Neil McInroy
@nmcinroy
Thinker & Doer- progressive economics.
Global Lead for #communitywealthbuilding @democracycollab.
Chair @edas_scotland.
Ex CEO @clesthinkdo.
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https://democracycollaborative.org/neil-mcinroy 16-07-2010 14:25:16
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Love seeing folks’ pics of the #NorthernLights - that often missed sense of wonderment uniting us all😊
Yes. More local and community ownership is key. Alongside enlightened stewardship. #communitywealthbuilding . This is pressing given the burgeoning renewable energy 'wind rush' and Scotland as a carbon offsetting sink.
We are hearing from Mairi Gougeon about the importance of community voices in the Land Reform Bill consultation
To advance #communitywealthbuilding is a key act of economic control. It can help neighbourhoods, towns, cities and nations tl build an economy that genuinely works in interests of citizens. To ignore means one is prepared to accept no control and lack of independence.
Great seeing Grace Blakeley and Lisa Nandy agree the merits of the #PrestonModel and #CommunityWealthBuilding on #bbcqt tonight.
For Preston Labour it is our way of taking back control to benefit our communities and empower working people.
Public polling suggests substantial majorities in favour of much more ambitious land reform than current plans offer - including a maximum cap on land ownership, regulations on climate targets and the introduction of a land tax.
(For the last point, see: commonweal.scot/policies/taxin…)
Thank you, Neil! You are welcome to stop by our office and talk #communitywealthbuilding anytime! And we'll take all the Joe Guinan books he's got. Lots of work ahead of us!
When a progressive system change movement like #communitywealthbuilding grows, there are those who wish to dilute it. Timid in face of wealth and power they say CWB is just local economic development. Downplaying the system change, economic democracy and social justice.
I meet the best community wealth builders in many places across the world. This growing set of folks from politics, policy, strategy, business or community have a common mission. To change the economic system that fails to deliver for people or planet. #communitywealthbuilding
I meet the best community wealth builders in many places across the world. This growing set of folks from politics, policy, strategy, business or community have a common mission. To change the economic system that fails to deliber for people or planet. #communitywealthbuilding
#communitywealthbuilding can start as a cooperative or as a place based revitalization strategy. But those are just the beginnings - the entry points. CWB is more a model and practice for economic system change delivering an economy that works for people, place and planet!