Milk Sold in Maine: Will Travel 

A former state senator in Maine had fun lately testifying for a bill that would put “Maine Fresh Milk” label on milk produced and sold in Maine.

She told the legislature’s Agricultural Committee that she had bought milk… more

Ecological restoration and the future of the economy 

Economic Development and the Restoration of Urban Rivers
Greg Gerritt’s part for panel with Richard Davis at RI Land and Waters Summit 3/15/08

What my esteemed colleague Rich Davis just presented is the state of the… more

What to do about the economy 

Greens will never get elected to higher office until enough people are convinced that a Green economy will work. Greens will not get elected unless they can credibly promise prosperity.  It creates a bind. No one has ever seen a… more

What to do about the economy 

Greens will never get elected to higher office until enough people are convinced that a Green economy will work. Greens will not get elected unless they can credibly promise prosperity.  It creates a bind. No one has ever seen a… more

Ideology and Class Division 

There are three essential ways of human life: aboriginal, village/town, urban.

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Aboriginal: familial bands within tribal, cellular units. No private property in “means of production”; no class division.

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On Bill McKibben’s new book, Deep Economy 

Bill McKibben’s new book looks like a must-read. What impresses me is how he’s got it right about the primary contradiction of our era: not bourgeoisie vs. working class, but rather what he describes as “Wal-Mart Nation” vs. “Farmers’ Market… more

Depletion of resources as income 

I have been involved in a recent set of discussions about the economy and its relationship to the ecology of the earth.  Some of the participants in the discussion believe that everything is fine, poverty is going down, incomes are… more

On restoring social roles as well as economic roles 

Excerpt from James Howard Kunstler’s 3/19/07 speech to the Commonwealth Club of California.

An audio stream of the full speech is available:
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/50049/

“It is important to recognize the damage that the national… more

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