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New Economy Coalition
The mission of the New Economy Coalition (NEC) is to convene and support all those who might contribute to an economy that is restorative to people, place, and planet, and that operates according to principles of democracy, justice and appropriate scale. Faced with interconnected ecological and economic crises, we believe that shared prosperity, sustainability and an equitable society require deep, systemic changes to both our economy and our politics. We support a just transition to a new economy that enables both thriving communities and ecological health.
Today, the majority of people are deprived of a voice in political and economic life. Fundamental flaws in the political economic system permit the concentration of resources and power, exacerbating inequality and destroying ecosystems. The beneficiaries of this system obstruct efforts to restore communities and livelihoods. These crises are poisoning our water, air, and land; creating climate chaos; and driving millions into disease and poverty.
The old models have not delivered. Something new is required.
Many people are currently working on components of a new economy, but too often their efforts remain fragmented and outside the mainstream of public discourse. Out of these hundreds of efforts a movement is emerging, but we must pull together to build the power necessary to take on the existing system and usher in an alternative. NEC’s objectives are to spread a new story about whom the economy serves, to facilitate the development of economic alternatives, and to engage coalition members in creating the conditions for transformational change. We offer one another the opportunity to engage with diverse constituencies, amplify our stories, and mobilize support for existing work and new collaborations.
We believe it is possible to bring about a new economy. Many strategies are already available, and more are emerging every day. But policy and models are meaningless without the will and capacity to implement them. It is possible to realize a new paradigm of equity and ecological health through a movement supported by a broad base of people committed to transformative change.
NEC is a network of individuals and organizations interacting within a broad framework of shared objectives, open to many perspectives and ideas. We share a commitment to working across differences to change the political economic system through mutual learning and collaborative action.
Current members of NEC include:
1Worker1Vote
350.org
Alliance For Sustainability And Prosperity
American Independent Business Alliance
American Sustainable Business Council
Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA)
Association For Enterprise Opportunity
B Lab
Baldwin Brothers Inc.
The Board Of Change
Boston Impact Initiative
Bring It Local
Business Alliance For Local Living Economies (BALLE)
Camas Partners
Canadian Community Economic Development Network
Canadian Worker Co-op Federation
The Capital Institute
Caring Economy Campaign
The Carrot Project
Center For A New American Dream
Center For Economic Democracy
Center For Social Inclusion
Center For The Advancement Of The Steady State Economy
Center On Wisconsin Strategy
Class Action
CoFED
Community Builders Of Long Island
Community Purchasing Alliance
Community Sourced Capital
Compression Institute
Concord Climate Action Network
Conservation Law Foundation
Cooperative Development Institute
CoopZone Developers' Network
Cooperative Fund Of New England
Corporate Accountability International
Coworker.org
Croatan Institute
Cutting Edge Capital
Demand Progress
The Democracy Collaborative
Demos
Domini Social Investments
Donella Meadows Institute
Earth Action
Earth Island Institute
Economists For Equity and Environment
Ecotrust
Equal Exchange
The Equity Trust
Food First
Foundation Earth
Freelancers Union
Friends Of The Earth
Fund for Democratic Communities
The Garden Project
Global Development And Environment Institute at Tufts University
Global Wellbeing Institute
Grand Aspirations
GreenAmerica
Green For All
Green Map System
Groundswell
Gund Institute For Ecological Economics
The Happathon Project
hOurworld
Impact Hub DC
Initiave For Equality
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Institute for Local Self Reliance
Institute for Policy Studies
International Society for Ecology and Culture
ioby
Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition
Labor Network for Sustainability
The Liberty Tree Foundation
Living Economies Forum
Local Enterprise Assistance Fund
The Marion Institute
Missourians Organizing for Reform & Empowerment (MORE)
Move To Amend
Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project
National People's Action
National Priorities Project
Natural Capitalism Solutions
New Economics Foundation (nef)
New England Grassroots Environment Fund
North American Students of Cooperation
Nortwest Atlantic Marine Alliance
Nuclear Information & Resource Service
One Earth
Ownership Associates
Participatory Budgeting Project
Patagonia
Peace Development Fund
Peers
Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance
PolicyLink
Post Carbon Institute
Post Growth Institute
Program in Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies at RISD
Project Equity
Public Banking Institute
Public Works
Real Food Challenge
ReDesign Reading
Responsible Endowments Coalition
Rethinking Economics
RSF Social Finance
Schumacher Center for a New Economics (SCNE)
Second Nature
Self-Help Credit Union / Self-Help Federal Credit Union
Senior Entrepreneurship Works
Shareable
Slow Money
Small Planet institute
Soul Of The Next Economy
The South Mountain Company
Sostenica
Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI)
Sustainable Economies Law Center
Sustainable Endowments Institute
Take Back Your Time
Tellus Institute
The Thomas Merton Center
TimeBanks USA
Transition Town Peterborough
TransitionUS
Trillium Asset Management
United Students For Fair Trade
US Federation Of Worker Cooperatives
Unitarian Universalist Community Cooperatives
Vermonters for a New Economy
Worcester Roots Project
The Working World
YES! Magazine
NEC currently focuses on issues and actors in North America, recognizing the global implications of change in this region. The activities of our members take place on all levels, from purely local to national and regional. In the longer term we aim to align with movements for change throughout the world that will move all societies towards peace, wellbeing and ecological health.
For more information about NEC, please contact us.
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