Podcasts about Small Is Beautiful

Chinese lending to African countries rebounded in a big way in 2023 after seven consecutive years of decline. Last year, Chinese lenders approved loans totaling $4.61 billion to African borrowers, a dramatic increase over the $922 million lent in 2022, according to Boston University's Global Development Policy Center (GDPC). In the past, China lent billions to countries like Kenya and Nigeria to build massive infrastructure projects like ports and railways. That is no longer the case today as Chinese lending focuses on smaller, more sustainable initiatives, mainly in the energy, telecom, and logistics sectors. Kevin Gallagher, director of the GDPC, and Diego Morro, a data analyst at GDPC, join Eric & Cobus to discuss the latest trends in Chinese development finance in Africa and a few of the surprises their research uncovered about which countries are getting the most financing. JOIN THE DISCUSSION: X: @ChinaGSProject | @eric_olander | @stadenesque Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject YouTube: www.youtube.com/@ChinaGlobalSouth FOLLOW CAP IN FRENCH AND ARABIC: Français: www.projetafriquechine.com | @AfrikChine Arabic: عربي: www.alsin-alsharqalawsat.com | @SinSharqAwsat JOIN US ON PATREON! Become a CGSP Patreon member and get all sorts of cool stuff, including our Week in Review report, an invitation to join monthly Zoom calls with Eric & Cobus, and even an awesome new CGSP Podcast mug! www.patreon.com/chinaglobalsouth

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A tiny beach shack on a remote Island in the Torres Strait has become one of the world's most desired tourist destinations. After making it onto the Forbes top fifty places to visit - Badu Island has put the region on the global tourism map. Traditional Owners say the venture is helping them care for country and grow their island economy.

A tiny beach shack on a remote Island in the Torres Strait has become one of the world's most desired tourist destinations. - Unti-unting nakilala ang beach shack sa isang remote island sa Torres Strait na pasok sa Forbes Magazine best tourist destination.

In the final article of this mini-series we share reflections from people that have scaled specialty coffee chains, plus add some ideas of our own.View the full mini-series at https://unitedbaristas.com/articles/series/specialty-coffee-chains/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the Third in our Grumman "Cat" Series! Take a Hellcat, put it on a crash diet, keep the big engine and what do you get? Bearcat: where LESS is MORE! Support: Via PayPal Like to Watch? Go to the YouTube Channel

Welcome to Cuppa 36.5 of 40. In this episode of the 40 for Tea, host Rachel Allan has a heartfelt and profound conversation with world-renowned activist, peacemaker, and author, Satish Kumar.  With over half a century of activism, Satish is a beacon of hope, drawing from his profound interactions with figures like Pope Francis and Martin Luther King to inspire global change. Satish recounts his poignant journey delivering peace tea to global leaders, advocating for mindfulness, unity, and heart-led communication in times of adversity. He shares anecdotes of bridging divides with a cup of tea, a powerful conversation and connection with nature, advocating for patience and trust in the tireless pursuit of justice. As co-founder of Schumacher College, Satish talks of regenerative practices and sustainable living, grounding his teachings in the belief that the economy should enhance human and planetary well-being, not exploit it. He reframes HR from Human Resources to Human Relationships. Painting a compelling portrait of an economy that celebrates human relationships and operates within the ecological "doughnut." We delve into Satish's guiding principles – soil, soul, and society – and how we must nurture each dimension to foster environmental and spiritual connectivity. With coherent and compassionate wisdom, Satish champions love as the metaphysical gravity that holds our universe together. We celebrate the power of love, optimism, and the courage to transform not just our external world, but our inner landscapes as well.  This is not just an episode; it's an invitation to pause, reflect, and join us on a journey to uncover what truly matters. So grab your cuppa and let's dive in together. Sign up to connect with Rachel & for the GOLD + inside info on 40 for Tea here. Part 2 of 2..  N.B.  This episode was recorded March 2022. ------------------------------------------------- 08:11 Deliver peace tea to world leaders, prevent nuclear war. 10:41 Persuading through connection, not just intellect. 13:51 Build trust through communication. 19:05 Patience.  20:24 Solving problems requires interconnected focus on environment. 24:27 Embrace diversity, emphasis on common humanity. 31:19 Meeting Pope Francis, urged climate action. 35:37 Schumacher College education model. 41:02 "Small is beautiful, within ecological limits." 44:07 Love sustains humanity, nature, and connections.  

"A Study of Economics as if People Mattered"

For much of the past year, there's been a lot of talk about China's new leaner, more focused Belt and Road Initiative that goes by the mantra "Smart and Beautiful." The problem is very few people actually know what it looks like in practice. But that's starting to change, particularly in regions like Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) where two seemingly contradictory investment trends are taking place: overall Chinese FDI in the region is down but in key areas, so-called "new infrastructure," Chinese investments in LAC countries have been going up. Margaret Myers, director of the Asia and Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue think tank in Washington co-authored a new report on China's evolving investment priorities in the Americas and joins Eric to discuss why Chinese FDI today looks very different than it even just a few years ago. JOIN THE DISCUSSION: X: @ChinaGSProject| @stadenesque| @eric_olander | @myersmargaret Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject YouTube: www.youtube.com/@ChinaGlobalSouth FOLLOW CAP IN FRENCH AND ARABIC: Français: www.projetafriquechine.com | @AfrikChine Arabic: عربي: www.akhbaralsin-africia.com | @AkhbarAlSinAfr JOIN US ON PATREON! Become a CAP Patreon member and get all sorts of cool stuff, including our Week in Review report, an invitation to join monthly Zoom calls with Eric & Cobus, and even an awesome new CAP Podcast mug! www.patreon.com/chinaglobalsouth

