Land trusts are an important part of the voluntary protection of working agricultural lands, which can also protect water quality, habitat, and beauty, not to mention food production expertise. Land trust veterans Cheryl Belcher and Dan Macon, himself a farmer, discuss the … [Read more...]
Local Currencies – Replacing Scarcity with Trust
March 1, 2007 by 1 Comment
Francis Ayley established over a dozen local currencies in the UK before moving to the U.S. He contrasts our standard, scarcity- and debt-based money system with local currencies in which "there's always as much as you need." Local currencies like his Fourth Corner Exchange … [Read more...]
A Defining Moment in History
February 22, 2007 by 2 Comments
The planet is quickly confronting us with limits to the exploitative, dominator system of the past 5000 years. David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World, and more recently The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community, implores us to replace … [Read more...]
The San Francisco Peak Oil Resolution
February 15, 2007 by Leave a Comment
San Francisco is the first American city to formally address the challenges of oil depletion. Dennis Brumm and Alyse Heartwell recount how members of SF Oil Awareness envisioned, wrote and presented to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors a Peak Oil resolution, which they … [Read more...]
BALLE – Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
February 8, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Executive Director Don Shaffer recounts BALLE's vision of local living economies ensuring that economic power resides locally, where it can enhance community life and natural systems - as a counter to economic globalization. BALLE's autonomous networks of local businesses … [Read more...]
Who Am I? in a Post-Petroleum World
February 1, 2007 by 3 Comments
Joanna Gabriel feels the challenge of Peak Oil is an opportunity "forcing us to create the kind of world we wanted all the time anyway." The coordinator for Post Carbon Ashland explores the challenge of creating a new paradigm of sustainability and sharing while we're living … [Read more...]
The Small-Mart Revolution
January 25, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Michael Shuman advocates "Going Local," showing how local businesses are beating global competition and helping to create self-reliant communities. One innovative idea: invest locally by moving a portion of pension funds into regional stock exchanges. Episode 44. … [Read more...]
Bainbridge Graduate Institute – Changing Business for Good
January 18, 2007 by Leave a Comment
How can business help create the world we want? Jill Bamburg, Dean of Bainbridge Graduate Institute's innovative MBA program, examines its basic premise: that doing good for people and the planet is good for business. Episode 43. [bgiedu.org] Watch video | iTunes | … [Read more...]
Yes! Building a Just, Sustainable, and Compassionate World
January 11, 2007 by 1 Comment
Yes! magazine counters mainstream media by giving us stories of people creating sustainable, just and positive futures. Executive Editor Sarah Van Gelder discusses healthcare for all, alternatives to prisons, peak oil, living democracy, climate change, working together, and … [Read more...]
San Luis Obispo’s Smart Energy Summit
January 4, 2007 by Leave a Comment
How can localities buy and build local renewable energy generation capacity? Ken Smokoska describes the opportunities afforded by California's Community Choice law AB117. Nick Alter and Aeron Arlin Genet describe the coalition of business, environmental, university, county … [Read more...]
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