ENV 102 Lecture 20: Diverse Economies

Flashcards covering the vocabulary and core concepts of Diverse Economies, including the Iceberg metaphor, community economies, and specific local initiatives like Kai Ika and Repair Cafés.

The Economy (Cambridge English Dictionary definition)

The system of trade and industry by which the wealth of a country is made and used.

Diverse economies

A term used to describe a range of strategies for doing economy differently, specifically including more-than-capitalist practices.

The economic machine

A concept where the economy is viewed as an inevitable, dominating force requiring constant growth and expansion, as described by Gibson-Graham ($2013$).

Iceberg metaphor of the economy

A framework reframing the economy where the visible part above the waterline is the "capitalist" economy and the larger part below the waterline represents other diverse economic activities.

Community economies

Economies centered on ethical considerations such as surviving together well, distributing surplus, encountering others, consuming sustainably, caring for commons, and investing for future generations.

Community garden

A piece of land gardened or cultivated by a group of people, either individually or collectively.

Jardin d'ouvrier

The term for community gardens developed during the Industrial Revolution.

Liberty Gardens and Victory Gardens

The names given to community gardens during the waves of development in WWI and WWII.

Kai Ika Project

An initiative based on the principle of "utilisation = conservation," which involves fish filleting drop-off, collection, and the slogan "waste not want not."

Repair Café

Free pop-up events where volunteer experts repair broken or damaged items to foster a culture of repair and advocate for the Right to Repair.

RCANZ

Repair Café Aotearoa New Zealand, an organization established in $2020$ with over $75$ cafés operating as of April $2024$.

Open access property

A category in the Diverse Economies Framework including the atmosphere, oceans, and open source intellectual property.

Non-market transactions

Economic exchanges documented in the Diverse Economies Framework such as gift/koha, gleaning, hunting, fishing, foraging, and theft.

Unpaid labour

Work excluded from traditional economic measures, such as earth others, family work, emotional labour, and volunteering.

Collectively owned property

Property types including common property, state-managed assets, and indigenous land, rivers, and sea.

Diverse economies approach

A scholarly approach by Gibson-Graham and Dombroski ($2020$) that challenges the representation of capitalism as monolithic and highlights the diversity of existing economic practices.