“Small is beautiful, Miniature Art” is the first international museum entirely devoted to miniature art, compiling the work of 18 international miniature artists.and presenting their work for us to enjoy the magical and  unusual worlds created. We spoke with show producer Serge Victoria and with Derrick Lin, one of the artists. https://smallisbeautifulart.com/bruxelles/en

Joseph Pearce's book Small Is Still Beautiful is a compelling spotlight on the "well-kept secret" of economist E. F. Schumacher. David Frank and Brendan Johnson (from episode 30) talked with Joseph about small localism versus globalism, cooperatives and sharing versus capitalist individualism, and the like. Join us for a delightful conversation around the commons, community, and collaborative flourishing. About Our Guest A native of England, Joseph Pearce is the internationally acclaimed author of many books, which include bestsellers such as The Quest for Shakespeare, Tolkien: Man and Myth, The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde, C. S. Lewis and The Catholic Church, Literary Converts, Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton, Solzhenitsyn: A Soul in Exile and Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc. He is an author, publisher, editor, lecturer, and professor. His personal website is www.jpearce.co. __________ Timestamps (0:26) Introducing Joseph Pearce (2:51) Encountering E. F. Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful (5:38) Modern economics that don't lead to flourishing (7:45) Distributing wealth, local solidarity (15:13) Mondragon Corporation: Solidarity in practice (18:03) The world since 20 years ago: what's changed? (22:01) Advice for voting with your dollars (27:45) Is there a risk in things being too small? (32:47) Reading recommendations __________ Links and References Small Is Still Beautiful: Economics as if Families Mattered by Joseph Pearce (2006)- link to publisher Joseph Pearce - Facebook, Instagram Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered by E. F. Schumacher (1973) - link to publisher Thomas Storck Wilhelm Röpke __________ If you like this podcast, please consider… →Sharing feedback or questions! www.podpage.com/communion-shalom/contact →Supporting us on Patreon! patreon.com/communionandshalom →Following us on Instagram! @communionandshalom — Credits Creators and Hosts: David Frank, TJ Espinoza Audio Engineer: Carl Swenson (www.carlswensonmusic.com) Podcast Manager: Elena

"Under the Tree" is an initiative to re - live the child hood and our lives by relating to stories by great writers of yesteryears. The objective is to rekindle the interest of reading and showcase the Indian authors work which give rebirth to the tradition, culture. Spiritual series that is rich in Indian ethos along with Management aspects increase positivity which is much needed always..

Aral Balkan of the Small Technology Foundation talks with Doc Searls and Dan Lynch about the small web, the tame little server called Kitten, and much more about the wide open world we've been losing and how to get it back. Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch Guest: Aral Balkan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: kolide.com/floss

Aral Balkan of the Small Technology Foundation talks with Doc Searls and Dan Lynch about the small web, the tame little server called Kitten, and much more about the wide open world we've been losing and how to get it back. Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch Guest: Aral Balkan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: kolide.com/floss

Aral Balkan of the Small Technology Foundation talks with Doc Searls and Dan Lynch about the small web, the tame little server called Kitten, and much more about the wide open world we've been losing and how to get it back. Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch Guest: Aral Balkan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: kolide.com/floss

Aral Balkan of the Small Technology Foundation talks with Doc Searls and Dan Lynch about the small web, the tame little server called Kitten, and much more about the wide open world we've been losing and how to get it back. Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch Guest: Aral Balkan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: kolide.com/floss

Chinese lending to African countries plunged to below a billion dollars in 2022, the lowest level in two decades, according to new data from the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University. The findings confirm that the era of Beijing financing large-scale infrastructure projects on the continent is now officially over.Instead, Chinese creditors are focusing on smaller, more sustainable initiatives in green energy and telecommunications, among others. But this new, austere engagement strategy is going to fundamentally change China's relationship with the continent that, in many ways, was buttressed by once-generous loans.Oyintarelado (Tarela) Moses, data analyst/database manager at the BU Global Development Policy Center, joins Eric & Cobus to discuss the new lending figures and explain what's behind the downturn.JOIN THE DISCUSSION:X: @ChinaGSProject| @stadenesque | @eric_olander | @tarelamosesLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oyintarelado-tarela-moses-05998968/Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProjectYouTube: www.youtube.com/@ChinaGlobalSouthFOLLOW CAP IN FRENCH AND ARABIC:Français: www.projetafriquechine.com | @AfrikChineعربي: www.akhbaralsin-africia.com | @AkhbarAlSinAfrJOIN US ON PATREON!Become a CAP Patreon member and get all sorts of cool stuff, including our Week in Review report, an invitation to join monthly Zoom calls with Eric & Cobus, and even an awesome new CAP Podcast mug!www.patreon.com/chinaglobalsouthSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Fr Toby on a different sort of happiness and an economics that sees people matter.

