Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This is a continuation of an interview with Naresh Giangrande, co-founder of Transition Totnes and the Transition Network, on the future for local economies post-covid. Part 1 is here - youtube.com/watch?v=jBOt_x7Hu2M&feature=emb_logo
Here's a transcript of the interview, with links to organisations mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/naresh-giangrande-transition-network-future-local-economies-2
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate
d) help to build the new economy.
Here’s what we mean by new economy - lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/new-economy
Plus links to relevant topics:
Transition Initiatives - lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/transition
Community - lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/community
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
NonCorporate.org: noncorporate.org
Transition Network: transitionnetwork.org
Thanks also to the Open Co-op: https://open.coop/
Highlights
1. In one of my last blog posts, I made the assertion that maybe Transition was talking to middle-class people. The message was that if you’re really good at reducing your energy use, you may be able to retain some of your privileges and comforts that you’re used to. But for working-class people, that sort of message doesn’t work.
2. I can see that we are going to live more locally, be more resilient locally, know our neighbours, revitalise local economies. As the high-resource-use, globalised system breaks down, we’re going to need those things.
3. I think it’s important to open up a more nuanced space in terms of alternatives, and I think that’s happening. I think it’s clear that capitalism isn’t going to take us where we need to go – but what is? What will it look like?
This is a continuation of an interview with Naresh Giangrande, co-founder of Transition Totnes and the Transition Network, on the future for local economies post-covid. Part 1 is here - youtube.com/watch?v=jBOt_x7Hu2M&feature=emb_logo
Here's a transcript of the interview, with links to organisations mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/naresh-giangrande-transition-network-future-local-economies-2
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate
d) help to build the new economy.
Here’s what we mean by new economy - lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/new-economy
Plus links to relevant topics:
Transition Initiatives - lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/transition
Community - lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/community
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
NonCorporate.org: noncorporate.org
Transition Network: transitionnetwork.org
Thanks also to the Open Co-op: https://open.coop/
Highlights
1. In one of my last blog posts, I made the assertion that maybe Transition was talking to middle-class people. The message was that if you’re really good at reducing your energy use, you may be able to retain some of your privileges and comforts that you’re used to. But for working-class people, that sort of message doesn’t work.
2. I can see that we are going to live more locally, be more resilient locally, know our neighbours, revitalise local economies. As the high-resource-use, globalised system breaks down, we’re going to need those things.
3. I think it’s important to open up a more nuanced space in terms of alternatives, and I think that’s happening. I think it’s clear that capitalism isn’t going to take us where we need to go – but what is? What will it look like?
