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Questions of CourageThinking about Inequality and Land OwnershipIn this Episode conversations with Susan Witt and David Fix from the Schumacher Center for a new Economics are explored which focused on the social and economic dimensions of land ownership. The episode moves through a simple and elegant characterization of economics shared by Susan, how to understand what a commodity is and how treating land like a commodity unleashes anti-social dynamics in the economy and drives unjust inequality. This episode shares from one of the conversations taking place as preparation for the upcoming event: “Working for Freedom and the Common Good”, September 19-21 at the Goetheanum, an intergenerational conve...
2024-11-2730 min
Roots to RenewalSeason Two, Episode Ten: Post Humanist Thinker Bayo Akomolafe on Embracing UncertaintySend us a textIn this episode of Hawthorne Valley's Roots to Renewal podcast, we are honored to welcome Dr. Bayo Akomolafe. Post humanist thinker, poet, teacher, essayist, and author. Together, he and our host, Martin Ping share a thought provoking conversation exploring a rich tapestry of ideas, beginning with Bayo’s inspiring fellowship at the Schumacher Center for New Economics. The conversation delves into the concept of drifting and its relevance in our current times, the value of embracing uncertainty, grieving as a form of politics and so much more. It's a deep and reflective dialogue you...
2024-07-2545 min
De Nieuwe WereldEen nieuw eigendomsmodel: gemeenschappelijke grond | Gesprek met Natasha HulstMartijntje Smits in gesprek met Natasha Hulst, programmadirecteur bij het Schumacher Center for a New Economics, initiatiefnemer Voedselpark Amsterdam en mede-oprichter van stichting Grond van Bestaan.
Bronnen en links bij deze uitzending:
Bestel Free, Fair and Alive hier: https://freefairandalive.org/order/
Het Schumacher Center for a New Economics: https://centerforneweconomics.org/
Bestel Small is Beautiful: https://libris.nl/boek?authortitle=e-f-schumacher/small-is-beautiful--9781446468364#
Download hoofdstuk 4 en 5 van Small is Beautiful: https://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/students/envs_5110/small_is_beautiful.pdf
Het gesprek van Martijntje met Thijs Lijster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtjfWTin5e0
De website van stichting...
2023-12-181h 08
Roots to RenewalSeason Two, Episode One: Greg Watson on Systems Thinking and New EconomicsSend us a textSponsored by Tierra Farm; Music by Aaron DessnerWith this episode, we're excited to officially launch season two of our Roots to Renewal podcast, and we are thrilled to have Greg Watson as our guest to kick things off. Greg is the director of policy and systems design at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and a self-described lifelong student. He has spent nearly 50 years studying systems thinking as inspired by Buckminster Fuller and has worked to apply that understanding to achieve a more just and sustainable world. In this...
2022-08-0954 min
HermitixThe Work of E.F. Schumacher with Jared SpearsThis episode I'm joined by Jared Spears, who is the Director of Communications and Resources at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. We discuss the work of E.F. Schumacher, alongside discussion on good work, capitalism, localism and more
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2022-04-2254 min
Cities@Tufts LecturesOrganizing for Food Sovereignty in Boston with Greg WatsonCities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn. This week we’re fortunate to have Greg Watson on the show who tells the collective history of organizing for food sovereignty in and around the City of Boston. With over 40 years to cover in just 40 minutes, Greg moves at rapid speed. Visit Shareable.net to watch the video instead and while you’re there, read the full transcript and sign up to parti...
2021-02-2352 min
Entelechy Leadership StoriesDesigning the Future, with Takatoshi Shibayama“My experiences in economics, technology, and meditation made me think about what our society needs for systematic change for a better future,” says our guest Takatoshi ShibayamaToday’s episode is an undeniably powerful and awakened discussion with Takatoshi Shibayama, CEO of Blockchain Singapore and host of Future Design Podcast. Our discussion covers the range of technology, investments, self-awareness and improvement, spirituality, AI (Artificial Intelligence), IoT (Internet of Things), blockchain, cryptocurrency, shareholder maximization, conscious capitalism, leadership, egalitarian, empower the people and achieve profits, the importance of the youth and how they can support the future.Takatos...