Kate Rudd joins us to talk about a short and highly accessible chapter from the classic book seeking to integrate economics and wisdom: Small Is Beautiful, by E.F. Schumacher. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Small Is Beautiful, Dangerous Wisdom will host a series of dialogues with faculty and alumni of Schumacher College.Schumacher's book is exceptionally relevant today, as we have continued the pattern of insanity he sought to question, and his insights and suggestions still offer us the possibility to arrive at better ways of knowing and being, better ways of organizing our culture, and better ways of relating with each other and the larger world. Kate joins us to discuss the chapter on scale, and to discuss her own work in regenerative economics.Kate is a multilingual research consultant, facilitator and writer working at the intersection of inner development, social innovation and transformational change. She supports organisations contributing to social and ecological regeneration to catalyse transformative change through insight, strategy and communication.She holds and MA in Regenerative Economics with Distinction from Schumacher College and first-class undergraduate degrees in Applied Languages, Economics, and Law from universities in France, Spain and the UK.At present Kate is:· Collaborating with the UNDP's Conscious Food Systems Alliance as a Local Food Systems Leadership Consultant. · Conducting her own academic research at the intersection of food systems transformation and the inner dimensions of transformative change.· Engaged in business incubation projects and content creation projects for several grassroots orgs promoting regenerative agriculture in Africa and Latin America. Here's a link to Kate's research: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DIVaeZu8BjPVBbDK4lveTq0YTlKO5-Au/view

Xavier Lagurgue is a practicing architect and heads the agency XLGD architectures with Günther Domenig. He is also a professor of architecture at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Paris-La Villette and teaches in various courses, including the master Seb-URBABIO of the French Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.In this issue of Com d'Archi, Xavier Lagurgue, through the voice of Esther, in echo with his interview in French conducted by Anne-Charlotte, talks about his career and his projects. As a fine architect and ecologist, it is very interesting to hear him express his point of view off the beaten track.Teaser image © Xavier LagurgueSound design : Julien Rebours___If you like the podcast do not hesitate:. to subscribe so you don't miss the next episodes,. to leave us stars and a comment :-),. to follow us on Instagram @comdarchipodcast to find beautiful images, always chosen with care, so as to enrich your view on the subject.Nice week to all of you ! Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Are you interested in small footprint living? Our summary today works with the article titled Small is beautiful? Stories of carbon footprints, socio-demographic trends and small households in Denmark from 2021 by Tullia Jack and Diana Ivanova, published in the Energy Research & Social Science journal. This episode is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Colin Chee in episode 117 talking about small foot print living with its advantages and disadvantages. Plus, since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how household size is connected to carbon footprints. This article presents different Danish cohorts and opportunities to decrease their footprints with storytelling and policy-making. As the most important things, I would like to highlight 3 aspects: Humanity is increasingly living in single or double occupant households but these lifestyles add greatly to our negative impacts on the environment. Storytelling could be a way to help people understand their possibilities in decreasing their carbon footprint in an empathetic way, working toward socially and environmentally sustainable futures. Policy-makers need to take into account the change in lifestyles and create requirements for city dwelling to be more sustainable in single and double occupant households. You can find the article through this link. Connecting episodes you might be interested in: No.027 - Interview with Professor Richard Manasseh talking about more sharing opportunities; No.117 - Interview with Colin Chee talking about small footprint living; You can find the transcript through this link. What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter @WTF4Cities or on the wtf4cities.com website where the shownotes are also available. I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

Welcome to The 232 Degrees Podcast!! This is Episode 7 of Season 1. Subscribe and be notified of new episodes. And pass it on :-) We love books and reading, and in this seventh episode we unpack Small is Beautiful by EF Schumacher. A little time capsule from the 70s that takes on mainstream economic sentiment… Check it out here: BOOKO: https://booko.co.nz/w/1325001/Small-is-Beautiful_by_E-F-Schumacher Connect with us here: the232podcast@gmail.com

This episode looks at the smaller units of international image—regions and cities—and how they fare in comparison to national images. Issues discussed include whether they help or hurt a national image and whether the promotion of smaller places is worthwhile. Simon starts out noting that some places are known for their products, with Champagne being the most obvious, but many are destined to remain unknown. Nick notes that the European Union benefits from being known for its smaller constituent parts while China's image in much more intimidating because its regional variations are unknown, and the focus is on the national level. Simon and Nick agree that diversity enhances a national image and note the value of regional images even when they are explicitly at odds with the overall nation state as with the case of the Basque Country and Catalonia within Spain. Simon argues that the internal contradictions, tensions and reactions that emerge from the interplay of local and national identities are part of what make nations vibrant and attractive. The conversation ends with discussion of issues around measurement and of the tension between rural and urban identities around the world.

When it comes to fitness and wellness, making everything smaller so we can get the things that we want for ourselves is something I fully encourage all of my clients and members to do. Aiming for smaller steps in everything can help to take away the overwhelm, and give us a doable and sustainable action plan. In this episode, I will give you some practical tips on how you can make everything smaller in order to finally start hitting some of your fitness and wellness goals. What You Will Learn: - How to stop making the excuses - How to start making things smaller - What's really stopping you from exercising regularly - Defining what areas of your nutrition you need improving - Deciding on the time you have available or could make available for self-care - How to create time to prioritise your wellbeing - What foundations you need to put into place to allow this to happen All of us try to do too much at once. We think way too big and become overwhelmed by the actions, so we end up not doing anything at all. Even when we have the time, we'll fill it with something else or we just don't know where to start. Just relax and remember - the smaller the better! Resources: - Fatigued to Fabulous Challenge https://chickfit.lpages.co/f-to-f-sept/ - Join Power up Your Perimenopause https://chickfit.co.uk/power-up-your-perimenopause/ - Join the ChickFit Members Club - www.chickfit.co.uk/membersclub - My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/ - Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alixchickfit - Review and subscribe to my podcast https://www.podfollow.com/chickfit 

This 1973 book couldn't be more relevant to today's young people facing climate change and global warning. Here's a quick glimpse as to how it impacted my life.

