The New Economy Network Australia (NENA) is a network of individuals and organisations working to transform Australia’s economic system so that achieving ecological health and social justice are the foundational principles and primary objectives of the economic system.
NENA works to facilitate connections, showcase and promote innovative projects, build peer-to-peer learning and use collective strategies to create and advocate for change, so that we can build a strong movement of people demanding, creating and benefiting from a ‘new’ economy.
There are three dimensions to NENA’s work: we are building networks, connections and shared initiatives:
- within specific geographic areas such as towns/cities, regions and states.
Please read about our Geographic Hubs for more information - across different sectors within the new economy, including: sustainable food, energy, transport, housing, indigenous economics, ecological economics and many more. Please read about our Sectoral Hubs for more information.
- that prioritise specific strategic goals every year. (Information about NENA’s Annual Strategic Plan will be available soon)
To carry out our work, NENA is made up of a growing number of connected, semi-autonomous Sectoral and Geographic Hubs that bring people together to focus on different issues in the new economy. NENA also has a central coordinating hub that provides support to our Hubs across Australia, and secretariat support to our elected groups.
New Economy News from Australia and Abroad
Time to think differently – but just how differently? (by Jane Goodall)
February 19, 2020
The aftermath of the fires is a perfect opportunity to test the concept of a basic income.
As the protracted bushfire crisis gives way to storms and floods, the damage bill mounts in towns and communities around the country. And after the furore over the federal government’s failure to prepare for the firefighting emergency, another kind ... Read more...
Degrowth Toward a Steady State Economy: Unifying Non-Growth Movements
February 7, 2020
Brian Czech and Riccardo Mastini team up at the Steady State Herald with “Degrowth Toward a Steady State Economy: Unifying Non-Growth Movements.”
This 2,000-word essay covers Limits to Growth and the Environmental Movement; Daly vs. Georgescu-Roegen: Less a Debate than a Different Frame of Time; A Sustainability Slogan for the 21st Century: Clear, Accurate, and ... Read more...
The need for ecological ethics in a new ecological economics
November 11, 2019
The need for ecological ethics in a new ecological economics is now available online. Highlights include:
A ‘new’ ecological economics which foregrounds ecological ethics; A new ecological economics could de-commodify nature; A new ecological economics could promote Earth jurisprudence and ecojustice; Models of ecological economics are compared re limits, equity, and ethics; The steady state economy ... Read more...
New publication: Why do society and academia ignore the ‘scientists warning to humanity’ on population?
September 22, 2019
Ian Lowe, Haydn Washington and Helen Kopnina have just published in the Journal of Futures Studies.
‘Why Do Society and Academia Ignore the ‘Scientists Warning to Humanity’ on population?’ — https://jfsdigital.org/why-do-society-and-academia-ignore-the-scientists-warning-to-humanity-on-population/ — challenges the taboo on talking about overpopulation.
Read more at the Journal of Futures Studies.
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New Economy Journal
See below for a selection of articles from the latest issue of New Economy Journal.
To explore all articles, visit the New Economy Journal page!
An Open Letter to the Administrators of the Co-op Bookshop
Five point 8
A Thank You from the Editors