2021-01-2128 min
Talk of TodayRewilding the Singularity with Michael GarfieldMy guest today is Michael Garfield, a writer, musician, artist, poet-philosopher, paleontologist-futurist who's setting the seeds for a planetary renaissance. With incisive eloquence, he takes the threads of technology, science, and the wonders of the natural world to weave together a cosmic story of Life, one that needs to be shared more wildly.
In our conversation we cover:
* Corona virus and the epistemic crisis
* Community and fragmentation
* Evolution as a multi-billion year remix project
* Psychedelics as training wheels for transhumanism
* Nested complexity, restoring democracy, and regenerative communities
* Rewilding the future
* The power of ideas
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2020-10-281h 48
The Schumacher LecturesAmerica Emerging: Western Civilization 2.0 - Otto ScharmerC. Otto Scharmer is a senior lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management. In 2015 he received the Jamieson Prize for Excellence in Teaching at MIT.He is co-founder of the Presencing Institute, which offers training and research sessions for executives and activists on how to advance the transformation of our economy, and is founding chair of the MIT IDEAS program, helping groups of diverse stakeholders from business, government, and civil society to innovate at the level of the whole system.He delivered this speech at the 33rd Annual E.F. Schumacher Le...
2019-12-2357 min
The Schumacher LecturesAmerica Emerging: Culture and Economics - Van JonesVan Jones is a CNN political commentator, regularly appearing across the network’s programming and special political coverage. The founder of Dream Corps, Rebuild The Dream, Green For All, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and Color of Change, he is presently a fellow at the MIT Media Lab.A Yale-educated attorney, he is the author of two New York Times best-selling books, The Green Collar Economy (2008) and Rebuild the Dream (2012). The second book chronicles his journey as an environmental and human-rights activist who became a White House policy advisor.He delivered this speech at...
2019-12-231h 02
The Schumacher LecturesWhat About Us -- The Earth's People? - Charles TurnerCharles (Chuck) Turner has been a community organizer and civil rights activist in Boston, Massachusetts, since 1966.He graduated from Harvard University in 1963 with a B.A. in government. After a year spent in Washington, D.C. reporting for The Washington Afro-American Newspaper, he moved to Hartford where he joined the influential civil rights group, the Northern Student Movement.Turner has championed and been actively involved with cooperatives and worker-owned enterprises. In the 1980s he was a leader with the Industrial Cooperative Association (now the ICA Group), for which he provided training on worker-ownership issues.
2019-12-2358 min
The Schumacher LecturesThe Right Livelihood Award and Further Initiatives for a Sustainable Society - Jakob von UexkullJakob von Uexkull is a writer, lecturer, philanthropist, activist, and former politician. He is the founder and chair of the Right Livelihood Award (1980), often referred to as the Alternative Nobel Prize; co-founder of The Other Economic Summit (1984); and founder of the World Future Council (2007). He was a member of the European Parliament (1987-89) and of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Commission on Human Duties and Responsibilities (1998-2000). Von Uexkull has served on the Council of Governance of Transparency International as well as on the Board of Greenpeace, Germany, and was a member of the European...
2019-12-2351 min
The Schumacher LecturesIt's Healing Time on Earth - David BrowerDavid Ross Brower (July 1, 1912- November 5, 2000) is considered by many to be the father of the modern environmental movement. Beginning his career as a world-class mountaineer with more than 70 first ascents to his credit, he became the first executive director of the Sierra Club in 1952 and successfully fought to stop dams in Dinosaur National Monument and in Grand Canyon National Park. He led campaigns to establish 10 new national parks and seashores, including Point Reyes, the North Cascades and the Redwoods, and was instrumental in gaining passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964, which protects millions of acres of public lands in...
2019-12-231h 31
The Schumacher LecturesLocal Stock Exchanges: The Next Wave of Community Economy Building" - Michael ShumanMichael H. Shuman is the Director of Community Portals for Mission Markets and a Fellow at Cutting Edge Capital and Post-Carbon Institute. He is a founding board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). He is also an adjunct instructor in community economic development for Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and is one of the architects of the crowdfunding reforms that became the “JOBS Act,” signed into law by President Obama in April 2012.An economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur, Shuman is one of the nation’s leading experts on community economics and the advantages of small...
