Closed Loop Production: Creating Jobs and Good Food in Hardwick, VT
Naia enjoying all that Hardwick had to offer–especially the mud! The day ended as all good ones do, with my daughter in a puddle, covered in mud. She was my wingman for an event hosted by Vermont...
View ArticleUpcoming Lectures in Energy, Sustainability, and Security
Join the Dartmouth community to engage with a spectrum of voices offering potential solutions to our common climate challenge! Starting July 11, Dartmouth will host the Leading Voices Series in Energy,...
View ArticleVermont’s New Economy Week
Vermont’s New Economy Week is October 10-20. Join in by attending an event near you! We’re excited to be part of New Economy Week, a collection of events across the state that celebrate and raise...
View ArticleOur New Publication on the New Economy in Vermont!
We’re excited to announce that we just released Vermont’s New Economy: A look at the New Economy by the numbers. This new publication is all about injecting new ideas and a “sense of the possible” into...
View ArticleVertical Veg: Growing Food, Sharing Knowledge, Building Community
Mark Ridsdill Smith at work on his garden balcony(Image credit: Miki Yamanouchi, Vertical Veg) Most people looking at his Camden flat might have seen a cozy brick apartment packed in tightly against...
View ArticleA Genuine Talk on Progress and the GPI
“When we hear that the Gross National Product has grown, instead of cheering, we should ask exactly what has grown, for whom, at what cost, and at whose expense. Even better, we should work to develop...
View ArticleLast Call: The complicated story of a study’s simple findings
By Sarah Parkinson Challenging the Existing Paradigm— The message of Limits to Growth is disarmingly simple: we cannot have infinite growth on a finite planet. Earth’s supplies of habitable land, fresh...
View ArticleFood Sovereignty: Solutions are as Interconnected as Problems
“People are not hungry in this rich country because there is too little food or money or organization. They are hungry because food, money, and organizations are not used for the purpose of...
View ArticleVermont Works Towards Sustainable Local Economies
During the second annual New Economy Week, communities across Vermont will celebrate new approaches to food, energy, business, and finance that strive for wellbeing over growth. Vermont has emerged as...
View ArticlePutting the New Economy in Context
Three weeks ago I joined more than three hundred thousand people at the People’s Climate March in NYC. As we anxiously waited to start marching, a wave of silence spread from person to person up 60...
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