The shocking and widening gaps between rich
and poor, and the apocalyptic crisis of climate
change, and outcomes of those systems we have
been relying on for decades, which no longer
work. It is time to dismantle that old architecture
and rebuild systems that are more equitable
for all, and can ensure the sustainability of this
planet.
This is about the democracy of people’s economics at work, voices and action of people in communities across this planet coming together in
common purpose, putting idealism to work in a
practical way. If we connect the dots, and look at
these independent grass roots and community efforts as a whole, respecting their differences and
diversity, we will realize that all of these progressive economic movements -- what the mainstream
calls “those alternatives” -- have already in fact
become a new mainstream. And so dawns a
New Earth Consensus. And we are it!
Laurence Brahm is Senior Economist of the New Earth
Institute, a global activist, international lawyer, and
author. He is a spokesperson for both the Himalayan and
African Consensus movements. His forthcoming book
“Fusion Economics: How Pragmatism is Changing the
World” will be published in October 2014.
photography courtesy of laurence brahm
ence in its multiplier forms is absolutely necessary
to force key issues into the face of a media that
is owned by those same corporate and banking
interests that own the politicians they give airtime
to. However, we must also present rational and
constructive frameworks and lay the foundations
of new and pragmatic systems so that a New
Earth Consensus arising from the different consensus movements across this planet can parallel and
then displace the old consensus that has already
had its time. History moves on. We must continue
to re-invent ourselves, and our systems, to keep
up with the change that we in fact have created.