2019-12-231h 19
The Schumacher LecturesA Map: From the Old Connecticut Path to the Rio Grande Valley and All the Meaning in Between - Chellis GlendinningChellis Glendinning was born just after World War II and came of age during the decolonization, liberation, and feminist movements. The central themes of her writings and presentations include the interlace of the personal with the political and a critique of mass technological society as contrasted by sustainable, nature-based cultures.She delivered this speech at the 19th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures in October 1999.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s...
2019-12-2347 min
The Schumacher LecturesWalking North on a South Bound Train - David OrrDavid W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics as well as Special Assistant to the President of Oberlin College and executive director of the Oberlin Project.He is perhaps best known for his pioneering work on environmental literacy in higher education and his leading role in the promising new field of ecological design.He delivered this speech at the 22nd Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures in October 2002.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase...
2019-12-2039 min
The Schumacher LecturesThe Ecozoic Era - Thomas BerryThomas Berry (1914-2009) was a Passionist priest, cultural historian, philosopher, and self-described “geologian.” He was also a kind and gentle human being deeply concerned with the relation of the human world to the natural world.He delivered this speech at the 11th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures in October 1991. If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Be...
2019-12-2054 min
The Schumacher LecturesDemocracy, Earth Rights, and the Next Economy - Alanna HartzokAlanna Hartzok is an educator, activist, and lecturer in the areas of economic justice, land rights, and land-value tax reform. She is co-director of Earth Rights Institute; General Secretary for the International Union for Land Value Taxation; Global Outreach Coordinator for the Robert Schalkenback Foundation; and a member of the Advisory Council for the Prout Research Institute of Venezuela.She delivered this speech at the 21st Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures in October 2001.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of...
2019-12-201h 08
The Schumacher LecturesThe Friendship Club and the Well-Springs of Civil Society - William SchambraWilliam A. Schambra joined the Hudson Institute as a Senior Fellow and director of the Institute’s Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal in 2003. Prior to that, he became senior vice-president for programs at the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in 1992. Preceding his tenure at Bradley he served as a senior advisor and chief speechwriter for Attorney General Edwin Meese III, Director of the Office of Personnel Management Constance Horner, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Louis Sullivan. He was also director of Social Policy Programs for the American Enterprise Institute and co-director of AEI’s “A Decade...
2019-12-2044 min
The Schumacher LecturesLetter to Liberals: Liberalism, Environmentalism, and Economic Growth - Gus SpethJames Gustave (Gus) Speth served on the faculty of the Vermont Law School as Professor of Law from 2010 to 2015. He now serves as a Fellow at the Tellus Institute, The Democracy Collaborative, and the Vermont Law School. He is Co-Chair of the Next System Project at The Democracy Collaborative.He delivered this speech at the 30th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures on November 20th, 2010.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s...
2019-12-2046 min
The Schumacher LecturesWhat Can We Hope for the World in 2075? - Neva GoodwinNeva Goodwin is co-founder and co-director of the Global Development And Environment Institute at Tufts University, where her projects have included editing a six-volume series, Frontier Issues in Economic Thought (published by Island Press) and a Michigan Press series, Evolving Values for a Capitalist World. She has edited more than a dozen books, and is the lead author of three introductory textbooks: Microeconomics in Context, Macroeconomics in Context, and Principles of Economics in Context.She delivered this speech at the 30th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures on November 20th, 2010.If you would like a physical...
2019-12-2057 min
The Schumacher LecturesVoices of a New Economics - Stewart WallisStewart Wallis was the executive director of the New Economics Foundation, the UK’s leading think tank for social, economic, and environmental justice, from 2003 through 2015.Wallis is also a board member of the New Economy Coalition (USA), Vice-Chair for the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Values, and Trustee of the Forum’s Inclusive Growth Global Challenge. His expertise includes global governance, functioning of markets, links between development and environmental agendas, the future of capitalism, and the moral economy.He delivered this speech at the 30th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures on November 20th, 20...
2019-12-2059 min
The Schumacher LecturesThe New Economics of Plentitude - Juliet B. SchorJuliet B. Schor studies trends in working time and leisure, consumerism, the relationship between work and family, women’s issues, and economic justice. Since 2011 Schor has also been researching the sharing economy, including both non-profit community initiatives (makerspaces, timebanks) and for-profit platforms like Airbnb, TaskRabbit and Uber.She delivered this speech at the 31st Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures on November 5th, 2011. If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work...