In this 21 minutes [yes, slightly long, apologies] episode, Peter and Tina explore the rich contribution of E. F. (Fritz) Schumacher, who wrote the seminal book Small Is Beautiful (1973). This book and Schumacher's thinking on small vs. gigantic, Buddhist Economics, and appropriate technology, pathed the way for what we now think of as the Community Economic Development (CED) Tradition. We invite community development workers to become economically literate and add CED to their social and justice efforts.

Small Is Beautiful Vocabulary Text Hello, welcome to the vocabulary lesson for "Small is Beautiful." Let's talk about our first word. Our first word is cultivate, to cultivate. Of course, cultivate means to grow or to encourage something. So it's to cultivate, it means to grow or to encourage something. to Our next word is envy, envy. He says our cultures are cultivating envy, they're encouraging envy. Envy really means jealousy. Jealousy, it means someone else has something good and you don't like it, right? You are jealous. You're jealous of them. If they have something better than you, you don't feel good about them. You don't feel happy because they are happy. Instead you feel mad or angry or jealous. You feel bad because you think "Ah, I want that. I want that. I want that," right? So envy really means jealousy. Our next word is frenzy, a frenzy. A frenzy is uncontrolled action. It really means just constantly doing a lot of things without control. So, for example, sharks in the ocean, you throw a dead fish in the water they will..rawr...they will start attacking the fish and they all go crazy. So that's this idea of, that they just start attacking and moving and doing all of these things without control. So frenzy really means kind of go crazy, just... aaaahhhh...just start doing a lot of things, going crazy about it...lots and lots of actions with no control. if Our next word is consumerism, consumerism. Consumerism means the philosophy or the idea that buying stuff is most important in your life. It's the most important thing. So that you get meaning from buying things, that buying stuff, buying cars, buying expensive houses, buying more, more, more, more, that's what is most important in life. That idea is called consumerism. Consumerism, so Schumacher is saying that right now most of our cultures are consumerist cultures...that we are focused on consumerism in most countries. Our next word is abate, to abate. He says that consumerism in most of our countries does not abate as we get richer. So to abate means to slow down or to stop, or to abate can also mean to lessen. To get smaller, to get weaker, it has this idea of slowing down, stopping. So he's thinking if someone gets rich then their greed, their desire for money, should go down. It should become lower. It should abate. But he's saying it does not abate. It does not slow down. It does not get less. So again, to abate, to get less, to lessen, to slow down. www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com

Small Is Beautiful Point-of-View Text Hi, this is AJ. Welcome to the point of view lesson for "Small is Beautiful." Same story...different points of view, different time frames. Let's go. * * ** * Since they were children Jeff has always had great hair. And Michael has always been bald. He's never had hair. When Jeff was a baby, he came out with long, blond, beautiful hair. He has always had long, blond, beautiful hair. And Michael has always been bald, from when he was a baby until now. And so, Michael has always envied Jeff's hair. Michael has always wanted hair, since he was a little baby. He has always wanted to have great hair. He has always wanted to have long, blond, beautiful hair like Jeff. Michael has been preoccupied with Jeff's hair every day since he was a little child. He has been totally preoccupied with Jeff's hair since he was a little child. His preoccupation has never abated. Not one day, it has never abated. It has never lessened. It has never gone away. Michael has been preoccupied with Jeff's hair every day. His preoccupation has never abated. In fact, he has gotten more and more envious every day of his life. He has gotten more and more and more envious. Well, one day Michael finally got into a frenzy. He just went crazy, "I must have Jeff's hair! Imust have Jeff's hair....aaaaahhhhh!" He got into a frenzy on that day. And on that day he grabbed a big knife and he went to Jeff's house. He knocked on Jeff's door. Jeff opened the door. And Michael said, "I must have your hair! I'm going to cut off your hair!" And Jeff said, “This is absurd. Just buy a wig." And Michael stopped. Suddenly his preoccupation with Jeff's hair abated. He dropped the knife and became calm. Then he ran to a wig store and he bought a long, blond, beautiful wig and he put it on. And every day he wore it and everyone loved his new hair. Michael was very happy and Michael and Jeff became very good friends. The End * * ** * www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com

Automatic English For The People Small Is Beautiful Mini-Story Text Hello, this is AJ. Welcome to “Small is Beautiful," the mini-story. Take a deep breath. Smile, move your body. Shoulders back, let's go! * * ** * Jeff had great hair. What kind of hair did he have? Great, Jeff had great hair. It was long, blond and beautiful. What kind of hair did he have? Well, great hair, long, blond, beautiful hair. Who had long, blond, beautiful hair? Jeff, Jeff did. Jeff had long, blond, beautiful hair. But there was a problem, of course. Michael envied Jeff's hair. What did Michael do? Michael envied Jeff's hair. What did Michael envy? He envied Jeff's hair. Did he envy Jeff's money? No, not his money...Michael didn't envy Jeff's money. Michael envied Jeff's long, blond, beautiful hair. Michael wanted great hair also. So did Jeff envy Michael's hair? www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com

