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, [...]
The Senator, The President, and The Sea Lion
by Donella Meadows
– December 21, 2000 –
The drama of the presidential election, they say, has awakened the interest of the public, and especially of young people, in the democratic process.
So welcome, young people, to the entertainment that never ends. Once the question “who won?” is settled, other questions begin. What are the people who won up to? For whose benefit? [...]
