What Did We Learn About the New Economy?
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: January 7th, 2013
Themes, Questions, and Next Steps from the Vermont’s New Economy Conference
Conference attendees discussing complementary currencies at one of the morning’s sessions
The Vermont’s New Economy Conference on December 7 brought together 110 individuals from across Vermont and its neighboring communities. Attendees included members of Vermont’s legislature, local business owners, educators, nonprofit employees, and others. After a keynote address by Ellen Brown [...]
New Year’s Resolutions for the Environment
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: January 2nd, 2013
The following piece was written by Donella Meadows and published December 29, 1988. Twenty-four years later, her simple, practical suggestions for what we as individuals can do to contribute to the health of our planet still ring true. The year 2012 was marked as a year of unprecedented environmental disasters, but we can all work to make 2013 the year [...]
Let’s Take Back Christmas: Donella Meadows on the Holiday Season
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: December 14th, 2012
Donella Meadows enjoyed many of the same things during the holidays that so many of us look forward to–time with family and loved ones, good music and good company, giving and sharing, warmth and light. As she wrote to her friends in December 1996, “I’m looking forward to it, the slowdown, the quietness. I light white candles and play beautiful [...]
Vermont’s New Economy Conference
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: December 4th, 2012
By Sarah Parkinson
Join the New Economy discussion this Friday in Montpelier.
We all want vibrant, resilient economies that support our communities, but it’s becoming clear that our current economic system can’t deliver all that. Prices are unstable, resources are exploited, negative externalities aren’t factored into costs, and profits are shared very unevenly.
There are alternatives. Our economies can be better, healthier, and stronger. They [...]
Do the Math Tour: We Are Greater Than Fossil Fuels
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: November 29th, 2012
By Sarah Parkinson
2,500 people came to Boston to hear Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein speak (Image credit: 350.org)
If Bill McKibben ever gets tired of the author/activist life, he should consider becoming a math teacher. I’ve certainly never seen anyone else create as much interest as he has in three simple integers.
This past July, McKibben introduced the world to these three numbers in [...]
