James Gustave Speth: “Building the New Economy: Ten Steps We Can Take Now”
At his speech at the June 2012 Strategies for a New Economy Conference, James Gustave Speth opened with two questions: “Are you ready for a new economy? Are you ready for a new politics?” He went on to elaborate on his ideas about how we can move toward both by taking action now. Watch the video below to learn about [...]
Building a Green Economy
By Paul Krugman
The following article was originally published in the New York Times Magazine on April 7, 2010.
If you listen to climate scientists — and despite the relentless campaign to discredit their work, you should — it is long past time to do something about emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. If we continue with business as usual, they [...]
Searching for Our Untapped Sources of Power
by Elizabeth Sawin
— March 19, 2003 —
You’ve called your Senators and your Representatives.
Or perhaps you have called the White House (possibly many times).
You have signed petitions.
Or you have stood with groups of your neighbors on a bridge, at city hall, or on your town green, holding up a sign saying NO WAR ON IRAQ.
Perhaps you have taken your children with [...]
What Really Needs to be Said About our Last Lamented Election
By Donella Meadows
–February 1, 2001–
Like you, I have been drowning in the gush of reaction to our recent election (or selection) — an election that will never quite be over, that will continue to prick like a thorn, that was clearly never intended, as our new president is already demonstrating, to unite instead of divide us.
I have heard no one, [...]
Trying Hard Here to Work up Some Feeling of National Unity
By Donella Meadows
–January 11, 2001–
I will never believe he won. I’ll always think he got a minority of both the popular and the electoral vote. To me he’ll always be President-Under-False-Pretense.
Well, but you know, the Rs would feel the same way if a few hundred Florida votes had tipped the other way. Only worse. If the tables were turned, the [...]
