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To envision a just and regenerative global economy; apply the concepts locally; then share results for broad replication. 📫 https://t.co/3LkHZKW8zg
Berkshires, MA
Joined January 2013
The Schumacher Center is dedicated to gathering the rich decentralist tradition, continuing to bring the values of scale and sustainability into modern discourse, demonstrating that small is not only beautiful—it is a viable alternative.
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RT @Center4NewEcon: BECOMING UNSETTLED: Why White Virtue Will Not Save Us, with Bayo Akomolafe and Erin Manning. Thursday, March 6th at 11A….
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RT @Center4NewEcon: "We can't get There from Here: Carbon, Climate, and the Call to Wonder" with @PaulHawken and Báyò Akómoláfé will be our….
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The 44th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lecture will feature Paul Hawken and Báyò Akómoláfé in conversation. This virtual event will be hosted and moderated by Alex Forrester, Board Member of the Schumacher...
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"We can't get There from Here: Carbon, Climate, and the Call to Wonder" with @PaulHawken and Báyò Akómoláfé will be our 44th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lecture!. When: December 4, 2024 at 11AM EST.Where: Online via Zoom.Register for free using the link below.
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The 44th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lecture will feature Paul Hawken and Báyò Akómoláfé in conversation. This virtual event will be hosted and moderated by Alex Forrester, Board Member of the Schumacher...
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The final public event in Bayo Akomolafe’s six-month W. E. B. Du Bois Fellowship with the Schumacher Center for a New Economics took place at St James Place in Great Barrington on September 11, 2024. Read excerpts and access the full video below.
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The final public event in Bayo Akomolafe’s six-month W. E. B. Du Bois Fellowship with the Schumacher Center for a New Economics took place at St James Place in Great Barrington on September 11, 2024....
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Having raised the insufficiency of 'high tech' solutionism for poor and rural villages, and describing the promise of intermediate technology, in Chapter 13 Schumacher points to a fundamental error in prevailing economic theory. #SmallisBeautiful.
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Having raised the insufficiency of "high tech" solutionism for the world's poor and rural villages, and describing the promise of intermediate technology, in Chapter 13 Schumacher highlights a...
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Our #CommunityLandTrust Toolkit contains organizational and legal documents, providing information for starting a CLT in your own area. Our site offers free background, by-laws, articles of incorporation, lease agreements, and other material.
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In public talks and private discussions, Schumacher often pondered ‘the land question.’ An economic system that treats land as a commodity to be bought and sold on the market fails to foster the...
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Schumacher's notion of "technology with a human face" implies for regenerative, local economic development:.- a regional focus for livelihoods.- an emphasis on lower capital-intensive facilities.- production primarily from local resources for local needs.
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Our chapter-by-chapter reading of David Boyle's study guide, "Small is Beautiful Revisited...50 Years On" continues, examining Schumacher's 1973 landmark text in light of our own time. Chapter 12...
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We continue our chapter-by-chapter reading of our study guide, “Small is Beautiful Revisited…50 Years On,” examining Schumacher’s 1973 text in light of our time. Chapter 11 deals with what Schumacher called “the central problem of development.”.
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We continue our chapter-by-chapter reading of David Boyle's study guide, "Small is Beautiful Revisited...50 Years On," which examines Schumacher's 1973 landmark text in light of our own time. Chapter...
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Read "60 Years of the WIR Economic Circle Cooperative" (1994) by Heidi Defila, former Vice President of WIR, translated by Thomas Greco.
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