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The New Economy
This downturn marks the end of an unsustainable economy. There is an alternative… Meet the activists, visionaries, and upstarts building something new: an economy that puts people first and works within the carrying capacity of the Earth.
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New Visions
Solving today’s big problems will take more than a quick fix. These authors offer clarity about the roots of our problems and visions of a better way.
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Why This Crisis May Be Our Best Chance
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.
By David Korten
 David Korten reads from his latest book, Agenda for a New Economy
:: HOW YOU'RE MAKING IT THROUGH:
Our readers share their strategies for surviving and thriving in hard economic times.
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 Age-Old Wisdom for the New Economy
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.
An interview by Sarah van Gelder |
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 31 Ways to Jump Start the Local Economy
Build a secure, sustainable economy beginning at home and in your community.
By Sarah van Gelder
 Poster available for free download. Also available to buy: just $3
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Thrift and Shift…
A different recipe is needed—with fresh priorities: let's make things that last and shift to a new, green economic engine that provides well-being for all.
By Alisa Gravitz
:: JUST THE FACTS:
Why we can’t go back to the old economy |
World & Community
New models that foster justice and real prosperity, and sustain the Earth’s living systems. How can we bring these models to life and put them to work?
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The Power of One
Stories of people who find their courage, open their hearts, and discover what it means to be human in today’s world.
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Breaking Open
Humor, story-telling, and the arts—taking you into unexpected spaces where business-as-usual breaks open into new possibilities.
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 Wendell Berry’s 17 Rules for Communities
Common sense and neighborliness: what a thriving economy is made of.
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Reinflate the Old Economy? Get Real!
What the old economy didn’t do for us—and what a sustainable economy could do.
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