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Money : Impacts, perceptions & Actions - Greenlight Festival aftermath

The Greenlight Festival on the 22nd of April in Leicester took place in De Montfort University. It is organised by a team of passionate volunteers and showcased the best of all things green in Leicester... through talks, workshops, performance, kids'activities and a whole lot more. 

Positive Money, Footpaths and Transition Leicester were present. We've run a taster workshop on Money. It was an opportunity for people to get a taste of our One Day workshop to be run on Sunday 11th May in Leicester but mainly to kickstart the discussion about our relationship with financial issues. 

We had in total 19 people participating to the workshop. 

Money is definitely a topic worth talking about particularly in our time of austerity and environmental degradation. We were really pleased to welcome so many people all together.

The value in exploring the question on the impacts money has on the world and our own personal development is high. Ultimately, money management is about making the financial decisions which are in line with our values and beliefs.

For me who really care about the environment, understanding how money is created and banks are investing my money in x projects is prime. Without a discussion with others, research and a feel of the implications involved with my financial investment, I can easily contradict myself within my choices.

From the taster workshop, it was clear that individuals were at different stages in this exploration. Whilst some had a great knowledge about economics, finance and banking, others were still in this discovery stage. It was great to witness people feelings about those questions but we also understood that the topic is difficult to tackle for some.

There are many things that we do not understand clearly and do not know. For example, how money is created, what is the best banks to be with, what actions can be done to change the economic system, what actions can be done to get more from financial and non-financial goods?

Those questions are worth asking and one hour taster session were definitely not enough to cover those concerns. In this regard, I cannot wait to be present for the full day session.

On Sunday 11th May, we hope to be able to provide more guidance and help participants in finding solutions to their particular problems through discussion and knowledge sharing.

So Come along and let's get stuck in!

To book or for more information, contact Footpaths on 0116 2899 074 or footpaths@transitionleicester.org.uk

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