Author: Building Resilient Neighbourhoods

The goal of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance’s Scaling Innovation for Sustainability (SIS) Project is to study the scaling out and scaling up of innovations that re-localize the economy…

This blog post explores what exactly this notion of ‘resilience’ is; what about the topic is making it so popular within the context of city planning; and what connections ‘resilience’…

In this era of increasingly complex problems and shrinking resources, can we find meaningful and enduring solutions to the challenges we face today as individuals, communities and nations? Welcome to…

As part of the implementation of the Neighborhood Economic Development (NED) Strategy, the City of Portland and Portland Development Commission have established the Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative (NPI). The goal of…

There is a new worldwide movement developing, made up of people with a different vision for their local communities. They know that movements are not organizations, institutions or systems. Movements…

The Community Tool Box was created to help people build healthier communities and bring about the changes they envision. We provide educational modules and tools to help people work together…

Use Gross National Happiness Index to measure the impact of your project or to conduct your own Happiness Initiative in your town, city, neighborhood, place of work or with your…

This series features innovative strategies at the business and network levels that effectively make the case for local and result in more buying and thinking Local First. We know driving…

Tamarack is a charity that develops and supports learning communities that help people to collaborate, co-generate knowledge and achieve collective impact on complex community issues. The Learning Centre, established in…

Center for Whole Communities is a land-based leadership development organization. We foster the innovative and collaborative responses from different sectors of the environmental and social movements that are necessary to…

This section of the REconomy website includes case studies from trailblazer enterprises and some posts outlining features and visions of the new economy. Collectively these start to paint a picture…

A Resilience Circle is a small group of 10 – 20 people that comes together to increase personal security during these challenging times. Circles have three purposes: learning, mutual aid,…