Small Is Beautiful Main Text Hi, this is AJ again. Welcome to the next lesson. This lesson is called "Small is Beautiful." Small is Beautiful is the name of a book by E.F. Schumacher. It's a very interesting book. It's a little bit difficult to read. The level of English is actually fairly difficult, but I do recommend it. If you have an advanced level of English, go ahead, try to read Small is Beautiful. It's an excellent book. E.F. Schumacher was an economist, still is an economist. And he wrote Small is Beautiful to talk about the economic problems we have in the world. Now this book was published back in the late 70s, I believe, and it has been updated more recently. But the basic idea of Small is Beautiful is that our economies in the world are big, big businesses, have become too big. And they are not sustainable anymore. Too big, in other words, we're destroying the planet Earth because we are consuming too much. Our economies are too big; our population, too big; our companies, too big. Everything has grown too large and his solution, as you might guess, is that we need smaller economies, more local economies, more green economies. So he was writing about this long before Al Gore and An Inconvenient Truth and a lot of other things which are quite common right now. But he was writing about these things way back in the '70s. He realized that we're going to have to make some changes. Our planet is being destroyed, we have to do something. And we need to start at the economic level. We have to change our economic system so that it is more human, so that it serves human beings not just super large companies. And, of course, he talks about these economies and his solutions in a lot of detail. Like I said, he was an economist, he is an economist. So he has a lot of very detailed economic arguments and he analyzes things from an economic viewpoint. It's very interesting. Today I want to read to you just a short passage from his book and this book and this passage really talk about the key, central core problem in his opinion. What is the most basic problem? What is causing all these economic problems we see in the world, all the environmental destruction, the wars we see constantly, what's the root cause? And let me read from the book right now. "Economically our wrong living consists primarily in systematically cultivating greed and envy and thus building up a vast array of totally unnecessary wants. It is the sin of greed that has delivered us over into the power of the machine. If greed were not the master of modern man how could it be that the frenzy of consumerism does not abate at higher standards of living and that www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com

Dave and I catch up over a cuppa (in lockdown #6) and share where we are now, three months on from the miscarriage. We chat about: * community and local living * homeschooling and wildschooling * our endless pursuit of working less and living more * our wild brumby   * regenerative relationships  * and why ultimately, small is beautiful. To enrol in Small is Beautiful - https://regenerativeways.thinkific.com/courses/small-is-beautiful

Small is Beautiful - Economics as if people matteredIn this episode, Ezechiel and Andy discuss E. F. Schumacher's famous 1973 book "Small is Beautiful". We unpack the main theses of the book and look whether they are still valid 50 years later.Join us for an hour-long dose of your Daily Philosophy and explore with us one of the most influential books of the 70s.Brought to you by https://daily-philosophy.com.Music: Nightlife by Michael Kobrin, from: https://pixabay.com/music.00:01:31 Globalisation and its effects00:02:28 Types of globalisation00:05:05 “Monoculture” argument00:08:42 Can we justify economic inequality?00:10:45 Robert Nozick (1938-2002)00:12:26 Earth's resources are limited00:13:01 Small countries and globalisation00:14:31 Globalisation threatens diversity00:15:39 The lost diversity of languages00:17:56 How language influences content00:20:50 Big countries are more dangerous00:22:55 Globalisation and peace00:24:31 Does globalisation help the poor?00:29:28 Media monopolies00:34:38 Problems of foreign aid00:38:05 City life and individualism00:42:33 Labourers and digital nomads00:47:05 The meaning of work00:47:22 Karl Marx: Alienation00:50:57 Universal Basic Income00:53:40 Meaning and work01:02:11 The power of corporationsPhilosophers and theories mentioned:00:10:45 Robert Nozick (1938-2002)00:47:22 Karl Marx: AlienationNext episode: Can we Control Technology?Accented Philosophy - Every Tuesday.

This month the Bookylicious team explore the joys of short stories and essays, each of us choosing three stories of essays to recommend. Chekhov, Sherlock Holmes, Ursula le Guin, bodysnatchers, the Moon and crows. The short form is truly beautiful and diverse. Plus we chat about books we are reading. Something for everyone to be inspired! Here are some of the short stories we discuss: Ray Bradbury - All Summer in a Day Ursula le Guin - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Robert Louis Stevenson - The Body Snatcher Ted Chiang - The The Story of Your Life Arthur Conan Doyle - A Scandal in Bohemia The Idler Anton Chekhov - The Black Monk Sheena Mackay - Curry at the Laburnums Amanda Thomson - Craw Sunday Helen Phillips - The Knowers Italo Calvino - Daughters of the Moon Lisa Cupolo - Fort Pierce, Florida

The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows' meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows' meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.Ehrenfeld delivered this lecture in 1982 at the Lindisfarne Fellows' Meeting, "The Land: Its Ecological Development and Its Economic Understanding."

The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows' meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.Schumacher delivered this lecture in 1974 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Planetary Culture and New Image of Humanity."

