Saluting an Early Environmentalist on His Birthday
August 16, 2024
Fritz Schumacher was born on August 16, 1911. He was destined to be one of the most influential voices in the Twentieth Century for protection of the environment.
Newsletter Archive
“Down by the Riverside” | Bayo Akomolafe & Friends
July 24, 2024
“Down by the Riverside,” A Town Hall featuring Dr. Bayo Akomolafe alongside nine stellar scholar-activists, will take place on Wednesday, August 7th from 1:30 to 5:30 PM Eastern Time.
The End of Growth
July 9, 2024
We continue our chapter-by-chapter look at our refreshed study guide, “Small is Beautiful Revisited…50 Years On,” reexamining Schumacher’s 1973 landmark of ecological economics in light of our own time.
The Proper Use of Land
June 20, 2024
As we continue our chapter-by-chapter look at our refreshed study guide, “Small is Beautiful Revisited…50 Years On,” we reexamine Schumacher’s 1973 landmark of ecological economics in light of our own time.
Metaphysical Reconstruction
May 14, 2024
We continue our look, chapter by chapter, at our refreshed study guide, “Small is Beautiful Revisited…50 Years On,” examining Schumacher’s 1973 landmark of ecological economics in light of our own time.
The Virtues of Smallness
April 29, 2024
Our refreshed study guide, “Small is Beautiful Revisited…50 Years On,” revisits Schumacher’s 1973 landmark of ecological economics. Chapter 5 deals with the issue of scale in the economic.
“Fight for where you live, love it enough”
April 23, 2024
Andrea Golden of PODER Emma’s “Community Not for Sale: Popular Education, Community Organizing, and Cooperative Economics.”
A Marvel of Simplicity
April 3, 2024
We return to our refreshed study guide, “Small is Beautiful Revisited…50 Years On,” which revisits Schumacher’s 1973 landmark of ecological economics. “Buddhist Economics” is derived from his experience in Burma, now Myanmar, in 1955.
“Community Not for Sale” | Second Annual Swann Lecture
March 12, 2024
This year’s Annual Robert Swann Lecture will feature Andrea Golden of Poder Emma, an emergent community ownership and cooperative development organization based in Asheville, NC.
W.E.B. Du Bois, Champion of Community Economics
February 27, 2024
The following message was circulated by BerkShares, Inc. last Friday to members and participants of the local currency initiative. We are pleased to share this timely reflection on W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy more broadly.
What sets man against man?
February 22, 2024
Chapter 2 breaks down how economists measure success, and “how their measurements are leading the world into great peril.” This pivotal insight has regretfully been obscured; today, the world is increasingly waking up to these profound implications.