2019-12-2055 min
The Schumacher LecturesGreening the Desert: Holistic Management in the Era of Climate Change - Allan SavoryAllan Savory is the co-founder of the Savory Institute in Boulder, Colorado, which establishes a global network of entrepreneurial innovators and leaders committed to serving their regions with the highest standards of Holistic Management training and implementation support. The Africa Centre became the first of the Savory Institute’s locally led and managed “hubs.”His book, Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision-Making, describes his effort to find workable solutions ordinary people can implement to overcome many of the problems besetting communities and businesses today.He delivered this speech at the 35th Annual E.F. Schuma...
2019-12-1956 min
The Schumacher LecturesThe Nature of Work: How Ecosystems Can Teach Us to Build Lasting and Fulfilling Businesses - Matt StinchcombMatt Stinchcomb is Executive Director at the Good Work Institute, a nonprofit organization whose primary focus is on cultivating communities of local change makers living and working in and around the Hudson Valley. Their programs support these leaders as they develop and implement projects that aim to have net-positive benefit in the region and beyond.Before heading up the Good Work Institute, Stinchcomb was the VP of Values and Impact at Etsy.com. In that role he oversaw the stewardship of the company’s mission, and worked to give all employees the means and the desire to ma...
2019-12-1950 min
The Schumacher LecturesBuilding Freedom: Our Challenges - Ed WhitfieldEd Whitfield is co-founder and co-managing director of the Fund for Democratic Communities (F4DC). A long time social justice activist, Whitfield had been involved in labor, community organizing and peace work since the late 60‘s when he was a student activist at Cornell University. He is deeply involved in conceptualizing and spreading the idea of democratic ownership and the reclamation of the commons.He delivered this speech at the 38th Annual Schumacher Lectures on October 27th, 2018.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to...
2019-12-1946 min
The Schumacher LecturesProphecy of the Seventh Fire: Choosing the Path that is Green - Winona LaDukeWinona LaDuke is a member of the Ojibwe Nation of the Anishinaabe peoples and is the executive director of Honor the Earth, a grassroots environmental organization focused on Indigenous issues and environmental justice, which she co-founded in 1993.She delivered her speech at the 37th Annual Schumacher Lectures on November 4th, 2017.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the co...
2019-12-1949 min
The Schumacher LecturesUprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty - Leah PennimanLeah Penniman is an educator, farmer/peyizan, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2011 with the mission to end racism in the food system and reclaim our ancestral connection to land.Penniman delivered her speech at the 38th annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures on October 27th, 2018.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the pr...
2019-12-1952 min
The Schumacher LecturesA Global Perspective on the Green New Deal - Greg WatsonAs a young man of color, Greg Watson faced rebuke by his peers for championing environmental issues, broadly seen as the purview of privilege. Watson understood that clean air, fresh water, healthy soil, and good food are a necessary right for all. He went on to work in both the public and private spheres to create community food systems, renewable energy initiatives, and citizen-designed development programs.Greg Watson delivered this speech on October 27, 2019. If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of p...
2019-12-1958 min
The Schumacher LecturesActionable Response to Climate Change - Sallie CalhounSallie Calhoun owns and manages Paicines Ranch, a 7600-acre ranch in central California. She is also an impact investor, activist, and philanthropic funder in regenerative agriculture. Her work focuses on improving the health of agricultural soils, sequestering carbon in the soil to mitigate climate change, and creating thriving communities of people committed to this work.She delivered this speech on October 27, 2019.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work se...
2019-12-1943 min
The Schumacher LecturesSustainable South Bronx: A Model for Environmental Justice - Majora CarterMajora Carter delivered "Sustainable South Bronx: A Model for Environmental Justice" in October 2007.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Our work, both educational and applied, is supported by listeners like you. You can strengthen our mission by making a donation at centerforneweconomics.org/donate, or call us at (413) 528-1737 to make an...
