Frank Bryan, Deborah Meier, and William Ellis spoke at the Eighteenth Annual Schumacher Lectures on October 24th 1998 at the Salisbury Congregational Church.
Frank Bryan discussed the secessionist movement in Vermont and argued that Vermont can show the rest of the nation how to govern itself democratically in the next century.
Deborah Meier outlined the steps she and her colleagues have taken to shape small schools within the public school system, increasing continuity of staff, more interaction among age groups, and a sense of community.
William Ellis reflected on his over twenty years of helping to facilitate the person-to-person exchanges that empower small communities around the world to successfully solve technological problems at the local level.
