
Co-opportunity
Join Up for a Sustainable, Resilient, Prosperous World
John Grant(Autor*in)
Wiley (Verlag)
Erschienen am 1. Februar 2010
350 Seiten
978-0-470-66235-9 (ISBN)
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Beschreibung
John Grant is back! Bestselling author of Green MarketingManifesto fame returns to get you involved in creating asustainable future!
In this book, green business guru John Grant shows howwe, when we join forces through co-operativeinitiatives, can really make changes and work towards a betterfuture.
John uses cases and examples from around the world, from socialnetworks to social ventures, Carrot Mobbing to the CarbonDisclosure Project, to show how a move to greater co-operationvia what he calls Co-operative Networks can be a way forwards forall of us to increase the common well-being.
Arguing that a climate for change can be created by engagingrather than alienating people, John also demonstrates ways of'relocating dreams' to allow us to reassess our desiresand priorities.
Whether you are a business leader, politician, armchaireconomist, environmentalist or general interest reader, theinspiration and ideas John Grant provides in Co-Opportunityencourages us all to think again about our individual behaviour andour actions - our ideas of what it is to be human - and toget co-creating to build a better world for all. Sit back andwatch, or become part of this grass roots new movement.
In this book, green business guru John Grant shows howwe, when we join forces through co-operativeinitiatives, can really make changes and work towards a betterfuture.
John uses cases and examples from around the world, from socialnetworks to social ventures, Carrot Mobbing to the CarbonDisclosure Project, to show how a move to greater co-operationvia what he calls Co-operative Networks can be a way forwards forall of us to increase the common well-being.
Arguing that a climate for change can be created by engagingrather than alienating people, John also demonstrates ways of'relocating dreams' to allow us to reassess our desiresand priorities.
Whether you are a business leader, politician, armchaireconomist, environmentalist or general interest reader, theinspiration and ideas John Grant provides in Co-Opportunityencourages us all to think again about our individual behaviour andour actions - our ideas of what it is to be human - and toget co-creating to build a better world for all. Sit back andwatch, or become part of this grass roots new movement.
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1. Auflage
Sprache
Englisch
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John Wiley & Sons
Produkt-Hinweis
Reflowable
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0,52 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-470-66235-9 (9780470662359)
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Weitere Ausgaben
Person
John Grant was one of the co-founders of St Luke's (the socially aware London ad agency) and is the author of 4 previous bestselling books on new frontiers in marketing, media and innovation. John's sustainable marketing and innovation clients include (the UK Government) ACTONCO2, Cisco, The Co-operative Bank, The Design Council, The Guardian, innocent drinks, IKEA, ING, i-Team (a local government initiative), O2, Philips, The Royal Mail, SSE, Unilever. John is a prolific international speaker, writer, blogger, commentator and is an associate of Forum for the Future, Demos and an Observer Ethical Awards judge.
Inhalt
Foreword.
Introduction.
PART 1: A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE?
1. Why don't we have a climate for change yet?
2. Organising for change: Obama and Transition Towns.
3. Putting organising for change into action.
PART 2: RELOCATING THE DREAMS.
4. If not consumerism, then what . . . ?
5. Relocating the dreams: growing our own, Nokia.
6. Putting relocating the dreams into action.
PART 3: CO-OPERATIVE RES PONSIBILITY.
7. The wall of irresponsibility.
8. Co-operative responsibility: the power of transparency.
9. Putting co-operative responsibility into action.
PART 4: ECONOMIC RESILIENCE.
10. Why the economy works against sustainability.
11. Economic resilience: Grameen, CCA and co-operatives.
12. Putting economic resilience into action.
PART 5: ABUNDANCE.
13. The difference between abundance and (financial)productivity.
14. Abundant systems; craft guilds and community currencies.
15. Putting abundant systems design into action.
Postscript: a checklist for world builders.
Acknowledgements.
References.
Index.
Introduction.
PART 1: A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE?
1. Why don't we have a climate for change yet?
2. Organising for change: Obama and Transition Towns.
3. Putting organising for change into action.
PART 2: RELOCATING THE DREAMS.
4. If not consumerism, then what . . . ?
5. Relocating the dreams: growing our own, Nokia.
6. Putting relocating the dreams into action.
PART 3: CO-OPERATIVE RES PONSIBILITY.
7. The wall of irresponsibility.
8. Co-operative responsibility: the power of transparency.
9. Putting co-operative responsibility into action.
PART 4: ECONOMIC RESILIENCE.
10. Why the economy works against sustainability.
11. Economic resilience: Grameen, CCA and co-operatives.
12. Putting economic resilience into action.
PART 5: ABUNDANCE.
13. The difference between abundance and (financial)productivity.
14. Abundant systems; craft guilds and community currencies.
15. Putting abundant systems design into action.
Postscript: a checklist for world builders.
Acknowledgements.
References.
Index.
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