A new report by Dr Joni Māramatanga Angeli-Gordon (Ngāpuhi | Ngāti Whātua | Te Roroa) from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, and member of the Community Economies Research Network, serves as a bridge between the past and the future by exploring ancestral Māori parenting and contributing to the growing body of work that seeks to reestablish Māori ways of nurturing tamariki (children).
The report,…
“It’s easy to feel despair and desperation at a time where our decision makers continue to prioritise profit over people and planet, but when I see the community led mahi happening in Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui, it restores my faith in people power as a pathway to the future. This book shows that we don’t have to wait for politicians to create the communities we deserve.”
This statement by Tamatha Paul, Member of Parliament for…
What is your life’s work? This is a question that Caroline Shenaz Hossein poses in a recent podcast discussion as she reflects on how her life’s work has been devoted to changing mindsets so that people develop an ethical economic consciousness that is centred on norms and values such as cooperation and communal wellbeing, rather…
This year the Community Economies Institute Summer-Winter School, Researching Postcapitalist Possibilities, runs 10 to 19 June 2025.
Expressions of interest closed on 21 February 2025 but places are still available in the Norway face-to-face node. All other nodes are full (with waitlists for those interested). If you are keen, please email Jenny Cameron, school at communityeconomies dot org.
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Community Economies Institute Co-Chair, Professor Emerita Katherine Gibson, presented a seminar on "Postcapitalist Community Economies Here and Now" on 26 February as part of Power Up seminar series at the University of Vermont, Institute for Agroecology. The seminar recording is available online, click here. …
This image represents the diverse economies of composting. On the surface are the large-scale and centralised composting 'solutions' that
Solidarity economies, characterized by diverse practices of cooperation and mutual support, have long played pivotal but largely invisible roles in fostering shared survival and envisioning alternatives to racial capitalism globally and in the United States. This book maps the thriving existence of these cooperative networks in three differently sized American cities, highlighting their commitment to cooperation, democracy, and inclusion and
