Creating Just, Regenerative, and Democratic Economies with Aaron Tanaka & Local Leaders

Oct. 29, 2019Doors 5:00pm, Program 5:30pm-7pm,The Seattle Public Library, Central Library Auditorium FREE! REGISTRATION REQUIRED Register Our economy contains abundance: prosperity, innovation, resources, creative activity. It could and should be…

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Redefining The Economy to Meet Our True Needs

An economic system should provide a social foundation of well-being, and that no one should fall below that baseline. It also sets a ceiling of ecological damage to our planet that we should not cross. Between the two lies the doughnut itself, a safe and just space for all.

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Lessons Learned from Community Sourced Capital

Locally based financing helps local economies thrive by keeping dollars flowing in the local economy and maintaining aligned incentives for community value creation. Community Sourced Capital, a crowd-sourced zero-interest lending platform, developed a system of financing loans under $50,000 for neighborhood businesses

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