Uncategorized
Ralph Nader has helped us drive safer cars, eat healthier food, breathe better air, drink cleaner water, and work in safer environments for more than four decades. "The Atlantic" named him one of the hundred most influential figures in American history.
Mr. Nader's new book "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!" is a work of fiction but it rests on the fervent hope and belief that if we all, as engaged citizens, turn our talents and resources to the most pressing problems before us, we can achieve unimaginable success.
We are pleased to announce speakers for this year's Annual E. F. Schumacher Lecture program on October 17th, 2009, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Bill McKibben, Benjamin Barber, and Alisa Gravitz have each made important contributions in articulating characteristics of a new economy.
June 2009, Yes! Magazine
by Judith Schwartz
Visit Judith Schwartz's Blog at http://litadventuresinpod.blogspot.com/
Local currencies value time, build community, and keep business moving even when credit dries up.
By Judith D. Schwartz, Time.com
Visit Judith Schwartz's Blog at http://litadventuresinpod.blogspot.com/
June 11, 2009
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1903632,00.html
Stewart Wallis of London’s New Economics Foundation (www.neweconomics.org) says of Peter Victor that he is one of the few economists who is describing the practical steps needed to transition from our current economic system to one that is more sustainable. Wallis says we will need more economists like Victor to shape a new economy.
We are pleased to share Peter Victor's recent essay “Bigger isn’t Better.”
* * * * * * *
Bigger isn’t Better
By Peter A. Victor
May 2009
By Matthew Cardinale, Inter Press Services
“Economic life develops by grace of innovating; it expands by grace of import-replacement.”
--from "Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life" by Jane Jacobs
Joseph A. Stanislaw has spent his career concerned about the future of energy production and consumption. The J.A. Stanislaw Group specializes in strategic thinking and investment in energy and technology, advising industry and governments as they set energy policy.
Deeply influenced by the writings of E. F. Schumacher, Mr. Stanislaw has authored several papers on alternative energy technologies and their promise.
If our common interest is to build more independent regions and their unique regional cultures, then part of that effort will be to build more independent regional economies --ones in which the goods consumed locally are produced locally.
E. F. Schumacher Lecturer, Anna Lappé's new book is one part investigative journalism and one part celebration of delicious meals.
Check out a review of Grub by Sustainable Table.