2019-12-1925 min
The Schumacher LecturesCommunity Arts Trust – Gordon ThorneGordon Thorne (April 1941 – June 2018) was a visual artist based in Northampton, MA. Thorne began pursuing a career in the arts after graduating from Yale University, initially finding a spot where he painted on Main Street in New Haven.He was the Director of Available Potential Enterprises (A.P.E.), which he founded in 1977 and was used to promote both Thorne’s own work and that of other artists and performers at hundreds of events, and Director of the Open Field Foundation (OFF), established in 1996 to create a land-based education site and to protect and sustain agricultural ecologies. A.P...
2017-08-0741 min
The Schumacher LecturesThe Company We Keep – John AbramsJohn Abrams is the co-founder and CEO of South Mountain Company, an employee owned enterprise committed to triple bottom line business practice. In 1987, South Mountain re-structured as a worker cooperative, and today 21 of its 33 employees are full owners. In 2005 Business Ethics Magazine awarded South Mountain its National Award for Workplace Democracy. John Abrams delivered “The Company We Keep” in January 2008. If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts. The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to imp...
2017-08-0748 min
The Schumacher LecturesGreening the Campus From a Procurement Perspective – Kevin LyonsKevin Lyons began his career at Rutgers University in 1988 as director of procurement working on numerous projects and proposals relating to green purchasing and improving contracts, transforming the way the university did its daily business, from lighting and energy management to waste recycling and contract packaging. Early in his career at Rutgers, he successfully took on a multi-year initiative to improve the university’s efficiency and effectiveness while incorporating environmental values.His concern in purchasing has been to consider the ethical implications: Where do products come from? What impact are they having on the university? Is the sc...
2017-08-0358 min
The Schumacher LecturesEnvironmental Literacy: Education as If the Earth Mattered – David OrrDavid W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics as well as Special Assistant to the President of Oberlin College and executive director of the Oberlin Project.He is perhaps best known for his pioneering work on environmental literacy in higher education and his leading role in the promising new field of ecological design.David Orr delivered “Environmental Literacy: Education as if the Earth Mattered” on October 31, 1992.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of pu...
2017-08-0358 min
The Schumacher LecturesEcological Design: Reinventing the Future – John ToddJohn Todd has been a pioneer in the field of ecological design and engineering for nearly five decades. He is the founder and president of John Todd Ecological Design. Dr. Todd has degrees in agriculture, parasitology and tropical medicine from McGill University, Montreal, and a doctorate in fisheries and ethology from the University of Michigan. He is professor emeritus and distinguished lecturer at University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School and a fellow of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at UVM. He is also the founder and president of Ocean Arks International, a non-profit research and education organization; and co...
2017-08-0346 min
The Schumacher LecturesVery Small Is Beautiful – Sally Fallon MorellSally Fallon Morell is founding president of The Weston A. Price Foundation, a nonprofit nutrition education foundation with over 400 local chapters worldwide helping consumers find local grass-based animal products. She is also the founder of A Campaign for Real Milk, which has as its goal universal access to clean raw milk from pasture-fed animals.Sally Fallon Morell delivered “Very Small is Beautiful” on October 25, 2008.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s appl...
2017-08-0351 min
The Schumacher LecturesCold Evil: Technology and Modern Ethics – Andrew KimbrellAndrew Kimbrell is one of the country's leading environmental attorneys and an author of several articles and books on environment, technology, society, and food issues. He is executive director of the Center for Food Safety and the International Center for Technology Assessment.Andrew Kimbrell delivered “Cold Evil” in October 2000.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the...
2017-08-0355 min
The Schumacher LecturesMaking Amends to the Myriad Creatures – Stephanie MillsStephanie Mills has been a writer, editor, and speaker on matters ecological, bioregional, social, and political for the past fifty years. Famous for her commencement address at Mills College in 1969, “The Future is a Cruel Hoax,” she went on to serve as the assistant editor of Co-Evolution Quarterly and editor-in-chief of Not Man Apart, Cry California, and Earth Times.Mills delivered “Making Amends to the Myriad Creatures” on October 19, 1991.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Sch...
2017-07-3150 min
The Schumacher LecturesEat the Sky: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork – Anna LappéAnna Lappé is a national bestselling author, a respected advocate for food justice and sustainability, and an advisor to funders investing in food system transformation.She delivered “Eat the Sky: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork” on October 25, 2008.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Our work, both ed...
