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Good Market

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There is a growing movement of people around the world that no longer accepts “business as usual.” We choose people and planet over short-term profit maximization, and we choose to support and partner with social enterprises and responsible businesses that share our values. By making different choices, we are changing the rules and creating a new economic system.
Good Market is a curated online platform that makes it easier to find and connect with social enterprises, responsible businesses, changemakers, and other participants in the new economy.
We’ve developed a curation process and crowdsourced monitoring system that is transparent, inclusive, and works across economic sectors, income levels, language barriers, and regional divides. This catalyzes the new economy movement by making it more visible and by making it easier for people to get involved.
The Good Market approach was initially tested in Sri Lanka, and there are a number of initiatives that emerged from the community there, including weekly marketplace events, retail outlets, and an organic participatory guarantee system. There are no plans to duplicate these initiatives in other parts of the world under the Good Market name. The focus is on highlighting and connecting existing enterprises and community initiatives, inspiring local ecosystem service providers to emerge and fill gaps, and freely sharing information from the Sri Lankan experience.
The platform is set up as a self-financing, not-for-profit social enterprise. Any surplus is reinvested to expand services for the Good Market community.

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  • January 1, 2012
  • Started living together

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  • Sri Lanka

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9 years ago

Autumn PDC 2017 Greece, Tinos Island

Autumn 2017 Permaculture Design Course 23 September – 5 October (12 days, 80 hours certificate) Led by Andrew Jordan and Elena Symeonidou We are excited to announce the second FULL PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE (PDC) that will be hosted in Tinos Eco-lodge with two knowledgeable teachers Andrew Jordan from Ireland and Elena Symeonidou from Greece. The Permaculture Design Certificate The Permaculture Design Certificate is an 80 hour theoretical course based on Bill Mollison’s Designers Manual, teaching how we can use today’s tools and technology to create a more sustainable world. Permaculture is not only about growing vegetables and animals, it is a whole sustainable lifestyle. Permaculture ethics are Earth Care, People Care and Return of Surplus and this is taught by showing students to focus on local resources and their local community, and to have well thought out design practices to create abundance sustainably. Andrew and Elena aim at inspiring students with their own very real examples of transforming their lives with permaculture in a contemporary context. Having worked in a broad spectrum of climate and social conditions, they will share with their students the thrills but also the challenges they faced. Oftentimes permaculture is being presented as a panacea for world problems and the road to resilience and abundance is depicted as straightforward and easy. Andrew and Elena will challenge this notion and try to prepare their students in a realistic manner for their own fascinating journey towards change. Nikos will share his hands-on experience of building the ecolodge and designing the energy, water, plant and waste systems. We will have the rare opportunity to discuss and elaborate on Nikos’ and Marilia’s choices on different aspects of their project, reflect on the challenges, opportunities and limitations. Anyone who wants to bring a big change in his life and gain a thorough understanding of how we can use our natural e

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