By Meaghan Burkett Australia faces significant challenges, including rising living costs, housing availability and affordability, stagnant household incomes, infrastructure and service deficiencies and the imperative shift to renewable energy and circular economies....
As we navigate the challenges and opportunities of the present, it's essential to keep an eye on the horizon and imagine the possibilities that lie ahead. We want to share with you a compelling vision of the future that we believe holds immense promise for our...
Written by Shane Arthurson Imagine capital from a community being used to own a project in that same community. This is a part of what Place Based Capital is. It includes solutions like inclusive financing structures where you can own the local strip of shops you...
Written by Gareth Priday Overview The Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) project is about understanding and facilitating secondary migration in Australia's Wimmera Southern Mallee region. This initiative targets individuals migrating from metropolitan areas like...
Written by Meaghan Burkett Every locality across Australia can generate a strong, prosperous, equitable and resilient local economy that places the control and benefits of their local economy into the hands of local people. To realise this vision, Ethical Fields is...
Local communities and organisations from across Australia are working together to create locally-focused and equitable sources of capital and locally owned and led investment vehicles to increase investment in local places and people. Meaghan Burkett, Director at...
Every locality across Australia can generate a strong, prosperous, equitable and resilient local economy that places the control and benefits of their local economy into the hands of local people. To realise this vision, Ethical Fields is undertaking the Community...
Supply chains are a critical policy and market mechanism that local places can activate to achieve a range of local economic, community and environmental goals. Localising supply chains offer significant benefits for local places including: Superior local economic...
Communities and Councils across Tasmania are taking control of their local economies using community wealth building. And so can you! Ethical Fields is on tour, bringing community wealth building to communities and government across Australia. Community wealth...
By Sam Doove A standout feature of community wealth building as a framework for redesigning local economies is the many practical strategies it offers – strategies that can be applied at all levels from individuals through to regional or national. An emerging group of...