NEW ECONOMY

A fair economy that works for people and the planet.

Now I Become Myself

by Parker Palmer

posted Mar 31, 2001

Parker Palmer writes about finding his vocation and the link between self and service

Reimagining Your Life

by Elyse Fields

posted Mar 31, 2001

Re-Imagining Your Life- Lisa Zeiler, Roberto Maestas, Al Chase, Bob Dickerson, Ariel Meadows

Discussion Guide: Working for Life

posted Mar 31, 2001

Discussion Guide for Working for Life, Right Livelihood, YES is a leading-edge quarterly journal magazine published by the nonprofit Positive Futures Network concerned with building a more just, sustainable, and compassionate future

Worker Owned and Local Businesses

by Dan Swinney

posted Mar 31, 2001

Downsized? Stuck in a cubicle? Here is how some people are creating a livelihood and also building the foundations of a life-sustaining economy.

Why Work?

by Bob Black

posted Mar 31, 2001

Bob Black, Why Work? Examines the stultifying impact of work and jobs and advocates the abolition of most production and the tranformation of work to play.

The Year of Global Protest - "We withdraw our consent!"

by Walden Bello

posted Mar 31, 2001

The Year of Global Protest: "We withdraw our consent!" by Walden Bello. Reviews anti-globalization protests and activism following the Seattle WTO demonstrations and considers the process of deligitimization of the institutions of global capitalism.

One Meal, One Vote

by Donella Meadows

posted Oct 27, 2000

One meal, one vote, by Donella Meadows. Consumers have the power to end factory farming and the dangers it poses to humans and animals.

India's Silent But Singing Revolution

by Pramila Jayapul

posted Oct 27, 2000

India's silent but singing revolution, by Pramila Jayapul. Swadyaya social movement in India is based on belief that God resides within, all people and nature are connected, and a person's responsibility is only to do one's duty to the best of one's capability for God and without attachment to the fruits of the labor.

Garden of Simplicity

by Duane Elgin

posted Oct 27, 2000

garden of simplicity, by Duane Elgin. Simplicity is the new mantra for the overworked, over-stressed, and over-cluttered, and for those who want to lighten their impact on the Earth. The author of the classic book on voluntary simplicity says the ways to simplicity are many.

The New Solidarity

by Anthony S. Arch

posted Oct 27, 2000

the new solidarity, by Anthony S. Arch. Steelworkers and forest activists forge a new alliance.

Conservation Measures

by Susan Callan

posted Sep 30, 2000

Eco-design resources for making a green workplace.

Wild Rice Moon

by Winona LaDuke

posted Jun 30, 2000

The ancient, wild rice-centered culture of Minnesota's Anishinaabeg people confronts cultivated "wild" rice.

This Is What Democracy Looked Like

by Amber Gallup

posted Jun 30, 2000

Amber Gallup reports from the IMF/World Bank protests in Washington, DC.

Farms of the Future

by Senator Byron Dorgan

posted Jun 30, 2000

Contrary to myths about the efficiency of corporate agriculture, family farmers are the most efficient producers - and they produce much more than food

Hog Heaven

by Brian DeVore

posted Jun 30, 2000

combining some old-fashioned animal husbandry with new, low-tech facility design and sophisticated ideas about the relationships between livestock and the land.