Winona LaDuke—an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) member of the White Earth Nation—is an environmentalist, economist, author, and prominent Native American activist working to restore and preserve indigenous cultures and lands.She graduated from Harvard University in 1982 with a B.A. in economics (rural economic development) and from Antioch University with an M.A. in community economic development. While at Harvard, she came to understand that the problems besetting native nations were the result of centuries of governmental exploitation. At age 18 she became the youngest person to speak to the United Nations about Native American issues.In 1989 LaDuke founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project in Minnesota, focusing on the recovery, preservation, and restoration of land on the White Earth Reservation. This includes branding traditional foods through the Native Harvest label.In 1993 LaDuke gave the Annual E. F. Schumacher Lecture entitled “Voices from White Earth.” That same year she co-founded and is executive director of Honor the Earth, whose goal is to support Native environmental issues and to ensure the survival of sustainable Native communities. As executive director she travels nationally and internationally to work with Indigenous communities on climate justice, renewable energy, sustainable development, food sovereignty, environmental justice, and human rights.Among the books she has authored are All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life (1999, 2016); The Winona LaDuke Reader: A Collection of Essential Writings (2002); Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming (2005); The Militarization of Indian Country (2013).LaDuke's many honors include nomination in 1994 by Time magazine as one of America's 50 most promising leaders under 40; the Thomas Merton Award in 1996, the Ann Bancroft Award for Women's Leadership in 1997, and the Reebok Human Rights Award in 1998. In 1998 Ms. Magazine named her Woman of the Year for her work with Honor the Earth. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2017 she received the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy, and Tolerance.Winona LaDuke was an active leader as a Water Protector with the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2017 at Standing Rock, where the Sioux Nation and hundreds of their supporters fought to preserve the Nation's drinking water and sacred lands from the damage the pipeline would cause. Over the years her activism has not deviated from seeking justice and restoration for Indigenous peoples.Leah Penniman is an educator, farmer/peyizan, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2011 with the mission to end racism in the food system and reclaim our ancestral connection to land. Penniman is part of a team that facilitates powerful food sovereignty programs – including farmer trainings for Black & Brown people, a subsidized farm food distribution program for people living under food apartheid, and domestic and international organizing toward equity in the food system.Penniman holds an MA in Science Education and BA in Environmental Science and International Development from Clark University. She has been farming since 1996 and teaching since 2002. The work of Penniman and Soul Fire Farm has been recognized by the Soros Racial Justice Fellowship, Fulbright Program, Omega Sustainability Leadership Award, Presidential Award for Science Teaching, NYS Health Emerging Innovator Awards, and Andrew Goodman Foundation, among others. She is the author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land (2018).

Since the early 1980's Hazel Henderson's name has been synonymous with impact investing. Probably more than any other person, Henderson has been responsible for creating and promoting a set of social and environmental indicators by which to judge the real health of an economic system including the well-being of its citizens and its ecosystem. These indicators are then widely used to guide business practices and investment decisions.A prolific commentator and critic of contemporary economics, Henderson launched Ethical Markets Media to provide a platform for discussion of these issues and to showcase examples of a well-being approach.We are proud to honor over four decades of collaboration with Hazel Henderson with this Conversation.Juliet Schor is both a sociologist and an economist.  That unique combination leads her to ask what the citizen/consumer can do to affect a more just and regenerative economy and conversely explores the impact of our current economic system on our daily lives.The titles of her books speak to this dual interest:The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of LeisureThe Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't NeedBorn to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer CulturePlenitude: The New Economics of True WealthPublishers Weekly named her just released After the Gig:How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It Back, one of the Big Indie Books of 2020. In it Schor examines how the platform economy which promised flexibility and new opportunities for workers instead became exploitive.  Her carefully researched book goes on to offer strategies for how citizens can take back these platforms so that they are tools for a better way of working leading to a more regenerative economy. Not surprising, one of the problems she points to is corporate for-profit ownership of the platforms themselves. She instead recommends a cooperative ownership by the users on the platform. 

Neva Goodwin is co-founder and co-director of the Global Development And Environment Institute at Tufts University, where her projects have included editing a six-volume series, Frontier Issues in Economic Thought (published by Island Press) and a Michigan Press series, Evolving Values for a Capitalist World.  She has edited more than a dozen books, and is the lead author of three introductory textbooks: Microeconomics in Context, Macroeconomics in Context, and Principles of Economics in Context.Over the past decade Dr. Goodwin led the creation of a “social science library” called Frontier Thinking in Sustainable Development and Human Well-Being which contains nearly 10,000 full bibliographic references, representing seven social sciences, and including full text PDFs for a third of the referenced articles and book chapters.Stewart Wallis was the executive director of the New Economics Foundation, the UK's leading think tank for social, economic, and environmental justice, from 2003 through 2015.He graduated in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and began his career in marketing and sales with Rio Tinto Zinc. After receiving a master's degree in business and economics at London Business School, Wallis spent seven years with the World Bank in Washington, DC, working on industrial and financial development in East Asia. He then spent nine years with Robinson Packaging (UK), the last five years as Managing Director leading a successful business turnaround.In 1992 he joined Oxfam as International Director, gradually assuming responsibility for 2500 staff in 70 countries and for all Oxfam's policy, research, development, and emergency work worldwide. In 2002 he was awarded Officer of the British Empire (OBE) for service to Oxfam.Stewart Wallis is also a board member of the New Economy Coalition (USA), Vice-Chair for the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Values, and Trustee of the Forum's Inclusive Growth Global Challenge. His expertise includes global governance, functioning of markets, links between development and environmental agendas, the future of capitalism, and the moral economy.

