INSIGHT | The power of small, smart, local regenerative action

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There are endless messages about “use less personally and campaign for government policy change” – messages that can easily hide today’s wealth of smart, local, regenerative solutions and opportunities.

In this example-rich episode, we explore strategies for meeting local needs using local resources and creating local jobs BY combining local wisdom and global know how.

CREDITS

Original music composed for the show by Ian Hopkinson of ⁠⁠⁠⁠HopkinsonCreative.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ – used with permission.

LINKS

Tools

⁠https://doughnuteconomics.org/tools⁠

⁠https://www.systemicdesigntoolkit.org/⁠ 

The Blue Economy book/report :⁠https://www.clubofrome.org/publication/the-blue-economy-2010/⁠ The Blue Economy by Gunter Paui l⁠https://www.theblueeconomy.org/en⁠ 

Sources

Systemic production system: ⁠https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Systemic-Production-Model-Bistagnino-2011_fig1_306105392⁠ 

Service Flip podcast episode: ⁠https://thinkactregenerate.com/insight-how-to-uncover-regenerative-service-flip-opportunities⁠

Dark Sky movement: ⁠darksky.org⁠  ⁠https://www.experiencewinton.com.au/About-Winton/Dark-Sky-Community⁠ 

The Next Economy: ⁠https://nexteconomy.com.au/our-work/⁠ 

ACE Hub: ⁠acehub.org.au⁠ 

Car share: ⁠https://drivemate.au/⁠ and ⁠https://www.evee.com.au/⁠

Independent developing world energy

⁠https://e360.yale.edu/features/developing-countries-solar-boom⁠  ⁠https://thebpp.com.au/blog/bpp-partnership-impact-series-expanding-access-to-solar-energy-and-water-in-kiribati/⁠

Warburton Community Hydro Project ⁠https://www.ipwea.org/blogs/intouch/2019/06/25/yarra-ranges-mini-hydro-project⁠ 

Electricity grid losses

⁠https://www.aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/market-operations/loss-factors-and-regional-boundaries⁠ 

Variable speed motors

⁠https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7227102139649572865/⁠ 

Which EVs have the most impact?

⁠https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870⁠

Grid losses: ⁠https://www.aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/market-operations/loss-factors-and-regional-boundaries⁠ 

TRY: ⁠https://totallyrenewableyack.org.au/watts-happening/⁠ 

Distributed solar jobs:⁠https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/08/distributed-solar-employment-vastly-outpaces-utility-scale-solar-globally-iea-reports/⁠ 

France commercial rooftops⁠https://lnkd.in/p/gUgxp5ga⁠ 

Coalition for Community Energy: ⁠https://c4ce.net.au/⁠ 

Chip oil EV charging⁠https://thedriven.io/2024/11/21/biofil-ev-chargers-running-on-waste-cooking-oil-plug-the-network-gaps-again/⁠

Green Connect Illawarra⁠https://acehub.org.au/knowledge-hub/case-studies/green-connect⁠  

Credits schemes TNQ

⁠https://www.greenfinanceinstitute.com/hive/revenues-for-nature/case-studies/the-reef-credit-scheme/⁠ 

⁠https://www.cassowarycredits.com.au/⁠ 


TRANSCRIPT

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