Co–opportunity: Join Up for a Sustainable, Resilient, Prosperous World

"Co–opportunity is an idea whose time has come. It′s not just up to business, it′s not just up to government, it′s not just up to people – it′s up to all of us to find new ways of creating change together."
—Jeff Swartz, CEO of Timberland
"Climate change and peak oil mean that we’ll likely see more change in the next 20 years than the last 200. This book is a snapshot of the inspiring human creativity that is going into the start of the Great Transition."
—Rob Hopkins, founder of Transition Towns
"Whether it′s on the internet or in your local community, creative co–operation is key to tackling many of the world’s social and environmental issues. That′s why this book is so valuable, as a sourcebook for the growing movement of social entrepreneurs."
—Premal Shah, co–founder and president of Kiva.org
"Each chapter abounds with specific examples and case studies of people and organisations out there adding to today′s extraordinarily innovative solutions agenda... John showcases that world with a lot of verve and empathy, drawing people in to his own excitement at what it means to work through "a village–scale democracy operating at the global level.""
—Jonathan Porritt, founder director of Forum for the Future (from the Foreword)

Spis treści:
Foreword.
Introduction.
PART 1: A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE?
1. Why don′t we have a climate for change yet?
2. Organising for change: Obama and Transition Towns.
3. Putting organising for change into action.
PART 2: RELOCATING THE DREAMS.
4. If not consumerism, then what . . . ?
5. Relocating the dreams: growing our own, Nokia.
6. Putting relocating the dreams into action.
PART 3: CO–OPERATIVE RES PONSIBILITY.
7. The wall of irresponsibility.
8. Co–operative responsibility: the power of t ransparency.
9. Putting co–operative responsibility into action.
PART 4: ECONOMIC RESILIENCE.
10. Why the economy works against sustainability.
11. Economic resilience: Grameen, CCA and co–operatives.
12. Putting economic resilience into action.
PART 5: ABUNDANCE.
13. The difference between abundance and (financial) productivity.
14. Abundant systems; craft guilds and community currencies.
15. Putting abundant systems design into action.
Postscript: a checklist for world builders.
Acknowledgements.
References.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
 John Grant was one of the co–founders of St Luke′s (the socially aware London ad agency) and is the author of 4 previous bestselling books on new frontiers in marketing, media and innovation. John′s sustainable marketing and innovation clients include (the UK Government) ACTONCO2, Cisco, The Co–operative Bank, The Design Council, The Guardian, innocent drinks, IKEA, ING, i–Team (a local government initiative),  O2, Philips, The Royal Mail, SSE, Unilever. John is a prolific international speaker, writer, blogger, commentator and is an associate of Forum for the Future, Demos and an Observer Ethical Awards judge.

Okładka tylna:
"Co–opportunity is an idea whose time has come. It′s not just up to business, it′s not just up to government, it′s not just up to people – it′s up to all of us to find new ways of creating change together."
—Jeff Swartz, CEO of Timberland
"Climate change and peak oil mean that we’ll likely see more change in the next 20 years than the last 200. This book is a snapshot of the inspiring human creativity that is going into the start of the Great Transition."
—Rob Hopkins, founder of Transition Towns
"Whether it′s on the internet or in your local community, creative co–operati on is key to tackling many of the world’s social and environmental issues. That′s why this book is so valuable, as a sourcebook for the growing movement of social entrepreneurs."
—Premal Shah, co–founder and president of Kiva.org
"Each chapter abounds with specific examples and case studies of people and organisations out there adding to today′s extraordinarily innovative solutions agenda... John showcases that world with a lot of verve and empathy, drawing people in to his own excitement at what it means to work through "a village–scale democracy operating at the global level.""
—Jonathan Porritt, founder director of Forum for the Future (from the Foreword)