Otto Scharmer understands the stages of consciousness that are necessary to achieve transformation – whether that be transformation of the self, transformation of a group initiative, transformation of a business, or systemic change.  His Theory U training is a step by step exploration of these stages in different settings.  An economist by training, his application of Theory U to our economic system provides one of the clearest blueprints of how to move “from an old paradigm of economic thought that revolves around ego-system awareness to a new paradigm that revolves around eco-system awareness, by which I mean focusing on a compassion-based well-being of all, the well-being of the whole” His work at MIT's Presencing Institute “activates a means of learning that connects people to their deeper sources of creativity—that is, to their capacity for intuiting and then actualizing emerging future possibilities.” Matt Stinchcomb is the cofounder of The Boatbuilders, a new initiative that provides financial, strategic, and tactical support to organizations, projects, and communities working to build a more resilient future in the Hudson Valley. Prior to this, he was the Executive Director at the Good Work Institute, a nonprofit organization with a mission to cultivate, connect, support, and illuminate a network of people and initiatives working towards Just Transition in the Hudson Valley.  Before heading up the Good Work Institute, Stinchcomb was the VP of Values and Impact at Etsy.com. In that role he oversaw the stewardship of the company's mission, and worked to give all employees the means and the desire to maximize the benefit their work has on people and the planet.Stinchcomb serves on the Board of Directors for the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, Hawthorne Valley Association, and The Good Work Institute. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and lives in Rhinebeck, NY with his wife and children.

Wes Jackson is one of the foremost figures in the international sustainable agriculture movement. In addition to being a world-renowned plant geneticist, he is a farmer, author, and professor emeritus of biology.He was a professor of biology at Kansas Wesleyan University, and a tenured full professor at California State University, Sacramento. There he established and chaired one of the first Environmental Studies programs in the United States. In 1976 he left academia to co-found The Land Institute, a nonprofit educational organization in Salina, Kansas. There he conceptualized Natural Systems Agriculture—including perennial grains, perennial polycultures, and intercropping, all based on the model of the prairie.He is a Pew Conservation Scholar, a MacArthur Fellow, and a Right Livelihood Laureate (also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize). Smithsonian Magazine has said that Jackson's mission is “the overthrow of agriculture as we know it,” and included him in its “35 Who Made a Difference” list in 2005. Life Magazine named him among the 100 “most important Americans of the 20th century.” He is a member of The World Future Council and the Green Lands, Blue Waters Steering Committee.David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics as well as Special Assistant to the President of Oberlin College and executive director of the Oberlin Project. He is perhaps best known for his pioneering work on environmental literacy in higher education and his leading role in the promising new field of ecological design.Throughout his career he has served as a board member of or advisor to eight foundations and on the boards of many organizations, including the Rocky Mountain Institute and the Aldo Leopold Foundation. He is a trustee of Bioneers, the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, and the Worldwatch Institute.At Oberlin he spearheaded the effort to design, fund, and build the Adam Joseph Lewis Center, which was named by an AIA panel in 2010 as “the most important green building of the past 30 years” and as “one of 30 milestone buildings of the twentieth century” by the U.S. Department of Energy. The story of that building is told in two of his books, The Nature of Design (2002), which Fritjof Capra called “brilliant,” and Design on the Edge (2006), which architect Sim van der Ryn describes as “powerful and inspiring.”

John and Nancy Todd and a group of scientist friends established the New Alchemy Institute on a twelve-acre site in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Greg Watson joined the staff in 1980. He was inspired to apply New Alchemy's strategies and solutions to urban areas. He and John Todd have remained life-long friends making it a point to lunch together each week whenever possible.New Alchemy influenced a generation who “moved back to the land” with the vision of living more sustainably. Organic gardening, aquaculture, bioshelters, plant-filtered waste-water treatment, compost toilets, renewable energy systems were all modeled, and the designs shared, by New Alchemy. Fritz Schumacher and Buckminster Fuller were among those who made pilgrimages to witness and support the work done there.Both Todd and Watson moved on to other projects, but the principles and systems thinking described in New Alchemy's mission statement continue to direct their work as it evolves to solve emerging problems of the day.Greg Watson is Director of Policy and Systems Design at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. His work currently focuses on community food systems and the dynamics between local and geo-economic systems.Watson has spent nearly 40 years learning to understand systems thinking as inspired by Buckminster Fuller and to apply that understanding to achieve a just and sustainable world.John Todd has been a pioneer in the field of ecological design and engineering for nearly five decades. He is the founder and president of John Todd Ecological Design. Dr. Todd has degrees in agriculture, parasitology and tropical medicine from McGill University, Montreal, and a doctorate in fisheries and ethology from the University of Michigan. He is professor emeritus and distinguished lecturer at University of Vermont's Rubenstein School and a fellow of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at UVM. He is also the founder and president of Ocean Arks International, a non-profit research and education organization; and co-founder of New Alchemy Institute, a research center that has done pioneering investigation into organic agriculture, aquaculture and bioshelters. He has been an assistant scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and assistant professor at San Diego State University.

