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🗓 Date: Thursday, 28 May — 19:30
💻 Format: Zoom
🏞️ Language: English (Vietnamese interpretation available)
The modern economic system is revealing its limitations — at the individual level, within communities, and across nations. This is the consequence of a globally industrial economy obsessed with growth, leaving behind damage to local economies, ecology, culture, and the long-term sustainability of communities.
But the overall picture isn't always bleak. Individuals, organizations, businesses, and communities are actively working to build a new economy oriented toward people and ecosystems, while continuously questioning and challenging the current system.
Around the world, different models are being built and tested. Consumer cooperatives owned and managed by their members, shortening supply chains between producers and consumers. CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) models where consumers purchase directly from farmers by season, sharing both the risks and rewards of the farming process. Collectively-owned enterprises within solidarity economies, measuring social and ecological impact alongside profit. They are all telling a new story about what an economy can be — and proving that a different economy is entirely possible.
In this session of Nếp Mới #14, we'll explore those models together with Alex Jensen from Local Futures. Alex's sharing will focus on the solutions and alternative models being tested around the world, grounded in the principles of localization and solidarity — rebuilding local communities and restoring a deeper connection with nature.
Alex is a Researcher and Project Coordinator at Local Futures. He currently focuses on the Ladakh Project in India, one of the longest-running field studies on local communities and the process of rebuilding after being drawn into the global economy. He also represents Local Futures in the Vikalp Sangam network — a platform connecting hundreds of grassroots initiatives currently operating across India. Alex has direct experience working with farming communities in multiple countries on agricultural biodiversity, cultural preservation, and environmental health.
See you at Nếp Mới #14!
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Inspired by the Vietnamese word "Nếp" — representing the ingrained patterns of culture, habit, and daily life — Vcil Community launched Nếp Mới to create a space that nurtures new ways of living: prioritizing lasting well-being and the regeneration of genuine wealth. It is a community space designed to help people recognize and move beyond outdated patterns, learn from collective wisdom, and reimagine how we live, connect, and learn.
Each month, community members explore a different topic in depth. Nếp Mới invites scholars, experts, and practitioners to share insights on essential topics relevant to everyday life. Participants have the opportunity to engage in dialogue, deepen their understanding, find solutions to personal and collective challenges, or begin meaningful work.
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