GreenPort Forum -- PLENITUDE: The Path to a Small Scale, Ecologically Light Economy

GreenPort Forum -- PLENITUDE: The Path to a Small Scale, Ecologically Light Economy
Presented by Author and Economist Juliet B. Schor

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

7:00 PM

Livable Streets Office
100 Sidney Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

At a moment of ecological and financial crisis, bestselling author and economist Juliet B. Schor presents a revolutionary strategy for transitioning toward a richer, more balanced life. The economic downturn that has accompanied the ecological crisis has led to another type of scarcity: incomes, jobs, and credit are also in short supply. Our usual way back to growth-a debt-financed consumer boom- is no longer an option our households, or planet, can afford.

Plenitude is a road map for the next two decades. In encouraging us to value our gifts - nature, community, intelligence, and time - Schor offers the opportunity to participate in creating a world of wealth and well-being.

Juliet B. Schor is the author of Plenitude, Born to Buy, The Overworked American, and The Overspent American. Schor is a professor of sociology at Boston College, a former member of the Harvard economics department, and a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient. She is also a cofounder of the Center for a New American Dream.

For more information, contact Steve Morr-Wineman at swineman@gis.net

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