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Move Your Money
posted Jan 13, 2010 - Move Your Money is a growing national movement to switch money out of big, national banks and into local, community banks. A video paralleling "It's a Wonderful Life" promotes the campaign.
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Smarter School Lunches
by Ellen Mahoneyposted Jan 12, 2010 - Healthy, local food for all kids? "Renegade Lunch Lady" Ann Cooper is starting a revolution in school cafeterias.
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Seeds of a Movement for the Unemployed
by Jake Blumgartposted Dec 15, 2009 - Where do working Americans turn when they lose their jobs?
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Growing Local: Interview with BALLE's Michelle Long
by Brooke Jarvisposted Nov 29, 2009 - By working with local businesses, Michelle Long helped make Bellingham, Washington a national leader in urban sustainability. As executive director of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, she's taking her vision to cities around North America.
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Slow Money: Bringing Money Down to Earth
by Brooke Jarvisposted Nov 16, 2009 - Is there such a thing as money that's too fast? Slow Money founder Woody Tasch says yes, and he's trying to slow money down by connecting investors to their local economies.
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FRESH :: Film Trailer
posted Nov 11, 2009 - Given the environmental and health consequences of industrial agriculture, what would it look like if we re-invented our food system?
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Reviving the Local Economy with Publicly Owned Banks
by Ellen Brownposted Oct 14, 2009 - The Fed may have played all its cards, but state and local governments still hold a few aces: publicly owned banks that could funnel credit where it is needed most, directly into the local economy.
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Protecting Local Farms
by Lynn Byczynskiposted Sep 17, 2009 - Small-scale farmers fear that new regulations meant for industrial agriculture will burden them unfairly.
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Can a Farm State Feed Itself?
by Brooke Jarvisposted Sep 04, 2009 - Tired of depending on imports, Illinois looks to local food.
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Mali's Gift Economy
by Beverly Bellposted Jul 22, 2009 - In Mali, one of the most cash poor nations in the world, "dama" or the gift economy is thriving.
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Protecting What We Love: Judy Wicks
posted Jul 22, 2009 - Interview with local living economies advocate Judy Wicks.
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Age-Old Wisdom for the New Economy
by Sarah van Gelder, Rebecca Adamsonposted Jul 07, 2009 - Indigenous peoples have learned a few things about making it through hard times. Rebecca Adamson discusses what traditional economies did to foster abundance, sharing, and harmony with Mother Earth.
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Why This Crisis May Be Our Best Chance to Build a New Economy
by David Kortenposted Jun 19, 2009 - Wall Street is bankrupt. Instead of trying to save it, we can build a new economy that puts money and business in the service of people and the planet—not the other way around.
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My Best Investments Are Down The Street
by Judy Wicksposted Jun 05, 2009 - Social activist and local living economies advocate Judy Wicks shares her investment secrets.
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Small Banks, Radical Vision
by Zach Carterposted Jun 05, 2009 - Local banks can change the world, one investment at a time.
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