David Bollier is the Schumacher Center’s Reinventing the Commons Program Director. He is an author, activist, blogger and independent scholar with a primary focus on the commons as a new paradigm of economics, politics and culture. He pursues this work primarily as co-founder of the Commons Strategies Group, an advocacy/consulting project that assists the international commons … Continued
Natasha Hulst is the Schumacher Center’s European Land Commons Program Director. She will be building the Land Commons Alliance in Europe—an international and national organizational framework that advocates for community land trusts. Hulst has worked on numerous projects that have focused on building the capacity of local communities, civil society, and businesses to drive positive change. … Continued
Ellie Janda is the Community Land Trust Intern at the Schumacher Center for New Economics, where she is updating and expanding the organization’s database of community land trusts. This project seeks to improve programmatic collaboration, as well as develop greater working knowledge about the flexibility and applications of the CLT model. Ellie recently graduated from … Continued
Hannah Martin is the Local Currency Intern at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, where she researches local currencies worldwide, updates the website with information about local currency issues, and assists in cataloging the center’s local currency archives. Hannah is studying at Vassar College, where she will receive a B.S. in Science, Technology, and … Continued
Rachel Moriarty is the Director of Operations at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, where she manages the organization so it can effectively house both its national and local programs. In the Berkshire region of Western Massachusetts, she helps implement the Schumacher Center’s practical applications of new economic thinking. She works to educate the … Continued
Greg 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 … Continued
Susan 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 … Continued