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David Bollier’s Commons Blog

November 17, 2015

Melissa Scanlan

New Economy Law Center Fellow, David Bollier, has an active blog on the commons – check it out! Commons Blog

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David Bollier’s Commons Blog

Speth’s State of the Nation November 11, 2019
Common Dreams published NELC co-founder and fellow, Gus Speth’s, “A People’s State of the Nation,” which rings alarm bells in terms of how the US compares to other high consuming countries in terms of social, environmental, economic, and health indicators.
Rebecca Milaschewski
ABA features NELC Fellow Mary Wood’s climate change work October 31, 2019
In this latest ABA feature, they highlight the pioneering thinking of Mary Wood in shaping climate change litigation strategy in the US. NELC co-founder Gus Speth also weighs in on the story.
Rebecca Milaschewski
Join us for Oct 8 Movie showing “Redefining Prosperity” with filmmaker, John De Graaf September 26, 2019
Please join NELC Fellow, Marta Ceroni, and John de Graaf, on October 8 at 6pm at the Ava Gallery, Lebanon, NH (come at 5:30PM if you want to enjoy some light refreshments) for a night of conversation in which John presents his latest movie “Redefining Prosperity: The Gold Rushes of Nevada City” a story of a community […]
Rebecca Milaschewski
Consum Cooperativa: Feeding 3 Million in the Spanish Mediterranean May 15, 2019
Can cooperative grocery stores compete with large investor-owned grocery chains? Consum, in Spain, shows it is possible to be a worker and consumer-owned grocery coop with strong sustainability practices AND be the largest grocery chain in the Spanish Mediterranean. Consum has more worker-owners in Spain than all of the worker owned cooperatives across every industry in […]
Rebecca Milaschewski
NELC fellow, Bill McKibben, talking about climate in The New Yorker; NELC co-founder, Gus Speth’s response May 2, 2019
McKibben, Notes from a Remarkable Political Moment for Climate Change, read more. May 7, 2019 (Gus Speth). I greatly admire and agree with Bill McKibben’s kick-off contribution. I have followed Bill into jail and would do so again, and agreeing with him in many contexts has proven graciously easy. I do want to lay out […]
Rebecca Milaschewski
Craft Beer: 100% Employee-Owned, Organic, and Powered by Renewables April 28, 2019
The craft beer market in the U.S. has exploded, but where can you find a company that is democratically owned, producing organic beer, and 100 percent powered by renewables? Cerveses Lluna brews its beer in Alcoi, Spain, where it is committed to creating good jobs, local sourcing, and sustainable production. NELC co-founder, Melissa Scanlan, interviewed […]
Rebecca Milaschewski
The Making Of A Democratic Economy- November 14th in Chase! November 12, 2018
The New Economy Law Center presents “The Making of a Democratic Economy” with speaker Marjorie Kelly, Senior Fellow and Executive Vice President of The Democracy Collaborative. At a time when the nation is hungry for a positive vision for our economy – when 71 percent of Americans say they believe the economic system is rigged against them – […]
Rebecca Milaschewski
Corporations Are People Too (And They Should Act Like It) October 4, 2018
With an analysis sure to challenge the assumptions of both progressives and conservatives, Greenfield explores corporations’ claims to constitutional rights and the foundational conflicts about their obligations in society. He argues that a blanket opposition to corporate personhood is misguided, since it is consistent with both the purpose of corporations and the Constitution itself that […]
Rebecca Milaschewski
Zephyr Teachout speaks about Transforming Politics September 4, 2018
https://livestream.com/vermontlawschool/new-economy-forum/videos/166241450 With the upcoming midterms and so much energy put into politics, I thought it a good time to revisit the 4th talk in the Fall 2017 New Economy Law and Policy Forum. In it, Zephyr Teachout focuses on campaign finance and other reforms needed to transform politics in the US. For more resources about campaign […]
Melissa Scanlan
McKibben RADIO FREE VERMONT, A FABLE OF RESISTANCE, 2017 August 10, 2018
In his latest book (and first novel), NELC Fellow, Bill McKibben, takes his resistance angst and turns it into a love letter to Vermont, local craft beer, human-scale economies and decision making like “Town Meeting Day,” and Ethan Allen. With humor, he tells a tale of seceding as a protest against the big impersonal political […]
Melissa Scanlan