Communal living with all its benefits using a new model for decision-making that trumps consensus. Heather Carver is a resident at Columbia Eco-Village in Portland, OR. After years of trying to figure out how to save the world, she is focusing on trying to live in a way that’s a smaller part of the problem. Food […]
Updated August 2019. What North Dakota has been doing for more than 100 years that saved the state from the 2008 credit crisis. FOOD FOR THOUGHT & CONVERSATION The Bank of North Dakota is owned by the citizens of the state. It has $7 Billion in assets, a loan portfolio of over $7 Billion
A radical rethinking of our faulty assumptions about money and how to use it. David Korten worked for more than 35 years in preeminent business, academic and international development institutions before he turned away from the establishment to work exclusively with public interest citizen-action groups. His newest book, Change the Story: Change the Future is due
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The sharing economy maximizes the value of non-monetary assets. Arun Sundararajan is the NEC Faculty Fellow, Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences and a Doctoral Coordinator at the Stern School of Business, NYU. He After receiving his M.S., Management Science & Ph.D., Business Administration from University of Rochester, Professor Sundararajan has served on the editorial
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How a hospital, university, a hotel and a museum joined forces to seed economic opportunity for all. Ted Howard is the Co-Founder and President of The Democracy Collaborative, a national leader in community wealth building strategies and policy development and a founding member of the board of the Evergreen Cooperative Corporation. He also serves as the
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A humble musical form is driving economic development, building civic pride and attracting tourism. John Horhn is a Mississippi State Senator, representing District 26. He was first elected to the chamber in 1993.He earned his certificate in Community Leadership from Jackson State University, attended the Governors Center program in strategic planning at Duke University, and earned
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A pueblo dump near a holy tribal clay pit inspires a Santa Clara Pueblo Indian artist to honor discarded items in a way that echoes tribal traditions and questions contemporary consumption. Nora Naranjo-Morse is a Mixed Media Artist. She is a member of the Tewa Tribe and a mixed media artist. Though she lives a traditional life
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We must unite to save the planet–because there’s no such thing as a hole in just the other side of the boat. Mel Hoover is Reverend Emeritus of the Unitarian Universalist Church. He was the 2013 recipient of Unitarian Universalist Association Distinguished Service Award for his work in anti-racism, anti-oppression, community-building, gender equality and environmental justice.
This will make your day and remind you what creativity can do to lift the spirit in hard times. New Orleans artists are using salvaged materials to build mobile houses that are also musical instruments. Delaney Martin is Artistic Director of Dithyrambalina and Co-founder of New Orleans Airlift. Over the past decade she lived, studied and worked
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An amazing woman puts Florida at the forefront of the Gay Rights Movement. Nadine Smith is the co-founder and CEO of Equality Florida the state’s largest organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. A former award-winning journalist turned organizer, Nadine was one of four national co-chairs of the 1993 March on
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