where, as Keynes put it, the economic problem has been solved... there is enough to go around» (3) «in the more affluent societies, modern capitalism is no longer enhancing human well - being» (4) «the international social movement for change — which refers to itself as «the irresistible rise of global anti-capitalism» — is stronger than many imagine and will grow stronger; there is a coalescing of forces: peace, social justice, community, ecology, feminism — a movement of movements» (5) «people and groups are busily planting the seeds of change through a host of alternative arrangements, and still other attractive directions for upgrading to a new operating system have been identified» (6) «the end of the Cold War... opens the door... for the questioning of today's capitalism.»

The purchase of a Bagonia and / or Birch has a positive macro effect on our economy and society... it keeps businesses from shutting down, people employed and able to take care of their families, it minimizes carbon emission output from mass transport of products, it reduces space in landfills, empowers people to end the plastic and paper bag plague and encourages people to use bikes as alternative transportation thereby increasing their health and reducing air pollution and the use of fossil fuels.»