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Pathways 2 Sustainability 2011

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The Theme for Pathways to Sustainability Conference 2011 will be based upon the key areas of:

Food

front_foodThe long term health of a community's food system is an important indicator of its vitality and sustainability. A logical and appropriate way to revitalize a community is by the development of a local food economy.

Abundant examples of people coming together can be seen around the world as they are designing and implementing sustainable, local food systems that are rooted in particular places, aim to be economically viable for farmers and consumers, use ecologically sound production and distribution practices, and enhance social equity and democracy for all members of the community.

Fuel

front_fuelThe all-around energy uses of humanity are so inefficient that 95% of it is wasted. Despite this wasting, the total amount of energy consumed amounts to less than one five-hundred-thousandth of 1% of the daily energy income from the Sun.

This means it is utterly possible for us to live on the fuels derived by its daily produced energy rather than by exhausting the millions of years of its energy concentrated in fossil fuels. And although the problems of our world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.

Finance

front_financeIn the last 20 years, new models of community investment and community enterprise have arisen to help get capital to communities. They in turn have raised still more questions, especially about the ability of communities to put capital to work, responsibly and effectively. Capital can’t get where it’s needed without connections: networks of intermediaries that channel it all the way from public, community, and private investors to the practitioners who can actually put it to work. For community-based initiatives - whether nonprofits, social enterprises, or co-operatives - capital is an age-old dilemma. How then is capital to be packaged, delivered, and applied in the next 10-15 years if communities are to preserve, or improve, their quality of life? What local and regional capacity must we develop so that communities can benefit from powerful but complex financial tools?

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