Towards sustainable economies Scotland

Oban harbour, Scotland, July 2004. Attribution: Hartmut Josi Bennöhr
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Location Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates 56° 47' 10.00" N, 4° 6' 50.59" W

This article is an offshoot of Scotland community action and focuses on Towards sustainable economies Scotland and related topics. The majority of our information about community action Towards sustainable economies across Scotland is collated via our place pages...Near you.

News

  • News "Shetland is ideally placed to spearhead a green transition... commensurate with net zero aspirations" [Democracy Collaborative], Daily Alternative (Sep 06, 2025)
  • News Glasgow Student Housing Cooperative Opens!, glasgowstudenthousingcoop.org (Jul 25, 2025) — "We refuse to believe that enduring housing horror stories should be an accepted part of student life. Cooperatives are our alternatives, which teach skills for the future to build just and sustainable alternative economies." May Armstrong, Glasgow Student Housing Cooperative
  • News ‘No gear, all the ideas’: the farming collective offering up land to sustainable businesses, positive.news (Oct 28, 2024)

Networks, alliances and support organisations

  • Enough!, "group of individuals from across Scotland who are connected into different forms of activism and social change have been meeting to develop project ideas in response to the frames of Degrowth and Decolonisation." added 13:17, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Rural SEN, Scotland's Rural Social Enterprise Network

Community wealth building

Basic income

Proposals to test basic income at the municipal level have lately (Oct 2017) gained considerable political support in Scotland.[1]

Circular economy

  • Scotland's circular economy and waste route map to 2030, gov.scot, Published 18 December 2024

Inclusive and democratic business models

  • Arran Statement, Rural Social Enterprise Hub, 2025, (Invitation to support the statement: "Be part of a movement shaping Scotland's economic future")

Social inclusion

  • Scotland's Outlook Scottish charities campaign to "shine a light on the scale and impact of the poverty crisis in our communities."
  • CEMVO Scotland, national intermediary organisation and strategic partner of the Scottish Government Equality Unit.
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Authors Phil Green
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Cite as Phil Green (2023–2025). "Towards sustainable economies Scotland". Appropedia. Retrieved November 28, 2025.