Thomas Berry, Peter Barnes, and Andrew Kimbrell spoke at the Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures on October 25, 2003 at the First Congregational Church of Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Passionist priest and cultural historian Thomas Berry reminded us that we are a part of a common universe in which every being has the right to fulfill its destiny and the right to joy.
Author Peter Barnes defined the commons as “the sum of all we inherit together and must pass on, undiminished and more or less equally, to our heirs.”
Attorney and author Andrew Kimbrell questioned what would it look like if our economics were based on the laws of nature, rather than the fabricated laws of supply and demand.