This group is for people with an interest in Economic Empowerment for black communities, and for those who want to harness the power of the black pound. Everybody wants it. Everybody is using it to build up their businesses. Are we?

Positive Money is a not for profit campaign group. We exist to raise awareness of the problems with our money and banking system, to try to motivate people to demand a change. Money and banking is at the root of most of our social and economic problems. The global economy currently runs on a system called ‘fractional reserve banking’. This system allows banks to profit enormously from creating new money, causing huge recessions and piling incredible amounts of debt upon the ordinary people. This …

We are a first-Tuesday-of-every-month informal after-work gathering for London (UK) based communications, marketing, and research specialists working in business or government who use (or want to use) cognitive-behavioural theories such as behavioural economics, decision theory, psychology, neuromarketing, and more. Held in The Snug bar of the Salisbury Pub on St Martin's Lane -- a large friendly Victorian pub popular with theater goers and locals -- it's an opportunity for practitioners and cli …

Transform Capital Management is a bold, innovative and scalable market-based solution to the critical social and environmental challenges of our time. Designed to address and reverse the most urgent market failures that dramatically      inhibit economic, environmental and social development, this dynamic ‘Global Impact Investment Bank’ model aims to highlight and fund global recovery in a timeframe that conventional finance and thinking cannot.   Our system solutions intelligently make …

IF YOU ARE SOMEONE that wants to develop more profound WISDOM IN YOUR LIFE, and you can see a need for greater UNITY and COOPERATION in the world - based on wisdom, then you have come to the right place! Here - you will have the opportunity to engage with new ideas and people that want to make a real difference in their own lives, and also want to greatly improve the state of the world. What is TEAMHumanity? Essentially people working together as a team, to help create greater wisdom and uni …

… Cooperative enterprises are the focus of study in the field of cooperative economics.[citation needed]   Why Co-operatives The currently dominating influences of our reality exist within the structures and policies of multinational corporations.   They are structured as hierarchical dictatorships and treat the planet like there board in a game of monopoly.  The objective of this game is to acquire the greatest control over wealth and assets at the expense and exploitation of others. Ev …

"The #1 Secret to Protecting Your Future Through Uncertain Economic Times is Financial Education" "Conventional Ways of Thinking About Money are Invalid!" For most people, the financial crisis began in July 2007. The truth is we have been mired in a financial crisis ever since 1971. The problem is that the conventional way of thinking about money is null and void. Saving your money in a bank account won't help you. Simply putting your money into the stock market won't help you. And th …

Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment We want to raise awareness about good, clean and fair food. People in Britain are increasingly aware of the social, economic and environmental and impact of our daily food choices. We work to bring people together to create change through: - school and food education intitiatives - the promot …

This meetup changes periodically according the interest of people who attend the meetups regularly. In the past we have explored the principles of a Good Society with the help of Kenneth Galbraith's book in in informal dialogue. A wide range of other topics can also feature on our interest list. For example, recently we discussed the book "Metaphors We Live By" by G Lackoff and M Johnson, "Organic Universe" by Italian astrophysicist Giuliana Conforto. During 2011 a serious proposal for a Global …

I run the Debating Society at The Lansdowne Club, Mayfair. I want to extend my passion for debating to London as a whole, and build a bigger group to: 1 - Help to populate the online community/blog, where we'll debate/rant, share videos and podcasts on contentious and interesting matters, both topical and stupidly high brow! 2 - Meet up in the real world, to debate specific motions. To further our understanding of certain key issues, and to enjoy the art of debate and the social aspects too of c …

The intention behind this group is to create safe and comfortable space in which personal development, self discovery and positive change can take place through ongoing group therapy and psychologically focussed workshops, talks and events. It is intended for people from all professional, cultural and socio-economic walks of life. For the brand new to the generally interested, to the experienced user or practitioner of various psychotherapeutic approaches including Group Cognitive Behavioural Th …

See what other people are saying about this event: LEM Testimonial Video   Achieve you business and personal goals faster. We are on a mission to help people build a 'cash machine' earning an extra £500 -£1000 per month. Who wants to be one of those people. Just ASK and we can get to work on it This is regular networking event for entrepreneurs and individuals who are currently thinking about starting a business and for established entrepreneurs who are trying to grow and develop their businesse …

This group has been set up to have relaxed informal debates and discussions centering around interesting issues in the world. Topics can range from current affairs to controversial/philosphical issues that face our society today. For example some topics might be, We should never negotiate with terrorists, or We are all feminists now or We'd be better off without religion or The West must stay friends with the House of Saud, or Margaret Thatcher saved Britain, or Africa would be better off withou …

Different Class is a group dedicated to thinking critically about society and politics. We hold seminar-style discussions that aim for an understanding of a given text and its relevance to the contemporary world. Attendees don't need any special background knowledge to participate and it's fine if you find the text hard to get to grips with -- that's part of what the discussion's for!   Different Class is organised by Big Ideas and programmed and chaired in seasons by either Dr Jonathan White or …

Because dogma must die. No point-scoring, no grand-standing. Just solid, grounded, debate. Together we'll find the answers. #CSDebating or #CSDeb

Hi All, My name is Andrew Rodriguez and i am currently preparing to undertake the CFA Level 1 designation. The intention is to form a study group whereby we can discuss areas of the curriculum for which we may find challenging as well as the curriculum as a whole. I am open to all suggestions as to how we can organise the group e.g. fortnightly SKYPE calls. Please drop me a line if you are interested. Hope to hear from you soon.  Regards, Andrew