Idea Bank

Meta Ideas

Alternatives to Capitalism

See Research Network here.

Degrowth

Degrowth - See info portal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrowth

Co-Production

https://www.scie.org.uk/co-production/

4th Generation leaders in Singapore to partner citizens in policy-making. See https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/4g-leaders-will-partner-citizens-in-policymaking and https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/dpm-heng-swee-keat-sets-out-how-4g-leaders-plan-to-take-spore-forward-govt-will-partner

Big Ideas

Basic Income

http://basicincome.org/

or Universal Basic Services instead?

Worker-owned Cooperatives

Democracy at Work is a non-profit that advocates for worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces as a key path to a stronger, democratic economic system. Based on Richard D. Wolff;s ideas in the book Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism.

http://community-wealth.org/content/worker-cooperatives

Sanjay Perera, editor of Philosophers For Change, an online journal on alternative socioeconomic paradigms wrote an op-ed on Workers' Self-Directed Enterprises (ST 14 Feb 2015)

Freedom of Information

The Freedom of Information Advocates Network (FOIAnet) is an international information-sharing network of organizations and individuals working to promote the right of access to information.

http://opengovernment.org/

Ombudsman

http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/how-ombudsman-could-benefit-singapore

Participatory Budgeting

https://www.participatorybudgeting.org/what-is-pb/

Connecting addicts and ex-offenders, instead of medicalising and isolating them

See Johann Hari TED talk

Implementable Ideas

Virtual Toy Library

Crowdsource interview questions to ask so that most pertinent questions are answered by the most prominent people

Solutions Focused Think Tanks

New Economics Foundation

https://neweconomics.org/

London-based think tank that described itself as a people-powered think tank. They champion: "AN ECONOMY FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE"

To do this, "WE WORK WITH PEOPLE IGNITING CHANGE FROM BELOW AND WE COMBINE THIS WITH RIGOROUS RESEARCH TO FIGHT FOR CHANGE AT THE TOP"

"TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THE RULES TO MAKE THE ECONOMY WORK FOR EVERYONE"

Third Way

https://www.thirdway.org/

DC based think tank that produces policy innovations, rigorous research, and issue campaigns

Tamarack Institute

http://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/

Based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Focused on community change. Provides training and fellowships for community changemakers.