This article was written by Gareth Priday Why are you interested? What’s your role? You're reading this because you're curious about place-based capital. You sense that the current system doesn't quite meet the needs of you and your community, and you're wondering...
Welcome to the latest edition of the Ethical Fields newsletter! In this issue, we're exploring the transformative power of Place Based Capital and Community Asset Ownership and how it can empower communities to take control of their futures. We’ll be sharing key...
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...