2017-07-2757 min
The Schumacher LecturesBiopiracy: The Colonization of the Seed – Vandana ShivaVandana Shiva is a trained physicist and courageous social activist who was named one of the Seven Most Powerful Women on the Globe by Forbes Magazine.Vandana Shiva delivered "Biopiracy: The Colonization of the Seed" on March 19, 2000.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Our work, both educational and applied, is...
2017-07-2543 min
The Schumacher LecturesNatural Foie Gras and the Future of Food – Dan BarberDan Barber is the chef and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, and the author of The Third Plate (2014). He opened Blue Hill restaurant with family members David and Laureen Barber in May of 2000 and two years later he was named one of the country’s “Best New Chefs” by Food and Wine magazine. Since then, he has been addressing local food issues through op-eds in The New York Times and articles in Gourmet, Saveur, and Food and Wine. Dan has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning and in The New Yorker, House and Garden, and Martha Stewa...
2017-07-2434 min
The Schumacher LecturesWhat is a Work of Art in the Age of a $120,000 Art Degree? – Caroline WoolardCaroline Woolard is a New York-based artist and organizer born in Rhode Island. She speaks internationally about art, design, technology, and economic justice. Woolard co-founded barter networks OurGoods.org and TradeSchool.coop, as well as cultural equity platform BFAMFAPhD.com, and The Study Center for Group Work to share collaborative methods created by artists. Recent projects have been commissioned by MoMA, the Whitney Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Creative Time, the Brooklyn Museum, Cornell University, and Cooper Union.Caroline Woolard delivered “What is a Work of Art in the Age of $120,000 Art Degrees?” on Novem...
2017-07-2455 min
The Schumacher LecturesEconomic Globalization: The Era of Corporate Rule – Jerry ManderJerry Mander is the founder, former director, and presently distinguished fellow of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG), a San Francisco “think tank” focused since 1994 on exposing the negative impacts of economic globalization, and the need for economic transitions toward sustainable local economies. He was also, until recently, program director of the Foundation for Deep Ecology. IFG has been widely credited as the principal organizer of the immense protests against the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle, 1999, closing down the Doha round.Jerry Mander delivered “Economic Globalization: The Era of Corporate Rule” on October 23 1999.If you would...
2017-07-241h 03
The Schumacher LecturesCreating a Post-Corporate World – David KortenKorten is co-founder and board chair of YES! Magazine, an author, former professor of the Harvard Business School, and founder and president of the Living Economies Forum.David Korten delivered “Creating a Post-Corporate World” on October 28, 2000.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Our work, both educational and applied, is suppor...
2017-07-141h 02
The Schumacher LecturesReclaiming Community – David MorrisDavid Morris is co-founder and vice president of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and directs its Public Good Initiative. Founded in 1974, the Institute provides innovative strategies, working models, and information to support environmentally sound and equitable community development.David Morris delivered “Reclaiming Community” on October 26, 1996.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Mass...
2017-07-131h 09
The Schumacher LecturesHow the Conquest of Indigenous Peoples Parallels the Conquest of Nature – John MohawkJohn Mohawk (1945–2006) was associate professor of American Studies at the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, and director of Indigenous Studies at its Center of the Americas.John Mohawk delivered “How the Conquest of Indigenous Peoples Parallels the Conquest of Nature” in October 1997.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachu...
2017-07-121h 01
The Schumacher LecturesMoving Toward Community: From Global Dependence to Local Interdependence – Helena Norberg-HodgeAuthor, filmmaker, and Goi Peace Prize winner, Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures/International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) and The International Alliance for Localization (IAL). Based in the US and UK, with subsidiaries in Germany and Australia, Local Futures examines the root causes of our current social and environmental crises while promoting more sustainable and equitable patterns of living in both North and South. Its mission is to protect and renew well-being by promoting a systemic shift away from economic globalization toward localization.Helena Norberg-Hodge delivered "Moving Toward Community: From Global De...
2017-07-121h 06
The Schumacher LecturesStories from an Appalachian Community – Marie CirilloCirillo is co-founder of the Woodland Community Land Trust and is the founder of the Woodland Community Development Corporation, the Mountain Women's Exchange, and Appalachian-Based Community Development Education.Marie Cirillo delivered "Stories from an Appalachian Community" in October 2000.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Our work, both educational and ap...
