Social Capital

New Social Capital Will Be the Real Legacy of the Games

Alastair Roderick | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK Politics
Alastair Roderick

The Schumacher Institute completed a pilot of its SocialCapitalist project in Spring 2012. The SocialCapitalist project is based on the idea that during an economic downturn it is not just financial capital that is destroyed.

Female Genital Mutilation: The Dangers of Social Currency

Michelle Brooks | Posted 16.07.2012 | UK
Michelle Brooks

This week in Egypt, in a joint statement medics and human rights organisations condemned the actions of the Freedom and Justice Party -the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in raising a convoy providing mobile female genital mutilation services and vaginal inspections.

Why the Answer to our Happiness Lies in our Connections

Sarah Abell | Posted 25.09.2011 | UK
Sarah Abell

The Government's interest in our well-being with its introduction of a happiness index is a welcome development. But isn't it just common sense? If we help people to build positive connections and to flourish in their relationships then our society will be much better off emotionally, physically and, I dare say, financially.