John McKnight's approach to community development is to turn attention to the assets of a neighborhood rather than elaborate on its problems.  For instance, he would suggest that the primary wealth in a neighborhood is the power generated by the investment of the capacities of the residents and their associations.  Called Asset Based Community Development, John McKnight has influenced and trained three generations of community activists in Chicago and beyond including, famously, Barack Obama. A close associate of Ivan Illich, he has provided both the vision and practice for a solution-oriented approach to community organizing.  Historian, political economist, and activist, Gar Alperovitz is a noted expert on policy issues as they pertain to cooperative ownership, diversification of wealth, fair labor laws, anti-discrimination, community control, and ecological sustainability.  Working for decades in Washington, DC to influence a transition to a more just society, he is also well known for his opposition to nuclear power and the role he played in helping to secure the Pentagon Papers.  

Heinberg and Norberg-Hodge are experts on climate change, localization, and sustainability. Their past lectures have been almost prophetic in their accuracy, and their ideas are more relevant now than ever.Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute, is regarded as one of the world's foremost advocates for a shift away from our current reliance on fossil fuels.An author, educator, editor, and lecturer, he has spoken widely on energy and climate issues to audiences in 14 countries, addressing policy makers at many levels, from local city officials to members of the European Parliament. He has been quoted and interviewed countless times for print, television, and radio and has appeared in many film and television documentaries. Heinberg's Museletter has provided a monthly exploration of current events and the world of  ideas. Its essays present an inter-disciplinary study of history and culture.Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures/International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) and The International Alliance for Localization (IAL). Based in the US and UK, with subsidiaries in Germany and Australia, Local Futures examines the root causes of our current social and environmental crises while promoting more sustainable and equitable patterns of living in both North and South. Its mission is to protect and renew well-being by promoting a systemic shift away from economic globalization toward localization.The Earth Journal counted Norberg-Hodge among the world's ten most interesting environmentalists, and in Carl McDaniel's book Wisdom for a Liveable Planet she was profiled as one of eight visionaries changing the world. The Post Growth Institute counted her on the (En)Rich List of 100 people “whose collective contributions enrich paths to sustainable futures.”

Every year during the first decade of the twenty-first century, the Business Alliance for a Local Living Economy (BALLE) would hold its annual conference.  Those conferences were a celebration of local economies and the small businesses that built those economies.  Judy Wicks, Michael Shuman, David Korten, Laury Hammel, Don Shaffer, Michelle Long, and Merrian Goggio Borgeson were among the regular masters of ceremonies. Part an articulation of a new economic vision, part story telling from the field, part a three day party -- the conferences inspired the growth of a movement.Judy Wicks and Michael Shuman were part of the original group that founded BALLE.  They have continued to dedicate their energies to support just, diverse, and place-based economies.  Both are prolific writers and engaging speakers, as demonstrated by their E. F. Schumacher Lectures.  

Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and culture. Today's episode, inspired by a recent addition to the Krasno family, is called Small Is Beautiful. To receive the Commusings newsletter, you can go to onecommune.com and sign up at the bottom of the page.

Michael H. Shuman is the Director of Community Portals for Mission Markets and a Fellow at Cutting Edge Capital and Post-Carbon Institute.  He is a founding board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). He is also an adjunct instructor in community economic development for Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and is one of the architects of the crowdfunding reforms that became the “JOBS Act,” signed into law by President Obama in April 2012.An economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur, Shuman is one of the nation's leading experts on community economics and the advantages of small-scale businesses in an era of globalization. A prolific speaker, Shuman has given talks mostly to local governments and universities, for 30 years—in 47 states and eight countries.  He has appeared on numerous television and radio shows, such as the Lehrer News Hour and NPR's “Talk of the Nation,” and NPR's “All Things Considered.”He delivered this speech at the 27th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures in October 2007.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center's applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Our work, both educational and applied, is supported by listeners like you. You can strengthen our mission by making a donation at centerforneweconomics.org/donate, or call us at (413) 528-1737 to make an appointment to visit our research library and office at 140 Jug End Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Episode 77 of 14 Minutes of SaaS is the second instalment of a 5-part mini-series. Stephen Cummins chats with Sean Percival, CMO at Whereby, formerly of 500 Startups and Myspace. "That Wittlebee was a great business ... a year into it, we were making almost 3M dollars in annual revenue. Recurring revenue. And so it was going good, but the VCs were just like ‘Go! Go! Go!' And I'm like, ‘Wait a minute. My inventory is breaking. My supply chain is not like ironed out. Like we're growing too fast.' And they're like ‘Perfect. Keep doing that! And here's a little bit more money!'"

"For you are the smallest of nations"

Sally Fallon Morell is founding president of The Weston A. Price Foundation, a nonprofit nutrition education foundation with over 400 local chapters worldwide helping consumers find local grass-based animal products. She is also the founder of A Campaign for Real Milk, which has as its goal universal access to clean raw milk from pasture-fed animals.Sally Fallon Morell delivered “Very Small is Beautiful” on October 25, 2008.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center's applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Our work, both educational and applied, is supported by listeners like you. You can strengthen our mission by making a donation at centerforneweconomics.org/donate, or call us at (413) 528-1737 to make an appointment to visit our research library and office at 140 Jug End Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.