Sustainable Economics Group (SEED)
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Ever wondered how the economy really works? Ever tried to figure out exactly what private banks do or how money is created? Why do some people have so much and others next to nothing? Ever wanted to know why we are so tied down by money? If you are curious about these questions and want to start figuring out our enormous and pervasive economic system, come along to the group and we’ll get to grips with it together.
SEED is a Sustainable Economy Learning Group set up in collaboration with Transition Edinburgh South and the Adult Learning Project in Tollcross. We are a diverse group of local residents that have come together to learn more about our current economic situation and what alternative models exist in theory and practice.
The SEED group seeks to develop understanding and economic practises that are an alternative to the mainstream economics of our time. We work towards an economic forum that promotes equality, ecological harmony and the maintenance of a dignified life for every individual.
We meet twice a month and have two main projects: an online sustainable economics map of Edinburgh as well as the research, presentation and workshopping of different aspects of economics, alternative or otherwise. There is also a group working to create a local currency in Edinburgh with which some of us in SEED are involved (see http://edinburgh-pound.blogspot.com/
You don’t need to know about economics to join in, you just need to be keen to learn and share!
Get in touch to find out what we are planning. We meet every second and fourth Tuesday of the month in Room 11.18, David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh University Building (4:30 – 6:30pm Mapping; 7 – 9pm Economics Learning Group).
Contact: Anneruth the_seed [at] talktalk [dot] net or 07818061918
TES contact person: Roland Playle
Please also see the excellent and wide ranging work already going on at ALP (Adult Learning Project) Tollcross Community Centre 117 Fountainbridge Edinburgh EH3 9QG http://www.tollcross.edin.org/alp/index.html