2017-07-1058 min
The Schumacher LecturesThe Wisdom That Builds Community – Greg WatsonGreg Watson is Director of Policy and Systems Design at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. His work currently focuses on community food systems and the dynamics between local and geo-economic systems.Watson has spent nearly 40 years learning to understand systems thinking as inspired by Buckminster Fuller and to apply that understanding to achieve a just and sustainable world.Greg Watson delivered "The Wisdom That Builds Community" in October 1997.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published...
2017-07-1054 min
The Schumacher LecturesEcological Redemption: Ocean Farming in the Era of Climate Change - Bren SmithBren Smith is the owner of Thimble Island Ocean Farm and founder/executive director of GreenWave. A commercial fisherman since the age of 14, Smith pioneered the development of restorative 3D ocean farming. His work has been profiled by CNN, Google Food, The New Yorker, and Bon Appetit. His writing has appeared in The New York Times and National Geographic.Bren Smith delivered "Ecological Redemption: Ocean Farming in the Era of Climate Change" on October 25, 2015.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets...
2017-01-2028 min
The Schumacher LecturesBuilding a New Economy: What's Love Got to Do with It? - Judy WicksWicks is the founder of White Dog Café, Fair Food Philly, the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, and the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.Judy Wicks delivered "Building a New Economy: What's Love Got to Do with It?" on October 10, 2014.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts. The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Our work, both edu...
2017-01-2052 min
The Schumacher LecturesBuddhist Technology: Bringing a New Consciousness to Our Technological Future - Arthur ZajoncA leading physicist and humanist, Arthur Zajonc is the former President of the Mind & Life Institute. He is also emeritus professor of physics at Amherst College, where he taught from 1978 to 2012, and former director of the Center for Contemplative Mind, which supports appropriate inclusion of contemplative practice in higher education, from 2009 to 2011.Arthur Zajonc delivered "Buddhist Technology: Bringing a New Consciousness to Our Technological Future" on October 18, 1997.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts. The Schumacher...
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The Schumacher LecturesIf You Don't Like Capitalism or State Socialism, What Do You Want? - Gar AlperovitzAlperovitz is the president of the National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives, a founding principal of The Democracy Collaborative, and is co-chair of the Next System Project.Gar Alperovitz delivered "If You Don't Like Capitalism or State Socialism, What Do You Want?" on November 11, 2011.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts. The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Ou...
2017-01-2043 min
The Schumacher LecturesVoices from White Earth - waabaabiganikaag - Winona LaDukeWinona LaDuke—an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) member of the White Earth Nation—is an environmentalist, economist, author, and prominent Native American activist working to restore and preserve indigenous cultures and lands..Winona LaDuke delivered "Voices from White Earth: Gaa-waabaabiganikaag" on October 23, 1993.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts. The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Our work, both educational and applie...
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The Schumacher LecturesConnecting for Change - Susan WittSusan Witt is the Executive Director of the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, which she co-founded with Robert Swann in 1980. She has led the development of the Schumacher Center’s highly regarded publications, library, seminars, and other educational programs, which established the Center as a pioneering voice for an economics shaped by social and ecological principles. Deeply engaged with the history and theory of a new economics and its implications for the transformation of our relationship to land, labor, and capital, she has simultaneously worked to turn theory into practice in her home region of the Berkshires.Susan...
2017-01-2029 min
The Schumacher LecturesBecoming Native to This Place - Wes JacksonJackson is a world-renowned plant geneticist, farmer, author, former professor of biology, and co-founder of The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas.Wes Jackson delivered "Becoming Native to This Place" on October 23, 1993.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visitcenterforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts. The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Our work, both educational and applied, is supported by listeners like you. You can strengthen ou...
2017-01-201h 06
The Schumacher LecturesPeople, Land, and Community - Wendell BerryWendell Berry—farmer, essayist, novelist, poet, activist, teacher—lives with his wife Tanya on the banks of the Kentucky River. There he has farmed a Kentucky hillside for over half a century in his native Henry County, where his family has lived for eight generations.As a small-scale farmer who has used mules instead of machinery for plowing, Berry has taken a stand for decades against the destructive impact of industrial agriculture. He advocates for rural communities, for local economies, and for commitment to the land and one’s place on it. Believing that one’s work ought to...
2017-01-2049 min